Lighting to usher in the crucial new era of night footy brought opposition from local residents who had moved in after the arrival of Football Park and it took five years and a Royal Commission before the ground finally lit up.
Footy Park’s powerful floodlights propelled a wonderful era of exciting State-of-Origin footy firmly into the spotlight, the bumper crowds and electric atmosphere of the 1980s still fondly recalled decades later.
AFL footy and the Crows arrived with a bang in 1991, Port Adelaide following in 1997.
By the time what was then known as AAMI Stadium closed the gates after its last game, the 2013 SANFL grand final won by Norwood against North Adelaide, there was plenty of sadness and innumerable fond memories. It was the end of a remarkable era of SA football.
2024-05-10 01:54:51
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