Yarrow Stadium

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Yarrow Stadium
The Bull Ring/The Fish Bowl
Location	New Plymouth, New Zealand
Broke ground	January 2002
Opened	September 2002
Closed	Open
Demolished	N/A
Owner	{{{owner}}}
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	NZ $15 million
Architect	Warren & Mahoney
Former names
Rugby Park
Tenants
Taranaki Rugby Union
Seats
25,000

Yarrow Stadium is situated in the central suburb of Westown in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand with main vehicle access off Maratahu St. The primary tenant of this 25,000-capacity stadium is the Taranaki representative team in the country's principal rugby union competition, the National Provincial Championship. The stadium also occasionally hosts matches of the Hurricanes Super 14 team in the same sport, although that team's primary home is in Wellington.

1 Venue Description
2 Legends Lounge
3 Players Area
4 Previous Events
5 External links

[edit] Venue Description

Yarrow Stadium has four sports fields, the Legends Lounge, concourse and a variety of function rooms.

The turf on the main field is laid over irrigation lines and drains on a sand profile.

The main field has two grandstands providing undercover seating, terraced and embankment uncovered seating and standing areas.

The number two field has a small grandstand which provides covered seating for approximately 100 people.

The stadium also has a full sound system, fully electronic scoreboard and floodlights.

Fields one, two and three have training level floodlighting.

[edit] Legends Lounge

The Legends Lounge is on the top floor of the TSB Bank Stand and has panoramic views of both playing arenas and the back fields. It is used for business conferences, dinners, sales presentations and meetings, and has a capacity of three-hundred seated and 650 standing.

Features

Internal speaker system.
Power.
Data points.
Portable stage.
Staircase and lift access is at each end of the lounge with direct access to the seating deck.
Two kitchen, bar and toilet facilities are located at each end of the lounge so that the area can be partitioned for smaller functions.

[edit] Players Area

Two main change rooms, each with a connecting warm up room, are located at ground level of the TSB Bank Stand. Five subsidiary changing rooms are located at ground level of the TSB Bank Stand.

A medical room, drug testing room, media interview room and match day office are all located adjacent to the main changing room at the ground level of the TSB Bank Stand.