Wellington Regional Stadium is a major sporting venue in
Wellington, New Zealand. It is commercially known as Westpac Stadium. The stadium is colloquially known as "The
Cake Tin" due to its shape and silver colored in external walls. Wellington Regional Stadium’s bowl
site size is 48000 sq m.
Wellington Regional Stadium was built in 1999 by Fletcher
Construction. It is closely situated to major transport facilities like Wellington
Railway Station) which is one kilometer north of the CBD. The stadium was built
on reclaimed railway land.
Wellington Regional Stadium was built to replace Athletic
Park which was no longer considered adequate for international events due to
its location and state of disrepair. The ground was also built to provide a
larger-capacity venue for cricket like One Day International cricket matches, for
the Basin Reserve ground losing such matches to larger stadium in other parts
of the country.
Though
Wellington Regional Stadium is
used mainly for sporting events, the stadium is used for a multi-purpose
facility. It is the home stadium of the Wellington Lions ITM Cup rugby team and
the primary home of the Super Rugby Hurricanes. Wellington Regional Stadium also hosts the Wellington Sevens which
is one of the events in the annual IRB Sevens World Series for national rugby
sevens teams. Wellington Regional
Stadium regularly serves as a home venue for All Blacks rugby matches. The
stadium also serves as a large-capacity venue for concerts.
The Short Profile of Wellington Regional Stadium
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Location
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Wellington,
New Zealand
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Owner
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The
Wellington Regional Stadium Trust
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Operator
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The
Wellington Regional Stadium Trust
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Capacity
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34,500
(Seating capacity
36,000
(Overall capacity
37,000
(With temporary seating
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Field
size
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Length
(north–south) 235 metres
Width
(west–east) 185 metres
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Surface
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Grass
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Broke
ground
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12
March 1998
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Opened
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3
January 2000
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