The facility was damaged in 2011
team) but has not hosted a sporting event since a devastating earthquake caused damage to the site on February 22, 2011.
On a club level, the Canterbury cricket and Crusaders rugby team used to call the stadium their home. The ground had even been the site of several music events, with Bon Jovi, Roger Waters, and Billy Joel just a few of the names to have previously worked crowds at the stadium.The facility used to see thousands of spectators walk its turnstiles with a capacity of 38,628, but those days are long gone because of the natural disaster.
Of course, when the incident occurred, arguably the last thing on local’s minds was the state of the ground, given the fact that 185 people died when the earthquake hit. In the weeks that followed, the clean-up operation began, and the ground was in a sorry state as the tremor had lifted concrete from under the stand and then dropped it at the wrong angle.Now, the site has been redeveloped into a recreational area for locals.However, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel.Plans are now in place to build a new state-of-the-art stadium called the ‘Te Kaha’ Stadium, just 1.5 miles away from the old site.
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