Port in push for extra fans

ADELAIDE Oval’s capacity could be lifted further for Port Adelaide’s preliminary final next week.

The Power will have home ground advantage next Saturday night as they try to win their way into the grand final.

A late increase meant there was 20,000 in the house for the Power’s big win over Geelong on Friday night, and Port general manager of football Chris Davies said the club was hoping for a further increase.

“I think our only say will be to suggest that we want as many as we possibly can within what SA Health think is reasonable,” he said.

“We will continue to push for that, which will be as much as SA Health think is appropriate. Let’s hope it’s a heap.”

SA Premier Steven Marshall said an increase could be on the cards.

“We are very keen to lift the numbers at the Adelaide Oval for future games,” he said.

“But we’ve got to do it in a safe way so we will review the information from the final that was held on Friday night (Port v Geelong) and on Saturday night (Melbourne v Brisbane). And we will look at ways that we can increase that crowd but ... only ... if we can do it safely.”