Ellis Park

Last updated March 30, 2019

Ellis Park may refer to:

Ellis Park, Adelaide Park Lands in South Australia
Ellis Park Arena (formerly Standard Bank Arena), an indoor stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa
Ellis Park Stadium, also known as Emirates Airline Park, a stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa
Ellis Park Race Course, a thoroughbred horse race track in Henderson, Kentucky

The Ellis Park Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people. A large number of sports events and concerts have occurred in this arena.

Ellis Park Stadium is a rugby union and association football stadium in the city of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It hosted the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was won by the country's national team, the Springboks. The stadium was the country's most modern when it was upgraded in 1982 to accommodate almost 60,000 people. Today, the stadium hosts both football and rugby and is also used as a venue for other large events, such as open-air concerts. It has become synonymous with rugby as the only time when rugby was not played at Ellis Park was during 1980 and 1981, when the stadium was under construction during the upgrade.

Ellis Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Henderson, Kentucky, just south of Evansville, Indiana. It is owned and operated by Saratoga Casino & Hospitality Group. While the track is located north of the Ohio River that forms the border between Kentucky and Indiana, which would put it within Indiana, the border is based on the course of the river at the time Kentucky became a state in 1792.

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