Vodafone Events Centre
| Vodafone Events Centre | |
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| Address | 770 Great South Road |
| Location | Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Owner | Counties Manukau Pacific Trust |
| Operator | Manukau City Council |
| Opened | 3 April 2005 |
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Construction cost
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NZ$ 48.7 million |
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Former names
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TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre (2005-13) |
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Theatre seating
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3,000 (Sir Woolf Fisher Arena) 700 (Genesis Energy Theatre) |
| Enclosed space | |
| • Total space | 4,696 square metres (50,550 sq ft) |
| • Breakout/meeting | 362 square metres (3,900 sq ft) |
| • Ballroom | 2,200 square metres (24,000 sq ft) |
| Website | |
| Venue Website | |
Vodafone Events Centre (originally the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre) is a multi-purpose event centre located in Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand (suburb of the former Manukau City), with an indoor arena, theatre and meeting halls hosting community, cultural and sports events, concerts and plays, exhibits, trade shows and expos, corporate functions, meetings, weddings and other special events. The event centre has cost an estimated NZ$ 48.7 million, of which somewhat less than half came from Manukau City Council. The naming rights sponsor was TelstraClear. but after it was purchased by Vodafone New Zealand, the center was subsequently renamed.
The Sir Woolf Fisher Arena has an end theatre stage capacity of 3,000 people utilising a combination of terraced and flat floor seating.
Sponsored by Genesis Energy Limited, this theatre features changeable seating with a traditional end stage format. The theatre sits a maximum of 340 people when set up for banquet or convention table events, but can hold more for standard end stage type events. It is home to the Manukau Symphony Orchestra while hosting other concerts, plays, musicals, recitals, weddings and conferences. The theatre includes four dressing rooms.
The Vector Wero Whitewater Park (opened 2016) is the first purpose-built man-made river and white-water facility of New Zealand, offers water activities including rafting, kayaking and standup paddleboarding as well as for the 2017 World Masters Games.
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