Adelaide Crows set to brief Adelaide City Council about HQ plans in secret
The Adelaide Crows are set to host a secret meeting with members of the Adelaide City Council on Monday to unveil its vision for a facility at the site of the Adelaide Aquatic Centre.
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Adelaide Football Club will start unveiling its vision for a training and administration complex in North Adelaide next week.
The Crows are having a confidential meeting with Adelaide City Council members on Monday about their plans for the Adelaide Aquatic Centre site.
“Feedback will be sought from council members on any early-stage, critical considerations
for AFC to consider as they progress their detailed proposal,” a report prepared by council staff says.
The Crows’ general manager of media and communications, Ian Shuttleworth, declined to say if the presentation would include information about the project’s timeline.
He said the club was “working through the process”.
The report refers to the development as a “catalyst for improved vitality of (the) O’Connell St precinct”.
Adelaide Crows chairman Rob Chapman told The Advertiser earlier this month that the Crows base could re-energise the area by attracting legions of supporters into struggling O’Connell and Melbourne streets.
Adelaide City Council Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor said council members’ feedback would help the club with its plans.
“This is the first time we will see the concept,” Ms Verschoor said.
“But it has a way to go yet … what we want to do it get it out for consultation.”
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Adelaide City Council in June gave the Crows permission to start designing concept plans for a $65 million training and administration complex at the council-owned Adelaide Aquatic Centre.
The council has also commissioned a study to look into the current and future demands for aquatic and recreational services over the next 20 years.