Westpac Stadium

Westpac Stadium

Anyone got pictures of the Westpac stadium, like

http://www.stadiumzone.net

When was the stadium built? :)

It was built in the late 90s and opened early 2000 - first sporting event there was a domestic one-day cricket match involving Wellington on about January 2/3 and then an ODI between NZ and West Indies on about January 9/10 from memory.

Information at http://westpacstadium.co.nz/
Construction began 12 March 1998, Stadium officially opened 3 January 2000.

Pictures at http://images.google.com.

I'm pretty sure the first event was actually an aussie rules exhibition game. Big call saying that's a "sporting event" though. TopLeft072008-09-09 18:32:39

Aswell as

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3082/stadiumphoenixvsgalaxynw1.jpg

HK_Keeper2008-09-10 22:21:21

Liverpool Fan 1 - you have a very good knowledge of sport - can you tell me when Northern Districts last won the Shell Cup and did Royden Hayes and Richard De Greon ever bowl in Tandem

ND last won the SHELL CUP in season 1997/8.

westpac stadium is cool

It was... I was in our corp box... wasn't the first 'concert' the Tattoo? Or was it Robbie Williams? I remember the first ODI... abysmal!

F**k thats a blast from the past!!! Played club cricket against him... not good (for me)

SurgeQld2008-09-12 10:15:50

It annoys me that we are so far from the pitch, for sports like football and eggchasing it is pretty poor in comparison to purpose built stadia

That was the era of Cairns, Harris, Astle, McMillian. Fleming (Now you've nicked him!) and others were all starting to come into there prime.

The Glory years are coming again - Starting with our State Championship win at the Basin last year!

lol to liverpool fans good memory.....

The sad reality of NZ Not enough rectangular stadiums, but perhaps not enough demand for them. That being said, I certainly enjoy games at NHS or Waikato Stadium (when I ignore who the main tenant for the latter is of course! )

That being said, Westpac might be removed but it has pretty damned good sightlines. You might not be as close to the game, but at least you can actually see it well from most parts of the stadium.

Westpac Stadium got even better when they added the second screen. Now all they need to do is address the following two problems - The alleged substance that is allegedly called edible food and the rip-oof pricing for it and the prices of the drinks.

Reading their annual report statement in yesterdays paper...they maybe looking to make the RoF in the next 10-25 years. That would be a wicked drawcard.