Wellington Stadiums

[hot_dogma]

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

[Jeffles]

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.

[beastjim]

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.

[Egan]

Nah they only close a few bays off now. The Yellow fever are on that side, most people want to congregate and start atmosphere.

Shucks, Wellington deprivation is hitting reviewing those photos.

[IanRitchie]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/ne ... uake-prone

bugger.

[Simmo79]

Bloody hell, the Caketin really does look like a caketin. Ugly fucker so it is

[the crow]

It should of been called the water tank

[skippy]

Bloody hell, the Caketin really does look like a caketin. Ugly fucker so it is

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.