Fraser Park is
Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt () is a list of cities in New Zealand, city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropoli ...
's largest recreational sportsground, at 27 hectares it is the biggest sporting ground in the lower North Island.
It is home to the Ricoh Sports Centre, a multi-use venue, as well as sports like rugby, rugby league, football, touch football, cricket, kilikiti (Samoan cricket) and softball.
History
Fraser Park Sportsville was launched in September 2009.
The Fraser Park Sportsville founding clubs signed the Sportsville constitution in April 2010.
The first stage of construction in 2015 saw three new softball diamonds, an artificial football turf and floodlights added to the park. Stage two saw the construction of the building to hold the clubs as well as six squash courts, indoor training facilities, eight changing rooms, a cafe and two bars.
Ricoh
is a Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company. It was founded by the now-defunct commercial division of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) known as the ''Riken Concern'', on 6 February 1936 as . Ricoh's hea ...
were confirmed as name sponsor in May 2018
with Fraser Park Sportsville and the RICOH Sports Centre officially opened in March 2019 by Mayor
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Tenants
The original members of the Sportsville are Avalon Rugby, Hutt Valley Dodgers,
Lower Hutt City Football, Naenae Hockey Club, Taita District Cricket and Hutt City Squash Club. They were later joined by the Hutt Valley Softball Association and Wellington Regional Hockey Stadium Trust.
References
2019 establishments in New Zealand
Multi-purpose stadiums in New Zealand
Sports venues in Wellington
Association football venues in New Zealand
Sports venues completed in 2019
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