York Park (UTAS Stadium)

Capacity: 19,500 (approx)
Record Crowd: 20,971 – Hawthorn vs Richmond (June 18^th, 2006)
Home Teams:

• Hawthorn Hawks (AFL)
• North Launceston Football Club (NTFL and TSL)
• Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL)
• Hobart Hurricanes (BBL)

York Park is a sports ground in the Inveresk and York Park Precinct, Launceston, Australia. Holding approximately 19,500 people — the joint-largest capacity stadium in Tasmania — York Park is known commercially as University of Tasmania Stadium and was formerly known as Aurora Stadium under a previous naming rights agreement signed with Aurora Energy in 2004.

The arena is an oval-shaped grassed arena surrounded by several different stands, the largest being the two-tier Gunns Stand on the ground’s western side. The stand originally had a capacity of 2,500, which was increased by an extension in 2005 to 5,700. The stand has two corporate box areas, the Gunns Function Centre and the Corporate Function Centre. Immediately north of the Stand is the Aurora Function Centre, which also houses coaches’ boxes, and is next to the heritage listed Northern Stand connecting the Northern, Southern and Eastern Terraces. The stands have a collective capacity of 6,000, bringing the ground’s total seating to 11,700. The Railway Workers Hill is a small, uncovered stand located at the eastern side of the ground between the Northern and Eastern Terraces. The ground has a parking capacity of approximately 2,500, from the use of large grassy areas at the adjacent Inveresk site, with an option of street parking.

The ground’s record attendance is 20,971, at an AFL match between Hawthorn and Richmond on 18 June 2006. This match occurred before the Northern Stand was damaged and the stadium’s capacity reduced. An AFL match between Hawthorn and St Kilda on 8 August 2009 saw a capacity crowd of 20,011, the largest crowd since the fire. The stadium’s lowest AFL attendance is 9,007 for the match between Hawthorn and Gold Coast on 23 June 2018.