Eden Park
Auckland, New Zealand
50,000
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 places
Eden Park in Auckland is the largest and 3rd-oldest (opened 1900) of the 17 listed stadiums in New Zealand. It is the only one with artificial turf among the 12 stadiums in New Zealand with a recorded surface.
Its capacity equals 12.2% of the combined capacity of the listed stadiums in New Zealand. The nearest listed stadium is Mount Smart Stadium, 7.7 km away.
- Listed for
- Cricket, football, rugby league and rugby union
- Tenants
- Blues, Auckland Rugby, Auckland Cricket, Auckland FC
- Surface
- Artificial turf
- Position
- 36.88° S, 174.74° E
Where it stands in New Zealand
- Eden Park50,000
- Wellington Regional Stadium15,500 fewer34,500
- Forsyth Barr Stadium19,252 fewer30,748
- Owen Delany Park20,000 fewer30,000
- 13 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Owner and operator
- Eden Park Trust Board
- Architects
- HOK Sports, now Populous
- Record attendance
- 61,240 (1956)
- First men's Test
- 1930
- Compared with the median in New Zealand
- 2.4 times the median capacity of 21,000 across its 17 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1900s in New Zealand
- 2 of the 17 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Stadium Australia, 2,168 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 1
Nearest listed stadiums
- Mount Smart Stadium · south-east25,000 places, opened 19677.7 km
- North Harbour Stadium · north14,000 places, opened 199716.9 km
- Waikato Stadium · south-east25,800 places, opened 2002110.9 km
- Okara Park · north18,500 places, opened 1965132.2 km
- Bay Oval · south-east10,000 places, opened 2007154.5 km
Source: Wikipedia, Eden Park.