List of stadiums in New Zealand

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The following is a list of stadiums in New Zealand, ordered by capacity. Currently all stadiums with a capacity of at least 14,000 are included. It is actually difficult to account for accuracy here as many grounds use temporary stands, there is much use of standing only embankments and not often are grounds full to enable gauging accuracy. We can only rely on what is stated publicly. Also some grounds add extra capacity on rare occasions for major matches i.e. Waikato can add 5,000 over a closed off bordering road. Yarrow has had to close its stands due to earthquake risks. QBE is to get a refurbished reduction. Owen Delany is in a rural area and gets rare serious games. Trafalgar was expanded once to 20,000 for a one of test match. And Christchurch is about to be replaced with an identical ground to Dunedin - which is New Zealand's only covered outdoor stadium.

# Stadium Capacity City Home team/s
1 Eden Park 50,000 Auckland some Auckland Rugby Union Blues, some Northern Districts Knights matches
2 Sky Stadium 34,500 Wellington Hurricanes, Wellington Rugby Football Union, Wellington Phoenix FC
3 Forsyth Barr Stadium 30,748 Dunedin Highlanders, Otago United
4 Mt Smart Stadium 30,000 Auckland New Zealand Warriors
5 Rotorua International Stadium 26,000 Rotorua some Bay of Plenty Rugby Union matches
6 FMG Stadium Waikato 25,800 Hamilton Waikato Rugby Union, Chiefs, formerly Waikato FC
7 Yarrow Stadium 25,500 New Plymouth Taranaki Rugby Football Union, Team Taranaki, some Hurricanes and Chiefs matches, NO LONGER IN USE
8 QBE Stadium 25,000 Auckland North Harbour Rugby Union, some Blues matches
9 McLean Park 23,700 Napier Hawke's Bay Rugby Union, Central Districts Stags
10 Owen Delany Park 20,000 Taupo , Chiefs, Taupo Sports, New Zealand Cricket Team
11 ASB Baypark Stadium 19,800 Tauranga some Bay of Plenty Rugby Union matches
12 Toll Stadium 18,500 Whangarei Northland Rugby Union
13 Trafalgar Park 18,000 Nelson some Tasman Rugby Union matches
14 Rugby Park Stadium 18,000 Invercargill Southland Rugby
15 Orangetheory Stadium 17,000 Christchurch Crusaders, Canterbury Rugby Football Union
16 CET Arena 15,000 Palmerston North Manawatu Turbos, some Hurricanes matches

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