Arena Manawatu
Arena Manawatu is a stadium in New Zealand that opened in 1886. Its recorded capacity is 15,000.
Key facts
Arena Manawatu is a stadium in New Zealand that opened in 1886. Its recorded capacity is 15,000. It is owned by Palmerston North. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Hurricanes, Robertson Prestige International Speedway, Wellington Phoenix, Manawatu rugby league team, Manawatu Rugby Union, 2011 Rugby World Cup, 1987 Rugby World Cup, Manawatu Jets, Red Sox Manawatu.
- Location
- New Zealand
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 15,000
- Opened
- 1886
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Palmerston North
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Arena Manawatu is at latitude -40.356667, longitude 175.601111, New Zealand. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | -40.356667 |
| Longitude | 175.601111 |
| City | Not recorded |
| Region | Not recorded |
| Country | New Zealand |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikidata statement | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Arena Manawatu has carried 1 recorded name. Palmerston North Showgrounds, Manawatu Sports Stadium, Arena Manawatu, FMG Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmerston North Showgrounds, Manawatu Sports Stadium, Arena Manawatu, FMG Stadium | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Palmerston North | 1886 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricanes | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Robertson Prestige International Speedway | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Wellington Phoenix | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Manawatu rugby league team | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Manawatu Rugby Union | Not mapped | 1886 to present | Current | Source |
| 2011 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1886 to present | Current | Source |
| 1987 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1886 to present | Current | Source |
| Manawatu Jets | Not mapped | 1886 to present | Current | Source |
| Red Sox Manawatu | Not mapped | 1886 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
25 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 1760 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Manawatu Turbos | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Palmerston North City Council | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34027 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34026 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34027 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34026 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2316 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2315 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 18000 | 15000 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1356634066 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Arena_Manawatu | Arena Manawatu | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Palmerston North Showgrounds, Manawatu Sports Stadium, Arena Manawatu, FMG Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20249 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20248 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20247 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20246 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9355 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9354 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9353 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9352 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9351 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9350 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: