Eden Park
Eden Park is a sports venue in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located three kilometres southwest of the Auckland CBD, on the boundary between the suburbs of Mount Eden and Kingsland. The main stadium has a nominal capacity of 50,000, and is sometimes referred to as New Zealand's national stadium. The stadium is used primarily for rugby union in winter and cricket in summer, and has also hosted rugby league and association football matches, as well as concerts and cultural events. It is owned and operated by the Eden Park Trust Board, whose headquarters are located in the stadium.
| Ngā Ana Wai | |
New Zealand's National Stadium | |
Aerial view of Eden Park (left) and its Outer Oval (right) in February 2023 | |
| Location | Kingsland, New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 36°52′30″S 174°44′41″E |
| Owner | Eden Park Trust Board |
| Operator | Eden Park Trust Board |
| Capacity | 50,000 (Football codes - with standard seating) 60,000 (Rugby union and league - with temporary seating) |
| Record attendance | 61,240 (New Zealand vs South Africa, 1 September 1956) |
| Surface | MOTZ turf |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1900 |
| Architect | HOK Sports, now Populous (reconstruction) |
| Structural engineer | Connell Wagner, now Aurecon (reconstruction) |
| Tenants | |
| Blues (1996–present) Auckland Rugby (1913–present) Auckland Cricket (1903–present) New Zealand Warriors (season openers) (2011–2014) NRL Auckland Nines (2014–2017) | |
| Ground information | |
| End names | |
| Broadcasting End Terraces End | |
| International information | |
| First Test | 14–17 February 1930: New Zealand v England |
| Last Test | 22–26 March 2018: New Zealand v England |
| First ODI | 22 February 1976: New Zealand v India |
| Last ODI | 25 March 2023: New Zealand v Sri Lanka |
| First T20I | 17 February 2005: New Zealand v Australia |
| Last T20I | 25 February 2024: New Zealand v Australia |
| First women's Test | 26–29 March 1949: New Zealand v England |
| Last women's Test | 27–29 December 1957: New Zealand v England |
| First WODI | 20 January 1988: New Zealand v Australia |
| Last WODI | 20 March 2022: New Zealand v England |
| First WT20I | 22 February 2012: New Zealand v England |
| Last WT20I | 1 April 2021: New Zealand v Australia |
| As of 25 February 2024 Source: Cricinfo | |
| Ground information | |
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| Location | Auckland |
| End names | |
| City End Sandringham End | |
| International information | |
| First WODI | 10 January 1982: Australia v India |
| Last WODI | 27 January 2020: New Zealand v South Africa |
| As of 21 January 2024 Source: Cricinfo | |
Eden Park is considered one of international rugby union's most difficult grounds for visiting sides. New Zealand's national rugby union team, nicknamed the All Blacks, have been unbeaten at this venue in 48 consecutive test matches stretching back to 1994. Eden Park is the site of the 2021 Te Matatini. It was the site for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, the final of the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup and staged the opening match of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. In 2011 it hosted pool games, two quarter-finals, both semi-finals and the final of 2011 Rugby World Cup. In doing so it became the first stadium in the world to host two Rugby World Cup finals, having held the inaugural final in 1987. It was a venue for the 2015 Cricket World Cup, which was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand.