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| Location | 78 Crosby Rd,Hamilton, New Zealand, New Zealand |
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| Coordinates | 37°45′22″S175°17′28″E / 37.756159°S 175.291127°E /-37.756159; 175.291127 |
| Owner | Hamilton City Council |
| Operator | Hamilton City Council |
| Capacity | 2,700 |
| Surface | Grass Pitch |
| Tenants | |
| Hamilton Wanderers AFC (–present) Waikato FC (2011–2013) | |
Porritt Stadium (or Porritt Park), is a multi-purposestadium in the suburb ofChartwell inHamilton,New Zealand. It is used forfootball matches andathletics and is the home stadium ofHamilton Wanderers. The main field is surrounded by a national grade athletics track.[1]
The stadium is named forArthur Porritt, Baron Porritt.[2][3]
Porritt Stadium hosted the 2022 New Zealand Special Olympics National Summer Games.[4] It was formerly used in theNew Zealand Football Championship as Hamilton's andWaikato’s home ground.
In 2015, Porritt Stadium was upgraded and small stands were installed due to it being a training ground for the2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[5]
In September 2023FIFA announced that Gower Park would be a venue-specific training site for the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. $600,000 was spent on upgrading the pitch, lights and changing rooms that were built around the 1970's.[6][7][8][9]