Eden Park


Eden Park, located in Oakland , New Zealand , is not just one of the stadiums, but it's the largest stadium in the state of the southwestern Pacific. On the largest sports arena, matches are held for the most popular sport in this country, rugby. And in the summer, his field is filmed for cricket.

What to look at?

Speaking about the location of Eden Park, it is located 3 kilometers south-west of the central business district of Auckland . Recently, apart from rugby and cricket competitions, matches are held here for football and rugby.

In the stands of this huge stadium fits 50 thousand fans. Interestingly, this is not so much, given the fact that in New Zealand at times more fans of rugby.

Despite the fact that the stadium was founded in the distant 1900, in 1987 Eden Park became the first arena where two world finals took place. But it became popular in October 2011. It was then that he hosted the Rugby World Cup. Last year it became the venue for the World Cricket Championship. New Zealanders organized this event together with Australians.

If you want to buy tickets, then do it better in advance. The ideal option - booking on sites: premier.ticketek.co.nz (for a game of cricket), www.ticketmaster.co.nz (rugby).

How to get there?

Near the stadium is a good transport interchange. You can get here by bus (# 5, 7, 9, 12, 26, 27), and by tram (# 33, 41 15, 7), and by your vehicle.