Adelaide's star midfielder Rory Sloane says the build-up to the Crows' first game at Adelaide Oval has been insane.

Home-town rivals Port Adelaide will host the Crows in their round-two derby clash on Saturday in the first match at a newly-completed Adelaide Oval, which has undergone a $535 million redevelopment.

Sloane says he has always looked on with envy at the Collingwood-Essendon Anzac Day clashes, which attract enormous crowds.

Last year's Collingwood-Essendon fixture drew over 93,000 to the MCG on Anzac Day.

Saturday's Showdown at Adelaide Oval is expected to feature a crowd of over 50,000.

"We look at Collingwood and Essendon. They get to play in front of a huge crowd on Anzac Day," Sloane told Nine's The Footy Show on Wednesday night.

"I'm always very jealous of them playing in front of such a massive crowd.

"Now we get to do that ourselves. It will be nothing like I've ever experienced."

The Crows' 2013 club champion said the build-up to the game in the Adelaide media had been non-stop in the past few days.

"It's hard not to get excited already, especially now standing here under lights having a look at the oval," Sloane said.

"It's just insane. I just want to get out here already.

"Saturday's going to be massive for both teams."