RUGBY WORLD CUP VENUES
The venues for all the 2011 Rugby World Cup matches have now been decided.
Rugby World Cup venues have now been decided. 13 different cities will host the 48 games. 34 of the games will be in the North Island and 14 in the South Island. Teams will be hosted in 23 different towns around New Zealand during the tournament - check out the Towns page for info.
The full games schedule is on the Rugby World Cup Games page
The Rugby World Cup final, bronze final, and both semi final matches will be played in Auckland at an upgraded Eden Park.
Quarter finals will be held in Christchurch and Wellington.
At Eden Park, a new South Stand and temporary seating will achieve the required 60,000 capacity. It is anticipated that the redevelopment will be completed in early 2011 at a cost of approximately $240.5 million. Dunedin may also have a new stadium to replace Carisbrook. The Christchurch stadium is having major redevelopment work done. Whangarei may also have a new stadium.
The 13 stadiums where games will be held are listed below. Because stadiums will lose their corporate branding during the Rugby World Cup, the new name of the stadium during the Cup is in brackets! The number of World Cup games each stadium will host is also in brackets.
North Island Venues:
- Eden Park, Auckland (9 games)
- Westpac Stadium, Wellington (Stadium Wellington) (7 games)
- Waikato Stadium, Hamilton (3 games)
- North Harbour Stadium, Albany, Auckland (3 games)
- Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua (3 games)
- Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth (Stadium Taranaki)(3 games)
- Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North (2 games)
- McLean Park, Napier (2 games)
- Northland Events Centre, Whangarei (2 games)
- AMI Stadium, Christchurch (Stadium Christchurch)(7 games)
- Carisbrook Stadium, Dunedin (or maybe a new stadium)(3 games)
- Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill (2 games)
- Trafalgar Park, Nelson (2 games)
Major Rugby World Cup venues and towns are shown on the maps page.
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