It's played on horseback, with each team of four trying to score in the other team's goal using a long-handled mallet.
The pitches are smaller than the average polo pitch that will allow spectators to get closer to the game while also enjoying a party like atmosphere with music from performers.
Simon Wilson founded urban polo to try something different in his life after being executive director of the New Zealand Polo Open for eight years.
"The dream is to bring people closer to sports action - in every sport we seem to be getting further away."
"You can high-five the players. How many sports can you high-five the players when playing?
"You're right in the action. This is why people love this."
A main goal of Wilson's was to expose a new crowd to a different kind of sport.
The day will include two a games of urban polo and each event enabling spectators the chance to view some of the world's best polo players from the teams.
Among those players will be New Zealand-born Sam Hopkinson and British polo veteran Tom Morley.
Hopkinson has played for New Zealand regularly on the international stage for the last 15 years. Morley has played polo all over the world and is a Great Britain representative. He has spent the last 14 years travelling between New Zealand and England for polo.
NZME will join Heineken as one of the supporting sponsors for the event which Paul Hancox, NZME's head of enterprise called outstanding.
"It was fantastic to see a new event on the calendar create such a buzz. We are pleased to be partnering with the Heineken Urban Polo to use the power of our digital, radio and print offerings to kick it up a notch, and see the event expand into two new markets in 2018," Hancox said.
