hosting the New Zealand Tall Blacks on occasions including the FIBA Oceania Championship. For sponsorship reasons, the arena is known as the Fly Palmy Arena. Arena 3 Arena 3 has a floor area of 2100 sq m and is an indoor sports centre. It has a capacity of 2,000 persons. B&M Centre Multipurpose indoor stadium. Arena 5 Includes Bell Hall, Barber Hall, Waldegrave Lounge and gym. Arena 6 Outdoor. No. 2, 3 & 4 sports grounds. Military Use The Palmerston North Showgrounds have had a long military association, which saw it recognised as a Place of Remembrance by the Palmerston North City Council and the New Zealand Poppy Places Trust in 2019. From the early 1900s the Palmerston North Showgrounds was the venue for various Military Tournaments, with Boxing Day Military displays popular with the local community. Examples of Military Tournaments held at the Palmerston North Showgrounds were: 2 February 1901, the Imperial Representative Corps paraded in the Square with the Manawatu Mounted Rifles and the Palmerston North Rifles. The parade concluded at the Showgrounds with military displays. 9 November 1908, The Wellington Engineer Volunteers participated in a Military Tournament at the show grounds where they engaged in an improvised bridge-building display. 3 January 1911, a large Naval and Military Tournament took place at the Palmerston North Showgrounds with crowds numbering 7,000 to 8,000. During the 1st World War the showgrounds were used as a remount depot for the New Zealand Mounted Rifles and as a stop-over location for men passing through Palmerston North as they transited to other various military camps around New Zealand. On 19 July 1919, the showgrounds were the venue for Palmerston Norths celebrations marking the end of World War One. After a parade around the Square followed by speeches watched by a crowd of about 7,000 including 800 children from all the local schools. During the Second World War the Showgrounds were requisitioned for military use for the duration of the war by the New Zealand Army, and was by the following units: The 28th (Māori) Battalion was formed at the Showgrounds on 25 January 1940, and after initial training for three months en-trained at the Palmerston North Railway Station on 2 May 1940 for overseas service, The Manawatu Mounted Rifles, Headquarters 2 Brigade, Headquarters 4 Division, No 2 Company, New Zealand Army Service Corps, and No 2 Ordnance Sub Depot, New Zealand Army Ordnance