North Harbour Stadium (Auckland, NZ)

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North Harbour Stadium is a stadium located at the Albany suburb of North Shore City, New Zealand. It opened on March 8, 1997 after a decade of discussion, planning, and construction. The construction cost was NZ$41,000,000. The sports played in this rectangular stadium are association football, rugby league, and rugby union. The neighbouring oval plays host to the region's major cricket matches. It also hosts large open-air concerts. The stadium is the home ground for the North Harbour Rugby Union team of the Air New Zealand Cup. It also hosts one Auckland Blues home game in the Super 14 annually. It was also the home ground of the New Zealand Knights of the Australian A-League from 2005 to 2007. It played host to seven matches, including the final, of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 2008.

The North Harbour Stadium has an official capacity of 25,000. It has four seating areas: The 12,000-seat main grandstand, a 7,000-seat uncovered stand opposite the main stand, and two grass embankments at both ends each seating 3,000.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Harbour_Stadium
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Coordinates:   36°43'36"S   174°42'5"E

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