Editing Adelaide (section)

=== 21st century ===
[[File:Adelaide 2022 Skyline.jpg|alt=Adelaide City Skyline during 2022 Australia Day Celebrations Forefront: Torrens River, Elder Bank and Riverbank Precinct.  From Right to Left: Stanford Hotel, Convention Centre, Myer Centre, The Switch, Realm Adelaide, Frome Central Tower One, GSA North Terrace, Schulz Building (Adelaide University). |thumb|250px|left|Adelaide's eastern skyline during 2022 [[Australia Day]] celebrations]]

In the early years of the 21st century, a significant increase in the state government's spending on Adelaide's infrastructure occurred. The [[Mike Rann|Rann government]] invested A$535&nbsp;million in a major upgrade of the Adelaide Oval to enable [[Australian Football League]] to be played in the city centre<ref>Michael Owen, The Australian, 3 December 2009</ref> and more than A$2 [[billion]] to build a new [[Royal Adelaide Hospital]] on land adjacent to the Adelaide Railway Station.<ref>ABC News, Wednesday 7 June 2006</ref> The Glenelg tramline was extended through the city to Hindmarsh<ref>ABC News, 6 April 2005</ref> down to East Terrace<ref>{{cite web |title=City Tram Extension |url=https://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/infrastructure/public_transport_projects/city_tram_extension |website=dpti.sa.gov.au |publisher=Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure |access-date=20 November 2019 |archive-date=6 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106063842/https://dpti.sa.gov.au/infrastructure/public_transport_projects/city_tram_extension |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the suburban railway line extended south to Seaford.<ref>ABC News, 13 May 2009</ref>

Following a period of stagnation in the 1990s and 2000s, Adelaide began several major developments and redevelopments. The Adelaide Convention Centre was redeveloped and expanded at a cost of A$350&nbsp;million beginning in 2012.<ref>ABC News, 29 June 2011</ref> Three historic buildings were adapted for modern use: the [[Torrens Building]] in Victoria Square as the Adelaide campus for Carnegie Mellon University, University College London, and Torrens University;<ref>News Release Government of SA, 15 May 2005</ref> the Stock Exchange building as the Science Exchange of the Royal Institution Australia; and the Glenside Psychiatric Hospital as the Adelaide Studios of the [[South Australian Film Corporation|SA Film Corporation]]. The government invested more than A$2&nbsp;billion to build [[Adelaide Desalination Plant|a desalination plant]], powered by renewable energy, as an "insurance policy" against droughts affecting Adelaide's [[water supply]].<ref>Nick Harmsen, ABC News, 11 September 2007</ref> The [[Adelaide Festival]], [[Adelaide Fringe Festival|Fringe]], and [[Womadelaide]] became annual events.<ref>Adelaide Advertiser 26 February 2010</ref>