Carisbrook
Carisbrook is a stadium in Dunedin City, New Zealand that opened in 1883. Its recorded capacity is 29,000.
Key facts
Carisbrook is a stadium in Dunedin City, New Zealand that opened in 1883. Its recorded capacity is 29,000. It is owned by Carisbrook Ground Company and Q78899218. It is operated by Carisbrook Ground Company. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Highlanders, Rugby Football Union, Highlanders, Otago RFU, 1987 Rugby World Cup.
- Location
- Dunedin City, New Zealand
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 29,000
- Opened
- 1883
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- Carisbrook Ground Company, Q78899218
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Carisbrook is at latitude -45.893611, longitude 170.490556, in Dunedin City, 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 | -45.893611 |
| Longitude | 170.490556 |
| City | Dunedin City |
| Region | Dunedin City |
| Country | New Zealand |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Q78899218 | 1881 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Carisbrook Ground Company | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Carisbrook Ground Company | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highlanders | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Rugby Football Union | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Highlanders | Not mapped | 1881 to present | Current | Source |
| Otago RFU | Not mapped | 1881 to present | Current | Source |
| 1987 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1881 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
12 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 | 1766 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34033 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2323 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | 1881 | 1883 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372073033 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20267 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20266 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20265 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9377 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9376 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9375 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9374 | 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: