Churchill Park (Lautoka)
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 Lautoka , Fiji
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| Renovations | 2016 |
| capacity | 18,000 seats |
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The Churchill Park is a multifunctional stadium in Lautoka , Fiji . It is mainly used for rugby and is also home to Lautoka FC's home games . It also hosts international rugby games such as the Pacific Nations Cup and the Pacific Rugby Cup, as well as local rugby competitions such as the Colonial Cup and the Digicel Cup (formerly the Sanyo Cup). The stadium can seat 18,000 people. It has two covered grandstands and a floodlight system. To the north is the field of Churchill Park Hockey Grounds .
In 2016, the stadium was temporarily closed for renovation work and racetracks for athletics competitions, certified for the World Athletics Federation , were built, for which the government provided F $ 2,000,000 (around € 875,000 ). The reopening took place on March 14, 2017.
On March 25, 2017, the qualifying game for the 2018 World Cup between Fiji and New Zealand took place here.
Web links
- World Stadiums: Stadiums in Fiji
Individual evidence
- ↑ World Stadiums: Churchill Park. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ Felix Chaudhary: $ 2M to boost Churchill Park, says AG. In: Fiji Times, December 23, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ^ Felix Chaudhary: Churchill Park ready for Athletics meet. ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Fiji Times of March 14, 2017. With illustration. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ↑ Photo gallery . Retrieved May 15, 2017.
- ↑ World Cup qualification in Oceania: New Zealand after beating Fiji before the play-offs. Date: March 25, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.
Coordinates: 17 ° 36 ′ 24.5 ″ S , 177 ° 27 ′ 7.6 ″ E