North Harbour Stadium
North Harbour Rugby Union Auckland Blues
- Games of the North Harbour Rugby Union ( Rugby)
- Games of the Auckland Blues ( Rugby)
- U-17 World Cup 1999
- New Zealand Knights (soccer ) By 2005 to 2007.
- U-17 World Cup Women 2008
- Concerts
The North Harbour Stadium (English: North Harbour Stadium ) is located in Albany, a suburb of North Shore, the northernmost city in the metropolitan Auckland. The after nearly a decade in the discussion, planning and construction phase opened in 1997 stadium is used due to its rectangular playing area only for rugby and soccer. On the adjacent oval playing surface the major cricket matches of the region are discharged.
Construction
The North Harbour Stadium has an official capacity of 25,000 people. 19.000, so 76 % are with chairs, while distributing the remaining 6,000 seats on the side grass embankments. The large main grandstand is a futuristic looking building which is spanned by a characteristic curved roof. The grandstand has three seating areas, as well as several lounges. A total of 12,000 people come in to the city, in the south of the playing surface Tribune. Opposite the main stand provides a non- covered bleachers for 7,000 people. Are heaped grass dams that offer space for 3,000 people at the two other ends, ie to the east and west. To the west is the scoreboard, while located in the eastern part of the screen for reps. For the proper lighting create four 45 meter high floodlight towers.
Teams and Events
The North Harbour Stadium is the home stadium for the ITM Cup participating team selection of the North Harbour Rugby Union, which was founded in 1985. In addition, at least one home game of the blues, the representative of the northern North Island of New Zealand in the Super 14 League, held in North Harbour Stadium. On the one wearing the " All Blacks ", the New Zealand rugby union team, mostly from the first home game of the season in Albany. Secondly, use the " New Zealand Warriors ", the New Zealand rugby union team, the North Harbour Stadium, sometimes for warm-up games.
From 2005 to the year 2007, the arena was also home of the New Zealand Knights, the only professional football team in the country. They played in the newly created in 2005, Australian professional football league, the A-League until their end of season 2006/2007, no license has been applied equips. The sporting and economic success of the Knights did not match the gambling clubs in Australia; after the end of the season they were each the last in the table and had an average attendance of only 3,000 people.
In 2008, the North Harbour Stadium hosted the U-17 World Cup Women 2008. Besides the six preliminary round games and the final game will be played for the third place in this stadium. Also be held in the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, Newtown Park in Wellington and the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch.
Finally, the stadium is used for musical events. In addition to The Corrs were as Luciano Pavarotti and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd as a guest.