Would absolutely love to see another rock climbing gym in Adelaide! Big demand and only one gym that is a very long way for people live south of Adelaide. No doubts that the facility would cover running costs due to demand but also think seating for ice hockey should be increased. Really hope this goes ahead!

The architectural merit of the facade in the images is very lacking! Large blank walls make for dull streetscapes.

Rock climbing all the way! There is only one crappy rock climbing gym in Adelaide and this needs to be remedied! Adelaide has a large and active climbing community who would make a climbing gym very economically sustainable as evidenced by the popularity of the increasing number of (expensive) bouldering gyms around. Please provide more info about the climbing area design and consult the climbing community in the design of it! Very excited at the prospect of this project.

Fantastic idea - I agree with many, that seating should be in the thousands, for international events and also examples like Disney on Ice and other Fringe / Festival Events that could be initiated. Having 2 rinks would be better of course, for the time allowed for sport training for ice hockey, figure skating, curling? etc, as well as public access. Please consider noise with all the venues components, especially play cafe. I see the value of residents given discount, but others want to come too at an affordable cost!

would need have a minimum of 1500 seat for hockey matches to be profitable..
The old Payneham ice rink could hold 4000 people & would sell out every Saturday night @ $5.oo a head time 4000 = $20000 in 1980..
this would more than cover running costs..

As a Tasmanian, a State that is about to lose its sole Ice Skating Rink, I cannot think of a better opportunity for the people and visitors to Marion. I would like to wish the people and council of Marion and surrounds, the very best in welcoming this opprtunity, for creating future athletes and potentially Olympians in both the ice sports and rock climbing.

This type of opportunity does not come along ofter, so to the Council and residents, who will gain significantly through a brand new community hub to bring in families and friends from all over the region, nationally, and even internationally, I bid you every possible success in this endeavour.

Simply ask those people who have lost an ice skating venue in the past if they would welcome this in their region, and the answer would be an undoubtable YES.

So here's my YES to both the leasing arrangement, and the chance for Marion to be Australia's next ice sports centre.

Good luck to the community and the group putting the hard work and finance into making this facility a reality, I look forward to visiting from Tasmania, as soon as it's ready!

As a person who has played ice hockey my whole life I am naturally for it. The rink will bring in good business through for neighbouring businesses and provide a another great venue for residents as well.
A similar plan with long term lease helped build a rink in Reservoir Victoria and that rink and the community has benefited greatly from it. I think this not only would be beneficial to many sporting communities, but also the City of Marion.

This is a fantastic proposal and my family would use it heavily.
I have played ice hockey in adelaide for 26 years and I love the sport.
The current rink is well past it's usable life and is only just hanging in there, it won't be around forever.
I think a rink in this location would get heavily used and be quite successful.
2 sheets of large ice is crucial to make it work well, so ice sports and public skating can be run simultaneously.
Obrien Arena in Melbourne is a brilliant example. This facility is amazing for ice sports players, casual ice skaters and the viewing public.

Great work City of Marion - lets get this thing built!

I think this Ice Arena will be great for our area! I have lived nearby for over 40 years ; and wish this had been around when my kids were young!
It would be great for my Grandchildren to be able to enjoy it! …Cheers
Rose! 65 years old

Fantastic, two arenas would be ideal, granted, not everyone is into ice sports, so the climbing aspect is a good addition in that respect.
Parking may not be adequate as others have stated if there are events on at the Marion Soccer and Football clubs at the same time as the ice area.

Sounds awesome and great for everyone!! As long as Seacliff and surrounding residents also get a discount

Sounds great, love it!!

Very glad this proposed site is back on the table - great location and it will be well used for ice sports and general public. Agree that it would be much more effective having two ice surfaces - one for general public and the second for ice sports/skating/events. Larger seating capacity would be ideal as well as adequate plans for parking given the area. Fully support and hope it goes ahead!

Have two ice skating rings. One can be used by the general public when the main ring is occupied for sporting events and/or ice hockey games.
Plus increase sitting capacity to about 4000/5000ish, with corporate boxes, for the venue to bid for major event and shows e.g. Disney on Ice.

Can you also provide plans for the parking issues, as parking will be an issue if there sporting events at the oval.

Brilliant idea, Adelaides ice rink is embarrassing on a national level with most other states having multiple rinks of a higher standard. Make it happen!

I live around the corner in Oaklands Park. I might use the ice rink every now and then, but I’d really use this facility if it also included a roller skating rink. We have an avid group of roller skaters in Adelaide who have been calling for a suitable venue for years. This is a great opportunity to make that happen!

I love the idea of having an ice rink and rock climbing down south. As I do not drive and all the attractions for my children are way to far away via buses and trains (takes us half the day getting there). I do see why we as marion council residents can't have a nice attraction down our way instead of it all being on the other side of the city.

Thrilled to see this.

From the perspective of a fan of ice hockey, Thebarton is miserable. There's very little seating, and much of it is bleachers only, not actual seats. In addition, most views of the ice from what little seating is available are at least partially obstructed, which is frustrating. To make matters much worse, a dispute between the AIHL and the current operators of the Thebarton facility (who favour a new, rival replacement league, and have set up a team for that league instead) has resulted in the Adelaide Adrenaline not being able to play in 2022, after already being unable to play in 2021 and 2020. The arrival of a new facility means the Adrenaline could theoretically be saved, if they can hang on long enough and make a deal with the new facility.

It's also worth noting that the Thebarton facility is also itself possibly not long for this world- a month ago there was an Advertiser article indicating that the company that previously operated the facility was $3.5m in the hole, and it's difficult to imagine how the group replacing them will do much better. It's a very tired building, and it needs to be replaced.

The only thing that seems to be a drawback is the fact that there'll only be one sheet of ice. Between demand for use for hockey, figure skating and general recreation, the schedule for that one sheet of ice will fill up very quickly, and there's going to be people disappointed that they simply can't get time. If there's any way to get a second sheet of ice back on the agenda, I strongly recommend exploring it.

On face value, it seems like a great idea. However, I have concerns around on site parking and access from Sturt Road. It is already so difficult getting in and out of the sports club, especially when doing a right hand turn and this is just going to increase the traffic and cars in the area.

This is such an amazing idea I put my full support behind it , knowing our kids can have somewhere to hang out and to be able to pursue competitive world class Figure Skating, Hockey , learn curling! or speed skating and rock climbing I really can't wait for this we will be there multiple times a week