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MACDUB

Years ago

Getting to Adelaide Arena from the CBD

I don't know..i don't find Melbourne picturesque?

No good beaches close by.

Plus I hate AFL. ;)

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Years ago

Cheap land. Built on a waste dump.

Blame it on short sighted governments, who have regionalized rather than centralized Adelaide's sporting venues:

Football Park - West Lakes - now thankfully redundant
Cycling Velodrome - Gepps Cross
Hockey Centre - Gepps Cross
Swimming Centre - Marion
Basketball Stadium - Findon
Athletics Centre - Mile End
Netball Stadium - Mile End
Soccer Stadium - Thebarton

None of which are walking distance from the city/major accommodation. All of which require a car for easy city wide access.

The only venues that are centrally located are Adelaide Oval and a tired disused Tennis Centre.

We have plenty of parklands, but no political will to build on them. One major lost opportunity after another - one major city planning issue where Melbourne out smarted us.

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Matthew

Years ago

XY: How does that help with drawing crowds or more importantly... why was it built in that location to begin with? Surely the state government must of said 'We need to find a location that has good public transport links, a central location and so on'

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Matthew

Years ago

Seriously? the worst? Im guessing the Kiwi air must be making it hard to think properly.

In terms of getting from point A to Point B, Melbourne is a pretty great location to get to sporting events.

What I find terrible is the fact that someone above is suggesting a TAXI is the best way of getting to Adelaide Arena. If that is indeed the case, you are kneecapping any team based there. The reason Perth Arena works so well is that (its a 6 minute walk from the CBD/Main Train station).

Thats why it works. The longer a person has to travel, the less options they have to travel on/with means the less likely a team is to flourish/draw a good crowd. If you need to get bus A to get to bus b to get to train C, then you are going to suffer.

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Nathan of Perth

Years ago

I actually love going to Melbourne. Me and my wife make a point of going a couple times each year nowadays.

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MACDUB

Years ago

Don't mean to hijack the thread, BUT..As a Kiwi, ive been to all cities in AUS.

Found Melbourne to be the worst IMO. Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney all better.

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Solid Moves

Years ago

Not wanting to go "gift horse" on all of you - I'm starting to get a bit sick of the same ol' teams each week on Fox and 10.

Don't get me wrong - am very thankful that NBA is back on TV - just a bit of variety would be nice.

I also know that the stations hands are tied cos 1. the games are picked at the start of the season so teams like Detroit who were thought to be better get scheduled a lot even though they now stink and 2. you can only show what is on on those game days.

Just saying it would be nice to see some other teams. Of the 71 games shown this year - we don't get to see - Memphis, T-Wolves, NJ, Toronto, Indiana, Charlotte or Sacramento

Here is the breakdown of teams we get to see - and if it seems that we see either one of Lakers, Boston, Phx, Dallas or SA almost every game - you are probably right

Lakers : 20
Phoenix : 12
Boston : 11
Dallas : 11
Cleveland : 10
SA : 9
NO : 8
Miami : 7
Orlando : 7
Chicago : 6
Detroit : 6
GS : 5
Houston : 5
Utah : 5
Denver : 4
Portland : 4
Milwaukee : 3
Philadelphia : 3
NY : 2
Atlanta : 1
Clippers : 1
OKC : 1
Washington : 1

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