Parliamentary Committees

Public Works Committee: State Centre of Football

Mr CREGAN (Kavel) (11:04): I move:

That the 128^th report of the committee for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament, entitled State Centre of Football Project, be noted.

The State Centre of Football was established in the State Sports Park Master Plan structure plan in February 2020. The state centre is located on the vacant parcel of land between Roma Mitchell Secondary College and the Croatian Sports Centre with road access off Briens Road. It is open grassland, flattish at its western end and rising to the east.

The centre project was allocated $19 million in the 2018-19 state budget with the anticipation that a further $7 million would be obtained from the federal government, but this did not subsequently eventuate. An additional $5 million has been allocated to the project to ensure a sufficiently comprehensive scope and for the venue to be able to deliver on its Women's World Cup 2023 training site nomination.

The Centre of Football is an integral part of the State Sports Park and its football precinct, which includes the adjacent Roma Mitchell Secondary College and the Croatian sports hub centre, which is the home, as members will know, of the Adelaide Croatia Raiders Soccer Club.

The state centre will be the headquarters for Football SA and is a nominated training venue, as I earlier mentioned, for the forthcoming FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. The state centre will also provide significant new playing opportunities for community and clubs in the northern Adelaide region, both in its traditional form and its popular five-a-side futsal form. The state centre will include the following scope of works:

construction of a new stadium with 5,000 spectator capacity, including a 1,000-seat grandstand with lighted hybrid grass/artificial turf;

two training pitches and 10 five-a-side futsal pitches, also lighted and with artificial turf;

player, media, officials and referee facilities;

new road and intersection upgrades with Briens Road;

plaza and car/bus parking;

gym and cafe facilities; and

Football SA's administration and corporate facilities.

Construction is scheduled to commence, with substantial completion expected by December this year.

The committee examined written and oral evidence in relation to this project and received assurances that the appropriate consultation had been undertaken. The committee is satisfied that the proposal has been subject to appropriate agency consultation and does meet the criteria for the examination of projects as described in the Parliamentary Committees Act 1991, section 12C. The Public Works Committee reports to parliament that it recommends the scope of the proposed public works that I have described.

Motion carried.