Adelaide won't be able to train on Adelaide Oval in the lead-up to the Round One clash with North Melbourne due to the ground being used for Nitro Circus Live.
Adelaide Oval is in use for the Cricket World Cup at the moment and the International Cricket Council has control of the venue until the tournament ends in late March.
Adelaide Oval hosts its last World Cup match on March 20.
But in the period between the end of the World Cup and the Round One home and away match in South Australia between the Crows and the Kangaroos, Adelaide Oval's Stadium Management Authority (SMA) has scheduled the Nitro Circus Live event on Thursday April 2, which will require the ground to be turned into a dirt bike arena.
SMA's general manager of operations Darren Chandler told FIVEaa on Monday night that the scheduling will mean the Crows will not have access to the ground ahead of the Round One clash on Sunday April 5.
"We've got the Nitro Circus on the Thursday night," Chandler said.
"The Oval will be protected with appropriate flooring. We've done our research on that and we're very confident that it won't impact at all on the playing surface.
"But it will mean the AFL clubs won't have access to the venue to train on before that first game.
"We put the Nitro Circus event in and as a result of the build for the Nitro Circus event and the requirement to take all the (cricket) pitches out in between it's made it a pretty tight turnaround.
"It's not perfect but the clubs understand that and they've both got first-class training facilities at AAMI Stadium and down at Alberton and I'm sure they'll be fine and they'll be in there the following week."
West Coast has experienced a similar issue at Domain Stadium in Perth. The scheduling of a One Direction concert on February 20 has seen the Eagles unable to train at their home base since.
The club is due to get access to the ground again on March 9 and there is a NAB Challenge game scheduled for March 22 but the playing surface is still recovering from the damage the concert caused.
Chandler also said that Adelaide Oval's SMA had not spoken with the AFL about the pricing of food and beverages within the venue for AFL matches.
Despite the announcement on Monday that the MCG would slash its food and beverage prices this season, Adelaide Oval's prices would remain fixed as per its model that was set last October.
"They certainly haven't had any discussions with us direct," Chandler said.
"Our business model is quite complex. We've set our budgets.
"At the moment we believe our pricing is competitive and we'll continue to run a competitive stadium."
