It is the home ground for the North Harbour side in the Mitre 10 Cup, taking over from North Harbour's previous home venue, Onewa Domain in Takapuna. It typically hosts one Auckland Blues home game in Super Rugby annually. It has played host to several rugby union and rugby league internationals. The New Zealand WarriorsNRL team often play warm-up matches at the ground. It was the home ground for The New Zealand Knights, the one New Zealand soccer team in the otherwise all-Australian Hyundai A-League, from 2005 until their licence was revoked by the league at the completion of the 2006/2007 season. It played host to the FIFA Under-17 Women's Football World Cup in 2008. Radio Control Car Racing is occasionally held in a racetrack next to one of the carparks. On 20 June 2015 the stadium hosted the final of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup.
Between January 2014 and January 2019, the stadium was sponsored by QBE Insurance and called QBE Stadium.[1]
The Auckland Tuatara of the Australian Baseball League use the Stadium as their Home Ground, The Residence began in 2019, after making renovations to make the stadium to make it suitable for baseball.[2]
Layoutedit
It has an official capacity of 22,000 for sporting events. The stadium has four seating areas – the main grandstand, on the southern side, which seats 12,000 and contains corporate facilities; an uncovered stand opposite which seats 7,000; and grass embankments at either end which each seat 3,000.
The capacity was reduced by demolishing big part of the northwestern stand to accomondate a baseball diamond for the Tuatara.[3]
A media tower was built prior to the 2011 Rugby World Cup looking down on the uncovered seats and across to the grandstand.
The stadium is lit by four 45-metre tall light towers.
Rugby World Cup 2011edit
New Zealand won the Rugby World Cup 2011 hosting rights in 2005, prompting a debate in late-2006 as to which stadium should be used to host the final. Eden Park and Stadium New Zealand were considered to be the two main options with North Harbour as an outsider. Eventually, the New Zealand government decided that Eden Park would host the final, with North Harbour as the official reserve option. The stadium's media facilities were updated for matches that were hosted at the venue. A large broadcast town was developed on the western side of the ground. It comprises three levels for venue operations and ground announcer on the first floor, television and radio commentators and television match official on the second with an retraceable window on the third floor for cameras.
Referencesedit
^"QBE puts name to Auckland's North Harbour Stadium". SportsPro. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
^. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
north, harbour, stadium, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 20. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources North Harbour Stadium news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message North Harbour Stadium is a stadium situated in Albany in North Shore City New Zealand It was opened in 1997 after nearly a decade of discussion planning and construction Rugby union association football rugby league and baseball are all played on the main ground The neighbouring oval plays host to the senior cricket matches The stadium also hosts large open air concerts North Harbour StadiumFormer namesQBE Stadium 2014 2019 Locationbetween Coliseum Drive Albany expressway Don McKinnon Drive and Oteha Valley Road Albany North Shore CityCoordinates36 43 37 S 174 42 6 E 36 72694 S 174 70167 E 36 72694 174 70167OwnerAuckland Unlimited Auckland Council indirectly through Auckland Unlimited OperatorNorth Harbour Stadium trustees Auckland Stadiums Capacity22 000SurfaceGrassConstructionOpened8 March 1997Construction costNZ 41 millionTenantsNorth Harbour Rugby Union Mitre 10 Cup 1997 present Auckland Blues Super Rugby 1999 present occasional New Zealand Knights A League 2005 07 Auckland Tuatara ABL 2019 2023 Waitakere UnitedNew Zealand national football team Contents 1 History 2 Layout 3 Rugby World Cup 2011 4 References 5 External linksHistory editIt is the home ground for the North Harbour side in the Mitre 10 Cup taking over from North Harbour s previous home venue Onewa Domain in Takapuna It typically hosts one Auckland Blues home game in Super Rugby annually It has played host to several rugby union and rugby league internationals The New Zealand Warriors NRL team often play warm up matches at the ground It was the home ground for The New Zealand Knights the one New Zealand soccer team in the otherwise all Australian Hyundai A League from 2005 until their licence was revoked by the league at the completion of the 2006 2007 season It played host to the FIFA Under 17 Women s Football World Cup in 2008 Radio Control Car Racing is occasionally held in a racetrack next to one of the carparks On 20 June 2015 the stadium hosted the final of the FIFA Under 20 World Cup Between January 2014 and January 2019 the stadium was sponsored by QBE Insurance and called QBE Stadium 1 The Auckland Tuatara of the Australian Baseball League use the Stadium as their Home Ground The Residence began in 2019 after making renovations to make the stadium to make it suitable for baseball 2 Layout editIt has an official capacity of 22 000 for sporting events The stadium has four seating areas the main grandstand on the southern side which seats 12 000 and contains corporate facilities an uncovered stand opposite which seats 7 000 and grass embankments at either end which each seat 3 000 The capacity was reduced by demolishing big part of the northwestern stand to accomondate a baseball diamond for the Tuatara 3 A media tower was built prior to the 2011 Rugby World Cup looking down on the uncovered seats and across to the grandstand The stadium is lit by four 45 metre tall light towers Rugby World Cup 2011 editNew Zealand won the Rugby World Cup 2011 hosting rights in 2005 prompting a debate in late 2006 as to which stadium should be used to host the final Eden Park and Stadium New Zealand were considered to be the two main options with North Harbour as an outsider Eventually the New Zealand government decided that Eden Park would host the final with North Harbour as the official reserve option The stadium s media facilities were updated for matches that were hosted at the venue A large broadcast town was developed on the western side of the ground It comprises three levels for venue operations and ground announcer on the first floor television and radio commentators and television match official on the second with an retraceable window on the third floor for cameras References edit QBE puts name to Auckland s North Harbour Stadium SportsPro 2 January 2014 Retrieved 17 February 2022 Auckland home schedule announced Australian Baseball League News Archived from the original on 15 April 2019 Retrieved 3 August 2018 Stuff https archello com project north harbour stadium broadcast towerExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to North Harbour Stadium Official North Harbour Stadium Site North Harbour Stadium at Austadiums Preceded byNone inaugural event FIFA U 17 Women s World CupFinal Venue2008 Succeeded byHasely Crawford StadiumPort of Spain Preceded byTurk Telekom StadiumIstanbul FIFA U 20 World CupFinal Venue2015 Succeeded bySuwon World Cup StadiumSuwon Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title North Harbour Stadium amp oldid 1208628812, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
