Carisbrook

Carisbrook

The House of Pain
Location	Dunedin, New Zealand
Coordinates	45°53′37″S 170°29′26″E / 45.89361°S 170.49056°E / -45.89361; 170.49056
Owner	Carisbrook Ground Company
Operator	Carisbrook Ground Company
Capacity	29,000 [1]
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	1881
Opened	1883
Closed	2011
Demolished	Starting 2013
Tenants
Otago Rugby Football Union Highlanders (Super 14) (1996–2011)
Ground information
End names
Railway End Hillside End
International information
First Test	11–16 March 1955:  New Zealand v  England
Last Test	18–22 December 1998:  New Zealand v  India
First ODI	30 March 1974:  New Zealand v  Australia
Last ODI	25 February 2004:  New Zealand v  South Africa
First women's Test	17–21 March 1961:  New Zealand v  Australia
Last women's Test	8–12 January 1977:  New Zealand v  India
Only WODI	13 February 1999:  New Zealand v  South Africa
As of 1 September 2020 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Carisbrook (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Carisbrook Stadium) was a major sporting venue in Dunedin, New Zealand. The city's main domestic and international rugby union venue, it was also used for other sports such as cricket, football, rugby league and motocross. In 1922, Carisbrook hosted the first international football match between Australia and New Zealand. The hosts won 3–1.

Carisbrook also hosted a Joe Cocker concert and frequently hosted pre-game concerts before rugby matches in the 1990s. In 2011 Carisbrook was closed, and was replaced as a rugby ground by Forsyth Barr Stadium in North Dunedin, and as a cricket ground by University Oval in Logan Park.