I've finally pulled my finger out. Pics taken from November 2007.
Westpac Stadium
Wellington Pheonix v Sydney FC
The view from the footbridge over Wellington Railway Station
The long concourse/walkway
The view from the away end
Teams come out
Next 2 pics show how the seating is raised. I'm a big fan of this in stadium design
Billboard Outside Wellington Station. I lolled
View of the ground from the harbour
View of the ground from a train
Walking to the ground before FIFA WCQ New Zealand v Vanuatu
Māori inspired main entrance
View of the ground from the home end. Match was on a Wednesday night at 6PM hence there being stuff all people
Teams come out
Anthems
Kick-off
Walking back to the city
Newtown Park
Home of Team Wellington in the NZFC
Behind these goals is the Wellington Zoo
No chance in hell of standing up on that. Looks like the bank on a velodrome
I framed this shot especially for Jeffles
Site of Athletic Park
Now a retirement village called Village at the Park
Basin Reserve
State Championship match between Wellington Firebirds and Otago Volts
Mt Victoria is in the background
Vance Stand
Old Grandstand which houses the NZ Cricket Museum. For some unknown reason I didn't go in
View from the hill
These crowd channel railings remind me of those at Moorabbin
Light towers. Everytime I see them I wonder if anything was held under lights such as rugby back in the day
The ground lives up to its heritage listing with this ornate fountain
Wellington Stadiums
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Thanks for those photos, including the scoreboard one.
When I was NZ I searched secondhand bookstores for THe Basin by Don Neely. It's the ground's history book. Couldn't find it so I am ordering it from University of Canterbury Press. I want to see photos of it when it was in square shape.
The raised seating in the Caketin allows them to put in temporary seating for RU matches. The Sydney Showground at Homebush Bay put termporary seating in front of the stands when the Bulldogs played there. They were green whereas the other seats were red. I'm surprised it wasn't raised more in Wellington given the difference in ticket demand between RU and cricket.
When I was NZ I searched secondhand bookstores for THe Basin by Don Neely. It's the ground's history book. Couldn't find it so I am ordering it from University of Canterbury Press. I want to see photos of it when it was in square shape.
The raised seating in the Caketin allows them to put in temporary seating for RU matches. The Sydney Showground at Homebush Bay put termporary seating in front of the stands when the Bulldogs played there. They were green whereas the other seats were red. I'm surprised it wasn't raised more in Wellington given the difference in ticket demand between RU and cricket.
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I am sure most people on here like to have a judge of the crowd size when watching on TV, however the tricky part is how many people are on the camera side. It would appear from those photos HD has taken that f**k all sit on the camera side so you get to see the whole crowd on TV at Westpac for A-League games. I guess living in Queensland you expect as many as possible to be in the shade, a different situation for the Wellington folk (unless its closed off?)
Great set of photos HD. About the Basin Reserve lights, they don't look particularly high, which might of been a problem, and there doesn't appear to be any over the Vance stand side.
Great set of photos HD. About the Basin Reserve lights, they don't look particularly high, which might of been a problem, and there doesn't appear to be any over the Vance stand side.
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Re: Wellington Stadiums
Bloody hell, the Caketin really does look like a caketin. Ugly fucker so it is
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Re: Wellington Stadiums
It should of been called the water tank
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Re: Wellington Stadiums
IMO they made a big mistake in Wellington with the Caketin. The Basin Reserve is a perfect ground for cricket, with plenty of charm and enough capacity for test matches and limited overs games. The city needed a modern rectangular stadium for the Hurricanes, A-League and the occasional All Bleks fixture. Something similar to Melbourne's AAMI Park would have been much better for 95% of events.Simmo79 wrote:Bloody hell, the Caketin really does look like a caketin. Ugly fucker so it is