Palmy Venues

Central Energy Trust Arena Stadium + Fly Palmy Arena + Arena 3 + B&M Centre + Arena 5 + Arena 6.

Palmy boasts a vibrant and connected city with a compact city centre, making it the perfect place to hold events. Our city is easily accessible with regular flights from all major centres, and is within driving distance from Wellington, and central and lower North Island destinations.

The unique geographic location of Palmy provides a strategic advantage for event organisers. The airport is only a short 10-minute drive to the city centre, with excellent flight connections from all major centres. Palmy's catchment is wide and offers access to over one million people within a three-hour drive.

All accommodation options offer free car parking and are within walking distance of most conference venues, restaurants, shopping, cafes and great walking tracks.

PALMY - Venues & Events Palmerston North is a division of Palmerston North City Council.

Palmy Venues

Arena 1 - Central Energy Trust Arena Stadium
61 Pascal Street, Palmerston North

The Central Energy Trust Arena Stadium has capacity for up to 18,000 people.

Arena 2 - Fly Palmy Arena (image above)
Fly Palmy Arena is a purpose-built indoor sports and entertainment venue that can accommodate up to 5,000 people.

Arena 3
The Arena 3 indoor stadium is a great choice for medium sized exhibitions, functions, sporting events, dinners and convention plenaries.

Arena 4 - B&M Centre
The B&M Centre is one of New Zealand's most extensive indoor sports facilities with courtside seating for up to 1300 people.

Arena 5
Arena 5 comprises two halls, one lounge and a gym that are used for a wide range of sporting and community activities.

Arena 6
Arena 6 is also known as our back fields and is made up of one artificial turf and two highly regarded training and playing fields that complement the stadium's main oval.

Arena 2 - Fly Palmy Arena

Fly Palmy Arena is a purpose-built indoor sports and entertainment venue that can accommodate up to 5,000 people.

Distinctive laminated polished timber beams are an appealing feature of the extensive 3,400m2 open plan interior.

Features:
Retractable seating units
Fully sprung beech sports floor
Wide range of stage modules
Fully integrated sound and PA system
Single phase and 3 phase (32amp and 63amp) power
Four changing rooms
On-site ticketing office
Four individual umpire change rooms with showers
Two 6m x 6m loading doors
Free wifi for all major events
Sports markings for up to 20 badminton courts, up to 5 courts of basketball, volleyball and ultimate frisbee, and 3 courts of netball
Foyer area is available for pre-dinner drinks or as a registration area for conferences

Palmy Conference Centre
354 Main Street, Palmerston North