Farewell to 'Footy Park' starts
Friday night's game kicks off Adelaide's 23rd and final premierships season at the venue.
Football Park – or AAMI Stadium as it has been officially named since 2003 – has been the home of the Adelaide Football Club since it was formed at the end of 1990.
Adelaide won its first game against Hawthorn on March 22, 1991 and this week will be seeking victory number 176 at the same venue, exactly 22 years later against Essendon.
Adelaide Crows at Footy Park
268 games, 175 wins, 93 losses
3840 goals
Biggest win: 139 points, Adelaide v Richmond 1993
Highest score: 30.8 (188) v Essendon (2006)
Most games by a Crow: Andrew McLeod 178
Most goals by a Crow: Tony Modra 248 (includes games with Fremantle)
Most goals in a game: Tony Modra (13, v Carlton 1994 and Richmond 1993)
Most disposals by a Crow: 44 (Bickley v Footscray , 1993, McDermott v North Melbourne, 1993)
Biggest crowd for a Crows game (51,140, v Port, 2003)
Adelaide has not played in a draw at the ground
Adelaide has played 11 finals (at this venue) for seven wins
Biggest winning streak was nine games, in 1993-94 and 2007-08
The highest score in one quarter was 14.2 against Fitzroy in round 17 of 1996
Stadium’s Historic moments
First game: May 4, 1974, North Adelaide v Central District
Biggest football crowd: 66,897, 1976 SANFL grand final, Sturt v Port Adelaide
Aluminium bench seating was completed in 1982
Light towers were installed in 1984
A video superscreen was added to the northern end of the ground in 1998.
The Northern Grandstand was completed in 2001
In 2004, the aluminium seats were replaced with bucket seats
Another video superscreen was installed at the southern end in 2007
Adelaide’s Westpac Centre and new football training area was opened in 2009