Rugby Park Stadium is a rugby union venue and home ground for ITM Cup team Southland. Rugby Park Stadium is located on the corner of Elles Road and Tweed Street in Invercargill. It has a capacity of 20 000, although in former incarnations has accommodated up to 30,000 in the 1960s before the facility was further developed with seating over the proceeding decades. Temporary seating was added in 2010 for the 2010 ITM Cup, this allowed a crowd of over 18 000 to attend the first major defence of the Ranfurly Shield against Otago on August 7. The stadium was built on the site of Invercargill’s former rugby venue, Homestead Stadium. In 2000, the city of Invercargill announced plans to replace Homestead Stadium with backing from the ILT and Community Trust of Southland.
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