{"id":31188,"date":"2016-05-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/leon-bignell-dismisses-adelaide-oval-damage-done-by-wanderers-fans\/"},"modified":"2016-05-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T00:00:00","slug":"leon-bignell-dismisses-adelaide-oval-damage-done-by-wanderers-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/leon-bignell-dismisses-adelaide-oval-damage-done-by-wanderers-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister dismisses Adelaide Oval damage done by Wanderers fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>SA Sports Minister Leon Bignell has dismissed an image circulating on social media of damage done to Adelaide Oval by Wanderers fans during the A-League Grand Final as \u201cthe dumb actions of a few\u201d.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t let the dumb actions of a few spoil what was a wonderful outpouring of emotion from both clubs,\u201d Mr Bignell told David and Will on FIVEAA breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw people starting to arrive in Adelaide from the Wanderers fans club back on Thursday and they\u2019ve just been building ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Minister dismisses Adelaide Oval damage done by Wanderers fans | FIVEAA\" title=\"Minister dismisses Adelaide Oval damage done by Wanderers fans | FIVEAA\" height=\"925\" width=\"513\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/seats.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Image | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoweyandBicks\" target=\"_blank\">@RoweyandBicks<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>Mr Bignell said he has witnessed \u201cwonderful families getting around and really enjoying Adelaide\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c10,000 people came here, they pumped $5 million into our economy and let\u2019s not let the dumb actions of a few spoil what was a wonderful trip to Adelaide for 10,00 Wanderers fans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN TO LEON BIGNELL HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/261864933&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Adelaide United defeated Western Sydney Wanderers 3-1 in front of 50,000 people at Adelaide Oval on Sunday, but Mr Bignell said the Reds would continue to be based at Hindmarsh Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHindmarsh Stadium is a fantastic place to have a crowd of 16-18,000 people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great atmosphere. The deck is perfect, all the players love it, it\u2019s one of the favourite grounds of all teams anywhere in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think what we need to do is when we do have the big games against Victory or finals it\u2019s amazing to have the capacity to have 50,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe worst thing that we could have had yesterday was 30-odd thousand people locked out because they couldn\u2019t get into Hindmarsh. An upgraded Adelaide Oval gives us the ability to be agile and be able to change things around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Mr Bignell floated the possibility of expanding Hindmarsh Stadium\u2019s capacity in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Hindmarsh works perfectly, and down the track we can always take that to a 24,000-seat stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rectangle pitch is very good for soccer. Sometime down the track we could do an upgrade of Hindmarsh and still have Adelaide Oval there for the really big games,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/caroline-wilson-names-adelaide-crows-as-premiership-contenders\">CARO WILSON MAKES A BIG STATEMENT ABOUT THE CROWS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/leon-byner\/jam-packed-passengers-freak-out-during-rail-chaos-says-eyewitness\">PASSENGER \u201cFREAK OUT\u201d DURING RAIL CHAOS: EYEWITNESS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SA Sports Minister Leon Bignell has dismissed an image circulating on social media of damage done to Adelaide Oval by Wanderers fans during the A-League Grand Final as \u201cthe dumb actions of a few\u201d. \u201cWe shouldn\u2019t let the dumb actions of a few spoil what was a wonderful outpouring of emotion from both clubs,\u201d Mr [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-31188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-david-and-will","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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