Stadium Southland 5001747 212720190 2008-05-15T23:27:12Z CmdrObot 1079367 sp: Mens'→Men's {{Unreferenced|date=January 2008}} {{Infobox_Stadium | stadium_name = Stadium Southland | nickname = | image = | location =[[Invercargill]], [[New Zealand]] | opened =[[2000]] | owner = | former_names = | tenants = [[Southern Sting]] ([[National Bank Cup]]) (2000-2007)<br>[[Southern Steel]] ([[ANZ Championship]]) (2008-present)<br>[[Otago Nuggets]] | seating_capacity =5500-6000 |}} [[Stadium Southland]] is an International sports complex in [[Invercargill]], [[New Zealand]]. The Stadium was built and finished in May 2000. The main SBS Sports Arena in the stadium has a capacity of 5,500. It can also become up to 6,000 with temp seating. It also has eleven other community Basketball, Netball, Volleyball courts, four rebound Ace tennis courts, four squash courts and many business rooms. == Home teams == The stadium is home for the [[Southern Steel]] netball team in the [[ANZ Championship]]. It also is home for some of the [[Otago Nuggets]] basketball team games and formerly the [[Southern Sting]] in the [[National Bank Cup]]. == Velodrome == The [[Invercargill ILT Velodrome]] is a sports complex built onto Stadium Southland. The $60 million dollar building can hold 3,000 people and has become the home of the Oceania Contenint Cup, Under 19 World Championships, New Zealand National Champs and other events. The Velodrome is the current home of the Beijing Olympic cycling team. == Events held == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Sport ! Event |- ! rowspan=3 | 2000 | rowspan=2 | Netball | [[National Bank Cup]]: 9 round-robin, semis, finals |- | International tests: [[Silver Ferns|New Zealand]] vs [[Australia national netball team|Australia]] |- | Basketball | International tests: [[Tall Blacks|New Zealand]] vs [[England national basketball team|England]], [[Australia national basketball team|Australia]] |- ! rowspan=3 | 2001 | rowspan=2 | Netball | [[National Bank Cup]]: 9 round-robin, semis, finals |- | International tests: [[Silver Ferns|New Zealand]] vs [[Barbados national netball team|Barbados]], [[South Africa national netball team|South Africa]] |- | Basketball | International tests: ''Men's', [[Tall Blacks|New Zealand]] vs [[Australia national basketball team|Australia]]; ''Women's', [[New Zealand women's national basketball team|New Zealand]] vs [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australia]] |- ! rowspan=3 | 2002 | rowspan=3 | Netball | [[National Bank Cup]]: 9 round-robin, semis, finals |- | Smokefree Netball Championships |- | International tests: [[Silver Ferns|New Zealand]] vs [[Australia national netball team|Australia]] |- ! rowspan=4 | 2003 | Badminton | [[New Zealand Badminton Open]] |- | rowspan=3 | Netball | [[National Bank Cup]]: 7 round-robin matches |- | [[2003 Netball World Championships|World Championships]] build-up games: [[Silver Ferns|New Zealand]] vs [[Australia national netball team|Australia]], [[England national netball team|England]], [[Jamaica national netball team|Jamaica]] |- | Secondary School Netball Championships |- ! rowspan=3 | 2004 | rowspan=2 | Netball | [[National Bank Cup]] (7 home games, semis, finals) |- | International tests: [[Silver Ferns|New Zealand]] vs [[England national netball team|England]] |- | Basketball | International tests: [[Tall Blacks|New Zealand]] vs [[Australia national basketball team|Australia]] |- ! rowspan=4 | 2005 | rowspan=3 | Netball | [[National Bank Cup]] (7 round-robin, semis) |- | Secondary Schools Netball Championships |- | Scottwood Netball/Smokefree Netball Championships |- | Basketball | International tests: [[Tall Blacks|New Zealand]] vs [[Australia national basketball team|Australia]] |- ! rowspan=3 | 2006 | Netball | [[National Bank Cup]] (7 round-robin, semis) |- | Basketball | International tests: [[Tall Blacks|New Zealand]] (three tests) |- | Badminton | [[New Zealand Badminton Open]] |- ! rowspan=3 | 2007 | rowspan=2 | Netball | [[National Bank Cup]] (7 round-robin, semis) |- | Scottwood Trust Netball Championships |- | Tennis | [[ASB Classic]] qualifiers |- ! 2008 | Cycling | Under-21 World Cycling Championships (velodrome) |- ! 2008 | Netball | [[Southern Steel]] netball team |} [[Category:Sports venues in New Zealand]] {{NZ-struct-stub}} {{Oceania-stadium-stub}}