New Zealand - Auckland
- Aerial view of Eden Park and its surroundings
- 1960
Eden Park
- Eden Park is New Zealand's largest sports stadium, located in central Auckland, New Zealand.
- Eden Park has been a sports ground since 1900. The park began as a cricket ground in 1903, and was due to the vision of one Harry Ryan, a cricket enthusiast who approached landowner John Walters to lease part of his land as a sports field.
- In 1913 the park was leased to the Auckland Rugby Union so it became both a summer and winter sporting venue, and in 1921 hosted the first international event, a NZ v South Africa Test.
- The Western part of the ground was just open space until 1950 when a temporary stand was erected for the British Empire Games. In 1956 a permanent stand was built, but subsequently moved to North Harbour Stadium.
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Image source: LINZ CC-BY 3.0
Sourced from https://retrolens.co.nz/
Date taken: 19/08/1960 Survey Number: SN1293
Copyright: Crown Elevation: 12000
Run Number: A Photo Number: 1 Scale: 32400