Churchill Park is a
multi-purpose stadium
A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...
in
Lautoka
Lautoka () is the second largest Local government in Fiji, city in Fiji. It is on the west coast of the island of Viti Levu, in the Ba Province of the Western Division, Fiji, Western Division. Lying in the heart of Fiji's sugar cane-growing r ...
,
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches and hosts the home matches of
Lautoka F.C.
Lautoka Football Club is a Fijian professional association football, football club based in Lautoka that competes in the Fiji Premier League, the top flight of Fijian football. Their home stadium is Churchill Park (Lautoka), Churchill Park. The ...
The Stadium also hosts
International Rugby matches such as the
Pacific Nations Cup
The Pacific Nations Cup is an international rugby union competition held between three Pacific states: Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. The 2019 edition of the tournament will also include the national teams of Canada, Japan and United States. First hel ...
and the
Pacific Rugby Cup
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as well as local rugby competitions such as the
Colonial Cup and the
Sanyo Cup. The stadium held 18,000 people but in 2016, they added
athletic track
An all-weather running track is a rubberized, artificial running surface for track and field athletics. It provides a consistent surface for competitors to test their athletic ability unencumbered by adverse weather conditions. Historically, v ...
s and tore down the other side of the Stadium thus reducing capacity to less than 10,000.
References
Football venues in Fiji
Rugby league stadiums in Fiji
Rugby union stadiums in Fiji
Multi-purpose stadiums in Fiji
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