STADIA
VENUES
EDEN PARK, AUCKLAND Capacity: 60,000 Fixtures: 11 (inc. two quarter finals, semi finals and final)
WELLINGTON REGIONAL STADIUM, WELLINGTON Capacity: 40,000 (inc. temporary seating) Fixtures: eight (inc. two quarter finals)
FORSYTH BARR STADIUM, DUNEDIN Capacity: 30,000 Fixtures: four
NORTH HARBOUR STADIUM, AUCKLAND Capacity: 30,000 Fixtures: four
WAIKATO STADIUM, HAMILTON Capacity: 30,000 Fixtures: three
ROTORUA INTERNATIONAL STADIUM, ROTORUA Capacity: 26,000 Fixtures: three
STADIUM TARANAKI, NEW PLYMOUTH Capacity: 26,000 Fixtures: three
TRAFALGAR PARK, NELSON Capacity: 18,000 Fixtures: three
DUNEDIN’S INTERNATIONAL VENUE Costing nearly NZ$200m (£104.5m), the Forsyth Barr Stadium will replace Caris- brook Stadium and could be regarded as the most unique venue on the World Cup roster. Designed by Populous, the 30,500- seat stadium is possibly the world’s first permanently-covered stadium that also offers a natural playing turf. ETFE manufactured by Vector Foiltec
(also involved in the Eden Park scheme) has been used in the construction of a roof that fully encloses the venue. David Davies, chief executive of Dunedin Ven- ues Management – the stadium operator – believes the design of the venue is a statement of intent for the city. “The city had already had the discus-
sion about whether Carisbrook was fit for purpose,” he says. “That became sharper once the World Cup was awarded and – initially – the contract between the city and RNZ 2011 was to play at Carisbrook. “The idea for the new stadium was
born out of the desire to do something significantly different to what already existed. I think if they were not going to have a covered stadium, they would have stayed where they were.”
Issue 3 2011 © cybertrek 2011 Davies joined DVML – a Dunedin City
Council-controlled organisation – in No- vember 2009 and has helped oversee preparations to date. He explains that Dunedin is one of the most southerly cities in the world: “The next landfall if you go south is the Antarctic. It can get pretty blowy and pretty cold”. The covering ETFE roof therefore
ensures all-weather provision with a long lifespan. At its highest point, the
Top: South Africa defends New Zealand. Above: The Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin. Below: Christchurch’s AMI Stadium
NORTHLAND EVENTS CENTRE, WHANGAREI Capacity: 18,000 Fixtures: two
RUGBY PARK, INVERCARGILL Capacity: 17,000 Fixtures: three
ARENA MANAWATU, PALMERSTON NORTH Capacity: 15,000 Fixtures: two
MCLEAN PARK, NAPIER Capacity: 15,000 Fixtures: two
20,500sq m (220,660sq ft) roof sits 37m (121ft) above the surface, comfortably above the “highest-observed rugby kick” at 29m (96ft). But Davies admits the design is not without challenges: “The combination of a permanent roof and permanent grass, compared with a slid- ing roof or sliding pitch, is always going to be a slightly nervous undertaking.” The stadium’s pitch was sown in Janu- ary and has undergone regular tests to
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