"Magic Round" will be Round 5 next year.
18 teams, one state: AFL confirms details of extra round in 2023By Martin Smith
afl.com.au
11 November 2022ALL 18 teams will head to South Australia for round five of the 2023 Toyota AFL Premiership Season for a four-day festival of footy.
The AFL confirmed on Friday that all nine matches of the round will be played in SA from Thursday, April 13 to Sunday, April 16, which coincides with the school holidays.
Exact timings, match-ups and venues will be officially announced at a later date, but AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan said the weekend would likely involve six matches at Adelaide Oval; one each on the Thursday and Friday nights before double-headers on the Saturday and Sunday.
He said the remaining three games will be played at suburban grounds and "potentially a regional venue". The Barossa Valley has been canvassed as a possibility by the South Australian government.
Entry to competing club matches will be free for all club and AFL members with tickets to be on sale once the full 2023 fixture is announced in the coming weeks.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/864934/18-teams-one-state-afl-confirms-details-of-extra-round-in-2023------------------------------------------------
The SA venues in line to host during the festival of footyRiley Beveridge
afl.com.au
11 November 2022The 5,000-capacity
Centennial Park Oval, about an hour's drive north-east of the Adelaide CBD, is currently the biggest available sporting ground in the Barossa region and could host at least one match.
Other rural venues that could be considered include Whyalla's
Bennett Oval on the Eyre Peninsula, around four hours north of Adelaide, with the 8,000-capacity stadium having hosted an AFL pre-season game in 2020.
Strathalbyn Oval and Port Pirie's
Memorial Oval, capable of hosting crowds of 8,000 and 7,500 people respectively, have also hosted pre-season contests over the past five seasons and could be considered viable for AFL games.
Local SANFL stadiums including Central District's
Elizabeth Oval (18,000),
Norwood Oval (15,000), North Adelaide's
Prospect Oval (15,000),
Glenelg Oval (14,000) and
Woodville Oval (11,000) will also be in the mix for AFL action.
South Adelaide's home,
Flinders University Stadium, can hold a capacity crowd of 10,000 people.
The Crows have hosted the majority of their AFLW games this season at the home of SANFL side Sturt,
Unley Oval, which holds a capacity crowd of 10,000.
Port Adelaide's traditional home,
Alberton Oval, is capable of holding 11,000 people.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/865278/the-sa-venues-in-line-to-host-during-the-festival-of-footy
