Kings Park Stadium

{{Short description|Sports venue in Durban, South Africa}}

{{Redirect|ABSA Stadium}}

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| name = Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium

| native_name = Kings Park Stadium

| nickname = Shark Tank

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• ABSA Stadium {{nowrap|{{small|(2000–2010)}}}}
• Mr Price Kings Park {{nowrap|{{small|(2011–2012)}}}}
• Growthpoint Kings Park {{nowrap|{{small|(2013–2018)}}}}
• Jonsson Kings Park {{nowrap|{{small|(2018–2022)}}}}

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| address = Jacko Jackson Drive, Kings Park Sporting Precinct, Stamford Hill

| location = Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

| coordinates = {{Coord|29|49|30|S|31|1|47|E|type:landmark|display=title}}

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• Natal Sharks (Pty.) Ltd. (formerly){{cite web |url=https://serve.mg.co.za/content/documents/2010/06/11/2010BidBookAnnexB3.pdf |title=2010 Bid Book Annex |date= |website=serve.mg.co.za |publisher= |page= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922210915/https://serve.mg.co.za/content/documents/2010/06/11/2010BidBookAnnexB3.pdf |archive-date=22 September 2021 }}
• {{nowrap|eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality}}

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| suites = 350

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• 52,500–56,000 (regular capacity){{cite news |last1=Millward |first1=Robert |date=2 April 2010 |title=Durban stadium a tourist trap |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36134107 |url-status=dead |work=NBC |publisher=NBCUniversal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002030109/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36134107 |archive-date=2 October 2022 |quote=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. }}{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Kitty |url=https://sastadiums.com/news-and-articles/page/12/ |title=Kings Park Stadium |date=18 November 2018 |website=sastadiums.com |publisher=SA Stadiums |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314163602/https://sastadiums.com/news-and-articles/page/12/ |archive-date=14 March 2024 }}{{cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/sixnations/rugby/ground/16294.html |title=Kings Park Stadium, Durban |date= |website=en.espn.co.uk |publisher=ESPN |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314165317/http://en.espn.co.uk/sixnations/rugby/ground/16294.html |archive-date=14 March 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.lekkeslaap.co.za/attractions/mr-price-kings-park-rugby-stadium-shark-tank |title=Kings Park Rugby Stadium (Shark Tank) |date= |website=lekkeslaap.co.za |publisher= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314165720/https://www.lekkeslaap.co.za/attractions/mr-price-kings-park-rugby-stadium-shark-tank |archive-date=14 March 2024 }}
• 60,000 (max capacity)

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| record_attendance = 57,000 (South Africa–New Zealand; 2002 Tri Nations Series){{cite news |date=10 August 2002 |title=Clockwatch: SA 23–30 NZ |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/2185071.stm |work=BBC Sport }}{{cite news |date=10 August 2002 |title=All Blacks edge Durban thriller |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/international/2185119.stm |work=BBC Sport }}

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• 1891 (former ground)
• 1958 (modern ground)

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| renovated = 1976; 1984; 1993–1995

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• Sharks (URC){{efn|The Sharks formerly participated in the Super Rugby competition between 1996 and 2020.}} {{nowrap|{{small|(1996–present)}}}}
• Sharks (Currie Cup) (Currie Cup) {{nowrap|{{small|(1956–present)}}}}
• South Africa national rugby union team {{small|(various matches)}}

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| 15px Metrorail KwaZulu-Natal

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Kings Park Stadium (known as Hollywoodbets Kings Park for sponsorship reasons since 2022),{{Cite web|date=2020-03-16|title=Time for a Break|url=https://sharksrugby.co.za/2020/03/16/time-for-a-break/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=The Sharks|language=en-ZA}} 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,{{cite web | url=http://www.sharksrugby.co.za/stadium/history | title=Stadium history | publisher=The Sharks | access-date=25 Jun 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707205407/http://www.sharksrugby.co.za/stadium/history | archive-date=2014-07-07 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.fad.co.za/Resources/memoirs/kp/kp.htm | title=Facts about Durban - Kings Park | publisher=Allan Jackson | date=6 Mar 2007 | access-date=25 Jun 2014}} extensively renovated in the 1980s and then again in time for the 1995 Rugby World Cup. It currently has a capacity of 46,000,{{Cite web |last=Burnard |first=Lloyd |title=Kings Park sold out in 90 minutes for Springboks v Ireland, 2nd Test |url=https://www.news24.com/sport/rugby/springboks/kings-park-sold-out-in-90-minutes-for-springboks-v-ireland-2nd-test-20240311 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Sport |language=en-US}} after renovations reduced the capacity from 54,000 and is the home ground of the {{Rut|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),{{cite web | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201010270786.html | title=Sharks Boss Says Absa Dropped Sponsorship to Back Boks | publisher=allAfrica | date=27 October 2010 | access-date=2 November 2010}} Mr Price Kings Park Stadium (in 2011 and 2012),{{cite web | url=http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Super15/Sharks-search-for-new-sponsors-20130218 | title=Sharks look for new sponsor | work=News24 | date=18 February 2013 | access-date=14 September 2017}} Growthpoint Kings Park (between 2013 and early 2017), and Jonsson Kings Park (between 2018 and 2021) due to sponsorship deals.