| Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium | |
| Native Name: | Kings Park Stadium |
| Nickname: | Shark Tank |
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| Address: | Jacko Jackson Drive, Kings Park Sporting Precinct, Stamford Hill |
| Location: | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
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| Suites: | 350 |
| Capacity: | |
| 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; 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 . 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 was used as one of the venues for the 1995 Rugby World Cup held in South Africa. The stadium hosted three pool games in Pool B. The stadium also hosted one quarter final with France defeating Ireland 36–12. A very wet semi final was played here on 17 June 1995 between South Africa and France.
| Date | Team | Result | Team | Round | Attendance | |
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| 27 May 1995 | 18–24 | align=left rowspan=3 | Pool B | 30,000 | ||
| 31 May 1995 | 27–20 | 21,000 | ||||
| 4 June 1995 | 44–22 | 20,000 | ||||
| 10 June 1995 | 36–12 | Quarter-final | 18,000 | |||
| 17 June 1995 | 19–15 | Semi-final | 18,000 |
The stadium was one of four venues for the 1996 African Cup of Nations. It hosted 3 group matches, a quarter final and semi final.
| Date | Team | Result | Team | Round | Attendance | |
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| 16 January 1996 | 1–2 | align=left rowspan=2 | Group C | 5,000 | ||
| 19 January 1996 | 2–0 | 4,000 | ||||
| 24 January 1996 | 3–3 | Group A | 6,000 | |||
| 28 January 1996 | Quarter-final | 4,000 | ||||
| 31 January 1996 | 2–4 | Semi-final | 5,000 |
| Artist | Tour | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 November 1994 | |||
| 6 January 1995 | |||
| 3 December 1995 | |||
| 18 April 1996 | |||
| 20 March 1997 | |||
| HIStory World Tour (the last show of the tour) | 15 October 1997 | ||
| 19 November 1998 | |||
| 21 March 2006 | |||
| 10 April 2006 | |||
| 20 February 2008 | |||
| South Africa Tour | 4 December 2008 |
| Date | Opponent | Result | Winner | Competition | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 1962 | 3–0 | 1962 British Lions tour of South Africa | 40,000 | |||
| 23 May 1964 | 24–3 | 1964 Wales tour of Kenya and South Africa | 35,000 | |||
| 15 July 1967 | 26–3 | 1967 France tour of South Africa | 39,000 | |||
| 16 August 1969 | 16–9 | 1969 Australia tour of South Africa | 40,000 | |||
| 19 June 1971 | 8–8 | draw | 1971 France tour of South Africa | 40,000 | ||
| 24 July 1976 | 16–7 | 1976 New Zealand tour of South Africa | 46,000 | |||
| 3 May 1980 | South American XV | 18–9 | 1980 South American XV tour of South Africa | 37,000 | ||
| 6 June 1981 | 12–10 | 1981 Ireland tour of South Africa | 38,600 | |||
| 17 May 1986 | 18–19 | New Zealand Cavaliers | 1986 New Zealand Cavaliers tour of South Africa | 42,000 | ||
| 26 June 1993 | 20–20 | draw | 1993 France tour of South Africa | 45,000 | ||
| 17 June 1995 | 19–15 | 1995 Rugby World Cup | 49,773 | |||
| 17 August 1996 | 19–23 | 1996 New Zealand tour of South Africa | 52,000 | |||
| 28 June 1997 | 15–18 | 1997 British Lions tour of South Africa | 50,000 | |||
| 15 August 1998 | 24–23 | 1998 Tri Nations Series | 45,000 | |||
| 19 June 1999 | 101–0 | 1999 Italy tour of South Africa | 36,210 | |||
| 26 August 2000 | 18–19 | 2000 Tri Nations Series | 52,000 | |||
| 23 June 2001 | 20–15 | 44,794 | ||||
| 10 August 2002 | 23–30 | 2002 Tri Nations Series | 57,000 | |||
| 7 June 2003 | 29–25 | 2003 Scotland tour of South Africa | 37,528 | |||
| 21 August 2004 | 23–19 | 2004 Tri Nations Series | 52,247 | |||
| 18 June 2005 | 30–30 | draw | 2005 France tour of South Africa and Australia | 50,419 | ||
| 10 June 2006 | 36–16 | 2006 Scotland tour of South Africa | 32,066 | |||
| 23 June 2007 | 21–26 | 2007 Tri Nations Series | 51,861 | |||
| 23 August 2008 | 15–27 | 2008 Tri Nations Series | 48,123 | |||
| 20 June 2009 | 26–21 | 2009 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa | 49,055 | |||
| 1 August 2009 | 31–19 | 2009 Tri Nations Series | 43,149 | |||
| 13 August 2011 | 9–14 | 2011 Tri Nations Series | 47,850 | |||
| 9 June 2012 | 22–17 | 2012 England tour of South Africa | 43,052 | |||
| 8 June 2013 | 44–10 | Quadrangular Tournament | 23,663 | |||
| 14 June 2014 | 38–16 | 2014 Wales tour of South Africa | 37,182 | |||
| 8 August 2015 | 25–37 | 2015 Rugby Championship | 27,447 | |||
| 8 October 2016 | 15–57 | 2016 Rugby Championship | 51,500 | |||
| 17 June 2017 | 37–15 | 2017 France tour of South Africa | 27,712 | |||
| 18 August 2018 | 34–21 | 2018 Rugby Championship | 26,836 | |||
| 24 September 2022 | 38–21 | 2022 Rugby Championship | 45,982 | |||
| 13 July 2024 | 24-25 | 2024 Ireland tour of South Africa | 52,000 |
Statistics updated to most recent match against Ireland, 13 July 2024.
| Opponent | width=55px | width=55px | width=55px | width=55px | width=55px | width=55px | width=55px | width=55px | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | 79 | +18 | ||||||||||||||
| 81 | 88 | –7 | ||||||||||||||
| 44 | 39 | +5 | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 17 | +5 | ||||||||||||||
| 160 | 106 | +54 | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | 35 | +1 | ||||||||||||||
| 145 | 10 | +135 | ||||||||||||||
| 149 | 185 | –36 | ||||||||||||||
| New Zealand Cavaliers | 18 | 19 | –1 | |||||||||||||
| 65 | 41 | +24 | ||||||||||||||
| South American XV | 18 | 9 | +9 | |||||||||||||
| 62 | 19 | +43 | ||||||||||||||
| Opponent | 36 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 61.11 | 897 | 647 | +250 |
With the construction of the new Moses Mabhida Stadium for the 2010 FIFA World Cup less than 200m away, the local government had hoped that the Sharks would relocate.[14] However, this is unlikely as they have a 50-year lease on Kings Park which runs to 2056.[15]