Harman Patil (Editor)

The Trusts Arena

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Construction cost
  
$26 million NZD

Opened
  
11 September 2004

Phone
  
+64 9-970 5200

Architect
  
Warren and Mahoney

Capacity
  
4,901

The Trusts Arena

Location
  
65-67 Central Park Drive, Henderson, New Zealand

Owner
  
Waitakere City Stadium Trust

Address
  
65-67 Central Park Dr, Henderson, Auckland 0610, New Zealand

Teams
  
Northern Mystics, Super City Rangers

Similar
  
Fred Taylor Park, Arena Manawatu, Mount Smart Stadium, SkyCity Auckland, North Shore Events C

Profiles

A mei concert the trusts arena auckland new zealand


The Trusts Arena is an indoor arena located in Henderson, New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand. It is a multi-purpose stadium that primarily holds sports events and music concerts. The Arena was opened by the former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark on 11 September 2004.

Contents

The Stadium Arena has hosted the New Zealand Breakers in the past, the Netball World Championships in November 2007 and the Auckland Darts Masters in August 2015. It holds 4,901 people and was built in 2004. The Arena is home to the Northern Mystics and the Super City Rangers.

2016 auckland darts masters the trusts arena


Oceania Sevens

14-15 November 2015, The Trusts Arena was host to the 2015 Oceania Sevens Championship.

Douglas Track and Field at The Trusts Arena

The outdoor facility attached to The Trusts Arena, known as "Douglas Track and Field", is a track and field facility that served as the home of New Zealand Football Championship team Waitakere United. Douglas Track and Field was home to the now defunct rugby league team, the Waitakere Rangers of the defunct Bartercard Cup competition, and has also served as training grounds for teams such as the Warriors and is the training ground for the All Blacks when in Auckland. The Waitakere City Rugby and Athletic Club is also based at the grandstand, and the facility hosted the 2010 Australasian Gaelic Games.

Notable performances

  • Heavy metal Band Slipknot play their first New Zealand show, with their All Hope Is Gone World Tour on October 22, 2008.
  • Grammy Nominated and American Idol Runner Up Adam Lambert play his first New Zealand show, with his Glam Nation Tour on October 17, 2010.
  • Glam rock Legend Alice Cooper played a show with his No More Mr. Nice Guy Tour on September 22, 2011.
  • Boy band One Direction played their first headlining tour in New Zealand, with their Up All Night Tour on April 21, 2012 respectively.
  • Boxing

    The Trusts Arena has hosted over more than a dozen of notable boxing events from various promotions like Duco Events and Super 8. This venue has been so popular for boxing promoters that it has earned the name of New Zealand's Home of Boxing and also the name of New Zealand's Boxing Arena. The arena itself even has its own boxing gym called Arena Boxing.

    Notable boxing fights

    16 April 2016 Kali Reis vs. Maricela Cornejo for the vacant WBC World female middleweight title. This was the first time in New Zealand history that one of the four major boxing sanctioning bodies has had there world title being held on New Zealand soil. Also featured on the card were Melissa St. Vil vs Baby Nansen and Ronica Jeffrey vs Gentiane Lupi, both for WBC Silver titles in there respective weight divisions.

    15 October 2015 Joseph Parker fought and defeated Kali Meehan for the WBO Oriental & African heavyweight title, vacant WBA Oceania & PABA heavyweight title and vacant WBC Eurasia Pacific Boxing Council heavyweight & OPBF heavyweight title.

    16 October 2014 Joseph Parker defeated Sherman Williams while retaining the WBA - PABA and WBO Oriental Heavyweight titles.

    4 June 2014 Kali Meehan won the first Super 8 Tournament. This Heavyweight Tournament involved highly credentialed boxers like Michael Sprott, Hasim Rahman, Alonzo Butler, Lawrence Tauasa and Martin Rogan.

    14 December 2013 Brian Minto Defeated Shane Cameron for the Vacant WBO Oriental Heavyweight title.

    13 June 2013 Joseph Parker Defeated Frans Botha. On the same night Arlene Blencowe defeated Daniella Smith for the Vacant WIBA and WBF Women's World titles.

    31 March 2010 David Tua defeated Friday Ahunanya while retaining the WBO Asia Pacific & Oriental Heavyweight titles.

    References

    The Trusts Arena Wikipedia