Eden Park

Capacity: 60,000 (approx)
Record Crowd: 61,240 (Rugby)- New Zealand vs South Africa (September 1^st, 1956)
Home Teams:

• Blues (Rugby Union)
• Auckland (Rugby Union)
• Auckland Aces (Cricket)
• New Zealand National Cricket Team

Eden Park is New Zealand’s largest sports stadium. Located in central Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, it is three kilometres southwest of the CBD, on the boundary between the suburbs of Mount Eden and Kingsland. Although used primarily for rugby union in winter and cricket in summer, it has hosted rugby league and football matches. 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.

Eden Park has proved to be a fortress for the New Zealand national rugby team. It is considered one of rugby union’s most difficult assignments for visiting sides: New Zealand’s national rugby union team, the All Blacks, have been unbeaten at this venue for over 40 consecutive test matches stretching back to 1994.