A showground is a places where events occur, including
agricultural show
An agricultural show is a public event exhibiting the equipment, animals, sports and recreation associated with agriculture and animal husbandry. The largest comprise a livestock show (a judged event or display in which selective breeding, breed ...
s, and associated facilities. In Australia, New Zealand and the United States, showgrounds often house
dirt track speedways.
Showground may refer to:
Australia
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Adelaide Showgrounds, in South Australia
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Ballarat Showgrounds, in Victoria
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Beaudesert Showgrounds, in Queensland
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Bendigo Showgrounds, in Victoria
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Boonah Showgrounds
Boonah is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Boonah had a population of 2,484 people.
Geography
The town is positioned near the Fassifern Valley, McPherson Range and Main Rang ...
, in Queensland
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Claremont Showground
The Claremont Showground near Perth, Western Australia is home to the annual Perth Royal Show. In 1902, of land were reserved in the Perth suburb of Claremont for a new showground to replace the Guildford Showgrounds. The Royal Agricultural S ...
, in Perth, Western Australia
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Fairfield Showground
Fairfield Showground is a multi-purpose indoor-outdoor venue situated in Prairiewood, New South Wales, Australia. Since in the 1970s, it has been a popular venue for multicultural festivals, horse racing, carnivals, markets and club meets attracti ...
, in Sydney, New South Wales
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Geelong Showgrounds
The Geelong Showgrounds in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, are the home of the Royal Geelong Show, an agricultural show held every year since 1855. The current showgrounds are located in the suburb of Breakwater.
The focus of the Royal Geelong Sho ...
, in Victoria
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Kalbar Showgrounds Kalbar may refer to:
* West Kalimantan, known in Indonesian as ''Kalimantan Barat'' and abbreviated to ''Kalbar''
* Kalbar, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
* Kalbar, Queensland
Kalbar (formerly Engelsburg / Engelsberg) ...
, in Queensland
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Kiama Showground, in New South Wales
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Newcastle Showgrounds
Newcastle Entertainment Centre is a multi-purpose Australian arena within the Newcastle Showgrounds. It was opened in 1992 at a cost of .
The centre's original tenant was the Newcastle Falcons NBL team who moved to the new venue in 1992 from th ...
, in New South Wales
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Redcliffe Showgrounds
The Redcliffe Showgrounds is a showground in Redcliffe, Queensland for the annual Redcliffe Show the June holidays. Whilst the show is not on, it is home to the Redcliffe Darts club, Redcliffe Bingo as well as PCYC Over 35 soccer club. It used ...
, in Queensland
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RNA Showgrounds
Brisbane Showgrounds (formerly known as the Brisbane Exhibition Ground) is located at 600 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, Queensland, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and was established in 1875. It hosts more than 250 events each ye ...
, in Brisbane, Queensland
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Royal Melbourne Showgrounds
Melbourne Showgrounds is located in the inner north-western suburb of Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, next door to Flemington Racecourse. The largest and most flexible indoor/outdoor venue space in Melbourne the Showgrounds is the home of the an ...
, in Victoria
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Royal Hobart Showground
The Royal Hobart Showgrounds are the site of the Royal Hobart Show and many other smaller events including a market on the grounds every Sunday. The Royal Hobart Showground is located 10 km north of Hobart, between the junction to Brook ...
, in Tasmania
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Sydney Showground (Moore Park)
The former Sydney Showground (Moore Park) at Moore Park was the site of the Sydney Royal Easter Show in New South Wales, Australia from 1882 until 1997, when the Show was moved to the new Sydney Showground at Sydney Olympic Park, which w ...
, in New South Wales
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Sydney Showground (Olympic Park) Sydney Showground could refer to:
* Sydney Showground (Moore Park) - the former Showground at Moore Park, New South Wales. Now Fox Studios Australia.
**Sydney Showground Speedway - a former dirt racetrack at the Moore Park showground.
* Sydney Show ...
in New South Wales
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Sydney Showground Stadium
Sydney Showground Stadium (Known commercially as GIANTS Stadium during the AFL Season) is a sports and events stadium located at the Sydney Showground in Sydney Olympic Park. It hosted the baseball events for the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Show ...
, in New South Wales
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Sydney Showground Speedway
Sydney Showground Speedway, originally known as the Speedway Royal and later the Speedway Royale but often referred to as just The Royale or The Showground, was a dirt Dirt track racing venue at the old Sydney Showground used from 1926 until ...
, in New South Wales
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The Showgrounds, Wangaratta
The Wangaratta Showgrounds is situated on the banks of the Ovens River, close to central Wangaratta and provides a large venue for a host of local sports and community clubs.
It has hosted the Wangaratta Agricultural Show since 1860 and the ann ...
, in Victoria
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Traralgon Showgrounds
Traralgon Showground is a cricket ground in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia. The first recorded match held on the ground came when WSC Australia played WSC Cavaliers in the 1978 World Series Cricket. A List A match was held there in the 2007â ...
, in Victoria
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Wollongong Showground
Wollongong Showground, known as WIN Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Wollongong, Australia. The stadium was officially opened in 1911. From 1982 until 1998 it played host to every home match for the Illawa ...
, in New South Wales
Ireland
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RDS Showgrounds
RDS Arena is a multi-purpose sports stadium, owned by the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) and located in the Dublin suburb of Ballsbridge, Ireland.
The arena was developed to host equestrian events, primarily the annual Dublin Horse Show, which ...
, in Dublin
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The Showgrounds (Sligo)
The Showgrounds is a stadium in Sligo, which has been home of Sligo Rovers since Rovers were formed in 1928.
Overview
The Showgrounds was leased until 1968 when it was then purchased for Sligo Rovers by a trust foundation representing the peo ...
New Zealand
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Addington Showgrounds
Orangetheory Stadium is a rugby football stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was formerly called AMI Stadium, and before that, the Addington Showgrounds.
History
The park is part of a complex with Christchurch Arena and Addington Raceway ...
, in Christchurch
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Epsom Showgrounds
Epsom is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is located in the centre of the Auckland isthmus between Mount Eden and Greenlane, south of Newmarket, and five km south of Auckland CBD.
Demographics
Epsom covers and had an estimated popul ...
, in Auckland
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Palmerston North Showgrounds
Central Energy Trust Arena is the current name of the 180,000 square metre publicly owned recreational complex just west of the Palmerston North city centre in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand.
It has three linked indoor stadiu ...
United Kingdom
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Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome
Agricultural Showgrounds is a cricket ground in Frome, Somerset, England. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1882, when Frome played United Eleven. In 1932, Somerset played Northamptonshire in the County Championship, in what was th ...
, in England
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Ballymena Showgrounds
The Ballymena Showgrounds is a football stadium in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is home to Ballymena United F.C. and Ballymena United Allstars F.C. It is owned by Ballymena Borough Council. In addition to men's soccer a variety ...
, in Northern Ireland
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Balmoral Showgrounds
The King's Hall was a multi-purpose venue located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The King's Hall consisted of 6 event venues. The King's Hall is owned by the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) (previously the North East Agricultural Associ ...
, in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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East of England Showground
The East of England Showground is a large showground area (667,731sqm) located on East of England Way in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The Showground is owned by Bellway as of around 2019 and the site currently includes the East of Engla ...
, in Peterborough, England
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Great Yorkshire Showground
The Great Yorkshire Show (GYS) is an agricultural show which takes place on the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, North Yorkshire in the North of England annually from the second Tuesday of July until the following Thursday. It is organi ...
, in Harrogate, England
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Kent Showground
The Kent Showground, formerly (and still colloquially) known as the Kent County Showground is an area of land in Detling, Kent, England, north of the county town of Maidstone. Stretching along the north side of the A249 from the top of Detling Hil ...
, in England
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Newark Showground
Newark Showground is a showground in Newark, Nottinghamshire. It makes up of the former RAF Winthorpe Airfield which was purchased in 1964 by the Newark and Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society.
Events
LAMMA
The LAMMA show, LAMMA agricultural ...
, in England
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Royal Bath and West Showground
The Royal Bath and West of England Society is a charitable society founded in 1777 to promote and improve agriculture and related activities around the West Country of England. Based at the Royal Bath and West of England Society Showground near ...
, in Shepton Mallet, England
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Royal Highland Showground
The Royal Highland Centre, originally the Royal Highland Showground, is an exhibition centre and showground located at Ingliston in the western outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, adjacent to Edinburgh Airport and the A8.
History
The Royal Highla ...
, in Scotland
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Shropshire Agricultural Showground, in England
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The Showgrounds (Coleraine)
The Showgrounds is a football stadium in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of Coleraine F.C. The stadium holds approximately 3,500 with the stadium consisting of a mix of terracing and seating.
Between Septe ...
, in Northern Ireland
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The Showgrounds (Limavady)
The Showgrounds is a football stadium in Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of Limavady United
Limavady United Football Club is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in the NIFL Premier ...
, in Northern Ireland
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The Showgrounds (Newry)
The Showgrounds is a association football, football stadium in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was the home ground of Newry City F.C. and is now the home ground of their successor club, Newry City A.F.C. The stadium holds 7,949, but i ...
, in Northern Ireland
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Three Counties Showground The Three Counties Showground is a showground site in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, covering 90 acres owned by the Three Counties Agricultural Society. The first show at the site was held in 1958 and was attended by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mo ...
, in Malvern, England
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South of England Showground, in Ardingly, Sussex
Zimbabwe
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Showground, Bulawayo
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