Adelaide Crows Chairman Rob Chapman admits firs Adelaide Oval match bills aren't quite what he expected. Picture: Simon Cross Source: Simon Cross / News Limited
ADELAIDE will seek redress if the figures don't stack up after a review of the financial returns at the Adelaide Oval in July.
Chairman Rob Chapman said it was too early to tell if the figures were stacking up; the Crows had initially expected an uplift of $3.9 million from the shift but that figure is now being thought to land around $3 million.
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Port's expectation — the Power came from a lower base — has been adjusted from $4.9 million to $3 million but the SANFL is confident the joint uplift for the two clubs will arrive at $12 million per season.
Chapman said there needed to be an in-depth analysis of the deal between the Crows, the SMA and the SANFL if returns weren't significantly better for the Crows at the rebuilt stadium compared to Football Park.
It had been a cornerstone in the Crows agreeing to the move after initially being hesitant to leave their headquarters at West Lakes.
Crows fans have enjoyed supporting their team at the Adelaide Oval. Source: Getty Images
"It's too early to tell now how we're tracking but we're just starting to get the first bills and it was a fair shock to the system but that's why you have to review these things,'' Chapman said.
"I think it was a really mature thing to decided on a review and look at the figures based on the presumptions.
"But we will seek redress if the projections are way off the mark, from the SMA and the SANFL.''
Both of the AFL clubs have noted significant increase in the cost of hosting a match at the Oval compared to Football Park.
One club source estimated the increase equalled and increase of 60 per cent for the Crows and 100 per cent increase for Port Adelaide, which had lower costs at Football Park by having fewer staff employed and not having all gates open.
The cost of hosting a game at West Lakes was roughly around $100,000.
One of the additional costs encountered by the clubs is having to pay for road closures, a fee understood to be around $15,000 they never encountered at Football Park.
Patrick Dangerfield and James Podsiadly celebrate during the Crows' most recent game at Adelaide Oval. Picture: Simon Cross Source: News Corp Australia
But Chapman said the move still appeared to be an outstanding success, even thought the financials are not yet in.
"The response from the South Australian public and the interstate public has been great,'' Chapman said.
"We just need to do more analysis around the assumptions. It's only been six or seven weeks but we need to make sure the original intention of providing a financial uplift is true.''
Chapman was firm in saying the Crows would not seek a greater return at the expense of the SANFL, which is the landlord of the Oval during the football months.
It was a matter of justly dividing the money to make sure the transition from Football Park would be worthwhile for all parties.
"All the Adelaide Football Club wants is fairness,'' Chapman said. "We don't want it to be winners and losers, as in the SANFL lose and we win or the other way around. And that's what we've said from day one, that we want a fair deal to move.''
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