Rugby Park Stadium
Rugby Park Stadium is a stadium in New Zealand that opened in 1908. Its recorded capacity is 18,000.
Key facts
Rugby Park Stadium is a stadium in New Zealand that opened in 1908. Its recorded capacity is 18,000. It is owned by Invercargill City Council and Invercargill City Council. It is operated by Invercargill Venue & Events Management Ltd managed venue. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Irish Rugby Football Union, Southland RFU, 2011 Rugby World Cup, 1987 Rugby World Cup.
- Location
- New Zealand
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 18,000
- Opened
- 1908
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Invercargill City Council, Invercargill City Council
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Rugby Park Stadium is at latitude -46.416944, longitude 168.362778, 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 | -46.416944 |
| Longitude | 168.362778 |
| 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 | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Rugby Park Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Homestead Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homestead Stadium | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Invercargill City Council | 1908 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Invercargill City Council | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Invercargill Venue & Events Management Ltd managed venue | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Rugby Football Union | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Southland RFU | Not mapped | 1908 to present | Current | Source |
| 2011 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1908 to present | Current | Source |
| 1987 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1908 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
14 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 | 1754 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34016 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2306 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372226786 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Rugby_Park_Stadium | Rugby Park Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Homestead Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20240 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20239 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9324 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9323 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9322 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9321 | 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: