Adelaide is pushing for less regional trips and better games at Adelaide Oval in 2024
The Crows are looking to strut their stuff under the bright lights in 2024, as they submit their requests to the AFL for a fixture that avoids travelling to the league’s regional contests.
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Adelaide is pushing to avoid off-Broadway venues in 2024 as the Crows look for a better fixturing run from the AFL.
And they also want more marquee match-ups at Adelaide Oval next year.
The Crows are hopeful about their fixture requests in the wake of the controversial way their 2023 season ended, but also because of their high-scoring game style.
The Crows played games in Launceston, Ballarat, Geelong and Darwin over a seven week period in 2023.
The game in Ballarat was the second year in a row that the Crows had taken on the Western Bulldogs in regional Victoria.
The Crows are hoping that instead of these regional venues they can get fixtures at more “prime venues”, such as the MCG.
Clubs have lodged their fixture requests with the league for the 2024 season and it is understood a reduction in trips to regional venues is a key part of what the Crows are pushing for.
Crows chairman John Olsen has flagged this as part of the “redress” he would push for after the goal line controversy that ended Adelaide’s hopes of finals in Round 23 against Sydney – when Ben Keays’ shot was wrongly ruled as touching the post in the dying stages of the Swans’ one-point win.
On the home front it is understood the Crows are hoping for more high-profile fixtures at Adelaide Oval with just the one stand-alone prime time clash in 2023, to open Gather Round against Carlton.
The Crows scoring the most points in the home-and-away season has also been put forward as part of Adelaide’s bid for a better fixturing run in 2024.
Port Adelaide’s fixture requests are understood to centre around hosting a game in Anzac Round, which is a key priority for the Power, as well as getting a prime time slot in Sir Doug Nicholls Round.
For the last two years the Power has hosted West Coast in the Anzac Round.
The Power kicked off Sir Doug Nicholls Round this year with a Friday night blockbuster at Adelaide Oval against Melbourne.
The AFL is considering a split-round extravaganza in New South Wales and Queensland to open the 2024 season.
This could involve GWS hosting Collingwood at Giants Stadium to open the season.
The AFL could also slot-in Sydney versus Melbourne in the Harbour City on Sunday, as well as Gold Coast versus Richmond at Metricon Stadium and Brisbane against Carlton at the Gabba.
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