Stadium Southland

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Stadium Southland
Location	Invercargill, New Zealand
Opened	2000
Owner
Tenants	Southern Sting (National Bank Cup) (2000-2007) Southern Steel (ANZ Championship) (2008-present) Otago Nuggets
Capacity	5500-6000

Stadium Southland is an International sports complex in Invercargill, New Zealand. The Stadium was built and finished in May 2000. The main SBS Sports Arena in the stadium has a capacity of 5,500. It can also become up to 6,000 with temp seating. It also has eleven other community Basketball, Netball, Volleyball courts, four rebound Ace tennis courts, four squash courts and many business rooms.

[edit] Home teams

The stadium is home for the Southern Steel netball team in the ANZ Championship. It also is home for some of the Otago Nuggets basketball team games and formerly the Southern Sting in the National Bank Cup.

[edit] Velodrome

The Invercargill ILT Velodrome is a sports complex built onto Stadium Southland. The $60 million dollar building can hold 3,000 people and has become the home of the Oceania Contenint Cup, Under 19 World Championships, New Zealand National Champs and other events. The Velodrome is the current home of the Beijing Olympic cycling team.

[edit] Events held

Year	Sport	Event
2000	Netball	National Bank Cup: 9 round-robin, semis, finals
		International tests: New Zealand vs Australia
	Basketball	International tests: New Zealand vs England, Australia
2001	Netball	National Bank Cup: 9 round-robin, semis, finals
		International tests: New Zealand vs Barbados, South Africa
	Basketball	International tests: Men's', New Zealand vs Australia; Women's', New Zealand vs Australia
2002	Netball	National Bank Cup: 9 round-robin, semis, finals
		Smokefree Netball Championships
		International tests: New Zealand vs Australia
2003	Badminton	New Zealand Badminton Open
	Netball	National Bank Cup: 7 round-robin matches
		World Championships build-up games: New Zealand vs Australia, England, Jamaica
		Secondary School Netball Championships
2004	Netball	National Bank Cup (7 home games, semis, finals)
		International tests: New Zealand vs England
	Basketball	International tests: New Zealand vs Australia
2005	Netball	National Bank Cup (7 round-robin, semis)
		Secondary Schools Netball Championships
		Scottwood Netball/Smokefree Netball Championships
	Basketball	International tests: New Zealand vs Australia
2006	Netball	National Bank Cup (7 round-robin, semis)
	Basketball	International tests: New Zealand (three tests)
	Badminton	New Zealand Badminton Open
2007	Netball	National Bank Cup (7 round-robin, semis)
		Scottwood Trust Netball Championships
	Tennis	ASB Classic qualifiers
2008	Cycling	Under-21 World Cycling Championships (velodrome)
2008	Netball	Southern Steel netball team