Memorial Park is a multi-use

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. It is currently used mostly for

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matches and was the home stadium of YoungHeart Manawatu before they disbanded. The stadium has a capacity of 8,000 people. The stadium hosted the final of the 2011 Chatham Cup on 28 August 2011.

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won the competition for the first time in their history, defeating

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2–1. This is the first time that the final of New Zealand's premier knockout football competition has been held in Palmerston North. In 2015 Central Football board member Bruce McGhie proposed a plan to the

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on making the ground an all-weather sports field. He stated that by 2019–20 Memorial Park would have a multi-purpose artificial sports field. The plan is set to cost $1.7 million.

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