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Shark Tank | |
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Address | Jacko Jackson Drive, Kings Park Sporting Precinct, Stamford Hill |
Location | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
Coordinates | 29°49′30″S 31°1′47″E / 29.82500°S 31.02972°E |
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Executive suites | 350[1] |
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Record attendance | 57,000 (South Africa–New Zealand; 2002 Tri Nations Series)[6][7] |
Field shape | Rectangular (Football, Rugby union) |
Surface | Grass |
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Renovated | 1976;[5] 1984; 1993–1995 |
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Kings Park Stadium (known as Hollywoodbets Kings Park for sponsorship reasons since 2022),[8] colloquially known as the Shark Tank, is a stadium located in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct in Durban, South Africa.
The stadium was originally built with a capacity of 12,000 and opened in 1958,[9][10] extensively renovated in the 1980s and then again in time for the 1995 Rugby World Cup. It currently has a capacity of 46,000,[11] after renovations reduced the capacity from 54,000[9] and is the home ground of the Sharks. The stadium is also used by Durban-based Premier Soccer League football (soccer) clubs, as well as for large football finals.
It was previously also known as the ABSA Stadium (between 2000 and 2010),[12] Mr Price Kings Park Stadium (in 2011 and 2012),[13] Growthpoint Kings Park (between 2013 and early 2017), and Jonsson Kings Park (between 2018 and 2021) due to sponsorship deals.
The stadium sits alongside the 56,000-capacity Kings Park rugby stadium, which is the home to the Sharks rugby union team and regularly hosts national team games. It was strongly hoped that the Sharks would move next door to the new stadium but they have a 50-year lease on Kings Park and only a huge amount of money will persuade them to leave.
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