Adelaide United scrap over Hindmarsh Stadium naming rights

[Stuckey]

THE Government has told Adelaide United that Hindmarsh Stadium naming rights will be split 50/50.

Naming rights to Hindmarsh could be worth $500,000 a year, compared with an estimated $1 million AAMI insurance is paying for Football Park's naming rights.

Adelaide will now pay $25,000 a match as the Office for Recreation and Sport continues with its review of its owner-operated stadiums, including Hindmarsh, Santos and the SuperDrome.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/soc ... 6344182478

This article is all over the place.
From what it sounds like the government has brought the cost of hiring the ground to $25,000. Very good deal and AUFC will now get more money from ticket sales. All good news! This was a massive consern for me if the rent continued to rise I couldn't see how the club could possibly grow and sign new players on big deals.
I'd be more then happy to see Hindmarsh called something else if it meant AU saw that cash.

[EdDog]

Second.

And the people who matter will still call it Hindmarsh. Much like AAMI is still Footy Park.

[Stuckey]

Personally I'd call it whatever they name it if it meant AU were getting cash out of it!

'Heading down to Dog Turd Park!'

[BC]

Personally I'd call it whatever they name it if it meant AU were getting cash out of it!

'Heading down to Dog Turd Park!'

Careful what you wish for

The Kevin Muscat Arena
Carlos Hernandez Park
Hindmarsh@sexysingles.com.au

[terry tibbs]

Pity about CUB winning the bar contract though. I mean, who'd want a decent local product available?

[Stuckey]

At least its only a 12 month extension

[bpowell454]

Coopers stadium, but we only sell CUB?

[double07]

In the paper they also printed what it costs to hire all the A-league stadiums and Hindmarsh is by far the cheapest @ $25k. Perth are hilariously paying $100k per match for piece of shit NIB stadium, $20k more than MV pay to hire Ettihad.

So from what I understand AU are happy with the hire price as long as they get 50% of the naming rights, potentially $250k each per season. That would just about make AU profitable I would think.

[General Ashnak]

Those stadium hire costs have been quite soundly panned by people who 'know' the actual costs, the only one that is on the money appears to be ours as it has been confirmed by both AUFC and the government.