The established ASB Stadium offers facilities of quality for indoor sports, meetings, exhibitions and major social occasions. The Stadium is conveniently located in the eastern suburbs, within easy reach of a range of accommodation facilities and all the amenities that New Zealand's largest city has to offer.
Purpose designed and built to provide flexibility in a variety of uses, the Stadium has been the successful venue for such major events as:
- 1990 Commonwealth Games Gymnastics
- World artistic roller skating championships
- National and international basketball
- National and international netball
- New Zealand volleyball championships
- New Zealand indoor bowls championships
- New Zealand ballroom dancing championships
- New Zealand Māori Sports Awards dinner
- The Great China Circus
- Hillsong Christian Convention
- Craft fairs
- Cultural festivals
Background
Completion of the ASB Stadium culminated years of work by committed residents who had joined with Selwyn College authorities, staff members and the community to develop the project in the College grounds.
The project fired the imagination also of a large number of financial supporters, including local and central government, the business community, sporting groups and private donors. The generous participation in 1989 of the ASB Bank ensured the financial stability of the undertaking.
The Stadium is administered under trust deed by a Board of Trustees. Full-time professional management and administrative staff are available to assist user groups.
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Outstanding features are
- A main floor area of 1350 sq.m. (45m. x 30m.) sufficient to accommodate, for example, three basketball courts, twelve badminton courts, or a basketball or netball court with surrounds up to international requirements.
- Quality timber floor providing excellent surface for all sporting activities. Attractive synthetic floor covering is available for non-sporting functions.
- Specially designed artificial and natural lighting to television standards.
- Self-contained and secure changing rooms - six for teams, two for officials.
- 12m. ceiling height and generous run-up space to meet the special needs of such sports as volleyball, rhythmic gymnastics and tennis.
- Permanent bleacher seating at mezzanine level for 2358 people (includes 306 bucket seats). Additional temporary seating at floor level can take the total capacity up to 3700 spectators depending on the particular event.
- Cabling for television and other news media requirements, including a spacious press box and a media lounge for interviews and relaxation.
- Provision for corporate hospitality boxes on the perimeter of the stadium floor. The hire of a corporate box for a major event gives opportunity to entertain staff or clients, with full food and beverage service, in the most prestigious circumstances.
Related Features
- Sealed car parking for 350 vehicles, with space for parking another 500 cars on grassed areas during the summer months.
- A comfortably furnished lounge which can accommodate up to 150 people for a variety of business and social occasions. There are full catering facilities.
- Separate office for promoters/organizers, with full communications capability.
- A community pre-school. A community fitness gym.
- Selwyn Theatre & Cultural Centre. A purpose built theatre adjacent to ASB Stadium that seats 300 people. Available for hire.
In short, ASB Stadium is a proven community, regional and international facility. Its flexibility is such that it can cater for large meetings or small, for club activities or events involving thousands of participants and spectators.
