Key facts
- Location
- Kingsland , New Zealand
- 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) , 42,000 (Cricket)
- Surface
- MOTZ turf
- Record attendance
- 61,240 ( New Zealand vs South Africa , 1 September 1956)
- Opened
- 1900 ; 126 years ago ( 1900 )
- Architect
- HOK Sports, now Populous (reconstruction)
- Structural engineer
- Connell Wagner, now Aurecon (reconstruction)
- First men s test
- 14–17 February 1930:, New Zealand v England
- Last men s test
- 22–26 March 2018:, New Zealand v England
- First men s odi
- 22 February 1976:, New Zealand v India
- Last men s odi
- 11 January 2025:, New Zealand v Sri Lanka
- First men s t20i
- 17 February 2005:, New Zealand v Australia
- Last men s t20i
- 6 November 2025:, New Zealand v West Indies
- 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 women s odi
- 20 January 1988:, New Zealand v Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
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 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.
Eden Park is considered international rugby union's most difficult ground for visiting sides. New Zealand's national rugby union team, the All Blacks, have been unbeaten at this venue in 52 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. Eden Park also hosted the final of the 1985–1988 Rugby League World Cup.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eden Park” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.