Where is westpac stadium australia

Sky Stadium non-commercially known as Wellington Stadium is located in Wellington, New Zealand, and has a total capacity of 34,, with a large majority of those undercover. The stadium has a single level of yellow seats surrounding the whole arena with corporate boxes under the stadium roof. It has quality lighting, two video screens and a lot of space under the stands so the venue can host exhibitions and other similar events.

Sky Stadium has 64 corporate boxes holding 1, people, plus a large superbox bringing the total capacity to almost 36, Temporary seating can boost this even higher to around 40, Westpac ended its naming-rights of the stadium at the end of , at which time it was renamed Sky Stadium after the broadcaster purchased the commercial rights in a six year deal.

States Aust. Uncomfortably situated on top of a hill it became a natural wind tunnel winning the title of the windiest rugby ground in the world. When it became obvious that the facility needed to be replaced, rugby and cricket interests met with the major local authorities in the region, the Wellington City Council and the Wellington Regional Council, the latter being a representative body of several city councils in the lower North Island.

This proved a useful liaison because as a regional facility, the WestpacTrust Stadium needed to be funded by local interests, and for major sports events that included sportsfans from the outlying areas of the region, including the Wairarapa, to the north-east, and the Horowhenua, to the north-west.

The new stadium's situation, on disused railways land m north of the central business district of Wellington, was crucial to its success. The railway link meant that sports fans from the outlying areas could train to cricket and rugby games, leaving their cars behind at their home railway stations. Considerable lobbying went into the placing of the stadium on the railways site, as a group from the city of Porirua 18km up State Highway One put together a powerful proposal. However, an independent arbitrator, former All Black and the chairman of the Government sports agency, the Hillary Commission, Sir Wilson Whineray, was asked to consider the respective plans and he opted for the Wellington plan.

Partly funded by local government and business interests, the stadium was completed on schedule by the end of and hosted its first cricket match, when Wellington played Northern Districts in a Shell Cup match on January 4. The game had been delayed a day due to rain. The first international played on the ground was also affected by rain. The fourth match in the five-match series, it was won by New Zealand by eight wickets.