Facilities and Functions
See also: The Rose Bowl County Golf ClubBesides the main cricket ground at The Rose Bowl, an additional satellite ground borders the main ground to the south-east. Known as the Nursery Ground, it hosts Hampshire Second XI matches at the Hampshire Academy in Southern Premier Cricket League matches. Its end names are The Northern End and the Golf Club End. Its pavilion is named after Arthur Holt, who coached Hampshire from 1949 to 1965.
The main pavilion holds the players facilities, as well as facilities for club members, such as the Derek Shackleton suite, the Richards Suite, the Greenidge Suite and The Hambledons (a suite named after the famous Hambledon Club). Located between the pavilion and the cricket academy building is the atrium restaurant. The cricket academy, which has six lanes of cricket nets is used by county squads, the Hampshire Academy, cricket clubs and schools. It is known to have some of the best facilities of its kind outside of Lord's and is available for hire by the general public. The two new stands include permanent catering facilities along the internal concourse of the ground floor, which were lacking prior to the redevelopment. Also located on the ground floor of the west stand is the club shop. Both of the new stands contain suites which can be used for conferences and exhibitions outside of match days. The suites are named after famous Hampshire players, such as Robin Smith, Shaun Udal and Shane Warne.
Also part of The Rose Bowl complex is The Rose Bowl County Golf Club, a nine hole golf course established in 1999 and set in the rolling countryside which surrounds large parts of the main stadium. The current clubhouse and golf shop are located directly behind the Arthur Holt Pavilion. As part of the grounds overall redevelopment, the golf course is being enlarged to an eighteen hole course, with the new clubhouse being incorporated into the new hotel development at the Northern End of the main ground. It is hoped the course will be able to host major championship golf tournaments.
Every November The Rose Bowl hosts one of the largest fireworks displays on the South Coast. The Rose Bowl also acts as a venue big-name music concerts. Recent acts to have performed at the Rose Bowl include Oasis in 2005, who performed in front of 35,000 people, Billy Joel in 2006, The Who in 2007, Neil Diamond and R.E.M., both in 2008. The late Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti was due to play at the ground in 2006, but cancelled his farewell UK tour due to ill health.
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