2017 Super Rugby Stadiums
We present to you the stadiums where the 2017 Super Rugby teams will be representing on game day:
Loftus Versfeld – Pretoria
Loftus Versfeld Stadium is a rugby and association football stadium situated in the Arcadia suburb of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 51,762 for rugby union. It is occasionally used for local football matches as well.
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GIO Stadium – Canberra
GIO Stadium provides the highest level of Corporate Hospitality for Brumbies and Raiders matches with a range of options to suit all tastes. Our Five Star Hospitality packages cater to both the business and individual for all your entertainment needs.
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Free State Stadium – Bloemfontein
Free State Stadium is the home base of Free State Rugby (the Toyota Cheetahs and Toyota Free State Cheetahs). This stadium and the related infrastructure ranks amongst the most sophisticated in South African sport.
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Prince Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium – Tokyo
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium (also called Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium) is located in the the Aoyama district of central Tokyo is the spiritual home of Japanese rugby union and the headquarters of the Japan Rugby Football Union. The stadium currently can accommodate 27,188 spectators, but only part of the stands are covered.
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AMI Stadium – New Zealand
Best known as the home of Canterbury rugby, AMI Stadium has a seating capacity of over 18,000 for sporting events extending to 35,000 for concerts. It is also home to 13 corporate suites capable of hosting from 20 to 60 people making this venue also a great option for small meetings looking for that extra something special.
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Allianz Stadium – Sydney
The Sydney Football Stadium, commercially known as the Allianz Stadium since February 2012, is a football stadium located in Moore Park, Sydney, Australia.
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nib Stadium – Perth
Perth Oval (also known as nib Stadium under a naming rights agreement) is a sports stadium in Perth, the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. Located close to Perth’s central business district, the stadium currently has a maximum capacity of 20,500 people for sporting events and 25,000 people for concerts, with the ground’s record attendance of 32,000 people set during an Ed Sheeran concert in 2015.
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Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium – Port Elizabeth
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is a 46,000-seater stadium in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The five-tier, R2 billion Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was built overlooking the North End Lake, at the heart of the city.
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Newlands – Cape Town
Newlands is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall.
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Forsyth Barr Stadium – Dunedin
Welcome to your new home. We have built a dream stadium for New Zealand – one that provides the best facilities to make your event experience unforgettable. The construction of this architectural icon has been no mean feat. Real grass under a transparent roof. Stands that bring you close to the action. Sports, concerts, events and conferences have a new home in the South Island, and it’s second to none.
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Suncorp Stadium – Brisbane
Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium.
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Kings Park – Durban
The Kings Park Stadium (also known as Growthpoint Kings Park for sponsorship reasons and also commercially promoted as The Shark Tank), is a stadium in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct in Durban, South Africa. The stadium was originally built with a capacity of 12,000 and opened in 1958, extensively renovated in the 1980s and then again in time for the 1995 Rugby World Cup. It currently has a capacity of 52,000 and is the home ground of the Sharks. The stadium has also been used by Durban-based Premier Soccer League football (soccer) clubs, as well as for large football finals.
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Singapore National Stadium – Singapore
The National Stadium is a stadium replacing the old stadium in Kallang, Singapore. It opened on 30 June 2014. Located in Kallang, Singapore, the National Stadium is a multi-purpose arena used mostly for football matches featuring a dome and retractable roof. It is the only stadium in the world custom designed to host football, rugby, cricket and athletics events. With a mechanised and automated retractable seating configurations on the lowest tier, the arena can also host concerts, cultural and other entertainment purposes at any time. It takes approximately 48 hours to reconfigure seating arrangements to suit an upcoming event. The stadium has a maximum seating capacity of 55,000 for football and rugby, 52,000 for cricket and 50,000 spectators for athletics events.
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Emirates Airlines Park – Johannesburg
Emirates Airlines Park is located in South Park Road in Doornfontein, Johannesburg. Please note that there are traffic exclusion zones around the stadiums, which will not allow private vehicles to park close to the stadium. This is why the City has provided public transport including Park and Rides and Park and Walks that are located close to the stadiums.
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AAMI Park – Melbourne
Located about 1km to the east of the CBD and nestled between the Yarra River and the MCG, AAMI Park features a cutting-edge Bioframe design with a geodesic dome roof which substantially covers the seating area. The beauty of the design is that spectators will enjoy unobstructed views, free from pillars, walls or other support structures. This design required 50 per cent less steel than a typical stadium roof of the same size. Built on Edwin Flack field, AAMI Park rivals the word’s best in becoming a world-class event and sports administration complex. It also features a sports campus, including an elite training centre and office accommodation that rivals the world’s best.
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Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Rugby Park Stadium is a rugby union venue and home ground for Air New Zealand Cup team Southland.
It has a capacity of 17,000, although in former incarnations has accommodated up to 30,000 in the 1960’s before the facility was further developed with seating over the proceeding decades.
The stadium was built on the site of Invercargill’s former rugby venue, Homestead Stadium. In 2000, the city of Invercargill announced plans to replace Homestead Stadium with backing from the ILT and Community Trust of Southland.