SACA to decide Oval fate through vote
The South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) is expecting its 2000 members to vote tonight for the approval of the redevelopment plan of the Adelaide Oval cricket stadium.
The $500million plan is to be undertaken by the Australian government with a view to enhance the stadium capacity and create more parking space outside the venue.
The plan has been controversial due to certain loopholes in it. Some circles are opposing the plan as they deem it to be ill-thought.
The critics argue that the Government should not waste public money on such type of useless projects and instead use it for social development and the welfare of the public.
SACA has 20, 000 members on its panel and it needs at least half votes to approve the plan. Almost 8000 voters have given the mandate and the remaining 2000 will cast tonight at the Wayville Showground.
Analysts are of the view that if the required votes are not casted, the plan will hang in balance and the government will be forced to shift the revenue to some other project like Adelaide hospital and road infrastructure.
While talking to the media, the Chief Executive of SACA, John Harnden, said, “It will be incredibly close. Seventy-five per cent of those who vote is a large number, but there has been a large amount of support in the meetings we have had and talking to
people”.
Harnden thinks that it is a golden opportunity to support a positive plan. If it is lost, the next will not come soon and he is urging all members to come out and give their mandate to approve the plan.
He says, “They should come and have their say.” He further elaborates, “We have out destiny in our own hands”.
On the other hand, the protagonist of the no-vote campaign, Greg Howe, is striving hard to keep the people away from voting as he thinks that the plan is going to be a mega slump for the football game.
The chairman of Senior Country Cricket committee, Ian Ravenscroft, is of the view that if voting fails, the stadium will be deprived of revenue that is to be used to create facilities for training emerging talent.
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