For other Rugby Parks, see Rugby Park (disambiguation).
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Rugby Park is a sports venue in Invercargill, New Zealand, and the home ground for Southland in the Mitre 10 Cup. Rugby Park is located on the corner of Elles Road and Tweed Street.
The ground has a regular season capacity of 18,000. It has a safe temporary seating maximum capacity of 20,000 (although it can accommodate up to 30,000 with pitch seating, large grass banks and concreted standing terraces). An agreement with the Invercargill City Council saw surplus land on the ground used to build the city's new Swimming Complex. The pitch was moved geographically towards the main stand, squared off to Rugby field dimensions (originally a quasi-cricket ground), with all weather seating installed. The Pitch itself was also weather proofed with a new high volume drainage system installed.
The ground was constructed specifically for rugby, and was opened in April 1908.[1] The main stand was fully rebuilt in 2002 with better player facilities and corporate boxes. Floodlighting towers to full HDMI TV standards were also installed and a purpose build media towner on the terrace side for the Rugby World Cup. Temporary seating was added in 2010 for the 2010 ITM Cup this allowed a crowd of just on 20,000 to attend the first major defence of the Ranfurly Shield against Otago on 7 August, this seating remained in place until the Rugby World Cup games in 2011.
Rugby Park is now owned by the Invercargill City Council and managed by Invercargill Venue & Events Management Ltd, the city council's venue management company.[2]
The Highlanders play occasionally at Rugby Park drawing large crowds. The football (soccer) team Spirit FC also play at Rugby Park. In 2017 the venue attracted large crowds for an internationally renowned event - Nitro Circus. Many local events are held at Rugby Park as well such as Relay For Life.
^"Football: Opening of New Ground: Speeches". Southland Times: 4. 30 April 1908.
^Neil Ratley; Louise Berwick (17 November 2013). "Stadium takeover is costly for city". Southland Times. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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