Bluewater_Stadium

Park Island, Napier

Park Island, Napier

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Park Island is the largest sports complex in Napier, New Zealand. It hosts clubs and facilities for association football (soccer), cricket, hockey, netball and rugby union. It includes Bluewater Stadium, a multi-purpose stadium that has a capacity of 5,000 people and opened in 1985. The stadium is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Napier City Rovers[1] and Hawke's Bay United. It also served as a training venue for teams in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[2]

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Areas around the park were rezoned in 2016 and 2017 to build a new high-performance rugby facility.[3]

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  1. [1]
    "Napier City Rovers", www.cityrovers.co.nz, archived from the original on 29 November 2023, retrieved 7 February 2024
  2. [2]
    Johnstone, Duncan (17 December 2009), "23 centres to host Rugby World Cup teams", Stuff, retrieved 7 February 2024
  3. [3]
    White, Victoria (16 May 2017), "Changes in Park Island redesign", Hawkes Bay Today, retrieved 7 February 2024 – via NZ Herald

39.5082°S 176.8569°E / -39.5082; 176.8569


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