Record-breaking Gather Round cements Adelaide as footy capital

Adelaide's Gather Round AFL event has recorded its biggest attendance ever with 270,000 fans across multiple venues over four days. The weekend featured several significant matches including Fremantle's win, Essendon breaking a 17-match losing streak against Melbourne, and St Kilda defeating Port Adelaide by 14 points in a controversial finish involving a 50-metre penalty against Port star Zach Butters. South Australian businesses are now pressuring Premier Peter Malinauskas and AFL boss Andrew Dillon to secure a long-term deal to keep the event in Adelaide, with negotiations reportedly complicated by the incoming 19th Tasmanian Devils team.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.