
Eden Park
- Capacity 48 000
Eden Park is the main sports ground in Auckland, New Zealand for
both rugby union during winter, and cricket in summer. To accommodate
both sports, the cricket pitch is removable. The ground is located
three kilometres southwest of Auckland's CBD, straddling the boundary
between the Kingsland and Mt. Eden suburbs.
Capacity
Eden Park has a crowd capacity of 48,000, currently
the largest of any New Zealand sports arena. There are no standing
areas, and the whole capacity listed above is seated. Temporary seating
in front of the ASB Stand and the West Stand (usually only used for
international rugby matches) is required for this capacity to be reached.
Due to sight-screens and the longer duration of cricket matches, cricket
capacity is significantly less. If the stadium is redeveloped for
the RWC 2011 hosting requirements the capacity will increase to 60,000.
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North Harbour stadium
-Capacity 25,000
A multi-purpose facility at the heart of the North Harbour region
for the whole community to enjoy; North Harbour Stadium is one of
New Zealand?s leading entertainment and sporting venues.
In early 1990, a handful of visionary people assembled to discuss
the concept of a multi-purpose sports, recreation, cultural and entertainment
facility for the North Harbour region. Located at Albany and opening
in March 1997 the $41 million project became a reality, thanks to
the support of the hundreds who contributed financially.
Few stadiums can boast the ability and flexibility of North Harbour
Stadium to host such a wide variety of sporting events. All Black
test matches and trial games, Kiwi Rugby League Internationals, All
White World Cup qualifying matches, International Gridiron, Soccer?s
Chatham Cup final, Super 12 and NPC Rugby fixtures and the FIFA Under
17 World Football Championship.
North Harbour Stadium which opened in March 1997 has a capacity of
25,000 including 19,000 Seats, with 12,000 of them in the main grandstand.
It is floodlit to world standards with four 45 meter light towers.
Source - Wikipedia & austadiums.com