A bunch of interesting stats and facts. Great for students or just those interested in knowing more about our Stadium.
How many...
Number of seats: 34,500
Number of public seats (non-members, non-boxes): 31,000
Number of covered seats: 24,000
Number of corporate boxes: 64
Bowl site size: 48,000 sqm
Number of piles: 410
Roof size: 12,000 sqm
Height from arena to roof: 26 metres
Height of light tower: 55 metres
Length from end to end: 235 metres
Width west to east: 185 metres
Width of pitch (widest point): 135 metres
Length of pitch (widest point): 162 metres
Number of turnstiles: 43
Number of escalators: 2
Number of goods lifts: 2
Number of toilet pans: 383
Number of urinals: 275
Number of television sets: 270
Food and beverage outlets: 15
Mobile beverage outlets: 9
Northern replay screen: 84 sqm
Southern replay screen: 52 sqm
Length of the concourse: 650 metres
Width of the concourse: 14 metres
Length of walkway to rail station: 680 metres
Emergency Evacuation time: 8 minutes
Carparks on site: 850
Staff numbers on event days: 400-1000
Staff numbers on non-event days: 25-50
The goal posts are 15 metres high
Other Info
The four large Stadium lights are HQI-TS 2000 W/D/S lamps.
There are 70 lamps per tower (280 total), plus the rim lights which are set up in four sections with 28 per quarter (112 in total) giving a grand total of 392 lamps all up.
The Turf
Turf area 15,050m2
Grass species: Two varieties of perennial Ryegrass (Lolium Perenne)
USGA spec. sand profile (300mm depth)
The gradient of the turf is 300mm elevation from the centre to the outside edge
Target grass heights:
Rugby/Rugby League/Aussie Rules is 25-30mm
Football 18-22mm
Cricket is 10-12mm
Primary drainage system
There are 64 sprinkler heads
Eight quick coupler valves
The pitch is mowed daily
The field is watered every second day when required
PORTABLE WICKETS
Three clay wickets and one sand tray
In 2005 two wickets and the sand tray were built
One wicket was built in 2014
Soil is Patamahoe clay and grass is Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium Perenne)
Match day target soil moisture range 24-28%
Match day target soil bulk densities 1.30-1.50gms/cm3
Wicket and sand tray depth 200mm
Each wicket measures 25m x 3m
Cricket boundary sizes:
North 80m
East 58m
South 80m
West 62m
Wicket move duration is four hours
INITIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE TURF IN 1999
7,930 tonnes of sand went into making the pitch.
2,800 tonnes of drainage gravel was used.
900 kilograms of grass seed was used with three different type of grass seed - two perennial ryegrass and one creeping fescue.
1200kg of fertiliser was used.
A centre wicket square was constructed consisting of five wickets. This was removed in 2005/6 in favour of portable wickets.
ARTIFICIAL ROAD
Total area 1343m2
Construction time was 16 days
3m wide
Approximately 450m long
FIFA II compliant
TURF RENEWAL: 5-20 DECEMBER 2016
Total time to complete was 16 days
40 personnel
New turf established off-site at a turf farm in Auckland from 5 May 2016
130mm in depth removed across the original surface
Material removed from original surface:
2440 cubic meters
3443 ton
Nine days to remove spoil and level the surface
Seven days to turf the Arena (total Arena area is 16,400m2)
16 days to construct the artificial road
Turf roll size: 13m x 1m = 13m2 approximately one ton each
