Park Island is the largest sports complex in
Napier Napier may refer to:
People
* Napier (surname), including a list of people with that name
* Napier baronets, five baronetcies and lists of the title holders
Given name
* Napier Shaw (1854–1945), British meteorologist
* Napier Waller (1893–19 ...
,
New Zealand. It hosts clubs and facilities for
association football (soccer), cricket, hockey, netball and rugby union. It includes Bluewater Stadium, a
multi-purpose stadium that has a capacity of 5,000 people and opened in 1985. The stadium is used mostly for soccer matches and is the home stadium of
Napier City Rovers and
Hawke's Bay United. It also served as a training venue for teams in the
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...
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External links
Park Island Napier City Council
1985 establishments in New Zealand
Association football venues in New Zealand
Buildings and structures in Napier, New Zealand
Sport in Napier, New Zealand
Multi-purpose stadiums in New Zealand
Sports venues in the Hawke's Bay Region
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