Wellington Regional Stadium Profile

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LOCATION: Wellington	COUNTRY: New Zealand	YEAR OPENED: 2000
CAPACITY: 36,000	OWNER: Wellington Regional Stadium Trust	GAME: Cricket

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Wellington Regional Stadium also known as Westpac Stadium, is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. Due to its shape and silver coloured external walls, it is colloquially known as "The Cake Tin" to locals and other New Zealanders. The stadium's bowl site size is 48,000 sq m.

The stadium was built in 1999 by Fletcher Construction[4] and is situated close to major transport facilities (such as Wellington Railway Station) one kilometre north of the CBD. It was built on reclaimed railway land, which was surplus to requirements.

It was built to replace Athletic Park, which was no longer considered adequate for international events due to its location and state of disrepair. The stadium was also built to provide a larger-capacity venue for One Day International cricket matches, due to the Basin Reserve ground losing such matches to larger stadia in other parts of the country.

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