Chris Keall talks to the former Aussie rules player turned chief executive who is trying to save Eden Park.

The Mandela My Life exhibition will launch at New Zealand’s biggest stadium, Eden Park, on 13 April.

A group of officials were welcomed onto Eden Park this morning for the announcement.

Instead, they were there for food and Christmas gifts from Auckland City Mission to those in need.

The communication and marketing activities that promoted Eden Park’s innovative ASB G9 event have been recognised by Australasian Leisure Management with the announcement that the Auckland venue has won in the Business category in the 2018 Leisure Industry Communication and Marketing Awards.

In this latest industry interview, SVB’s Katie McIntyre hears insights from Nick Sautner, CEO at Eden Park, New Zealand’s National Stadium, which hosts over half a million local and international sports fans and patrons each year. 

Eden Park has been honoured at the World Stadium Congress Awards for its representation of and amalgamation with both the local community and New Zealand culture.

Sitting on the edge of the stadium’s rooftop, wind cutting through a hot and sunny Auckland morning with nothing between him and the green grass 35m below, radio host Paul Flynn felt more frightened than he’d expected.

As the sports and entertainment landscape continues to evolve and stadia are challenged to find new and innovative usages of idle capacity, the Eden Park team is constantly considering new concepts that can be adapted to increase utilisation.

Take a look at the official highlights video from this year’s ASB G9: https://youtu.be/XTx0uv-OykQ

Get set for the Rugby World Cup with our world tour of where to see rugby at its very best.

Sport wouldn’t be quite the same without its stadia, its theatres, its fields of dreams. Lords, the Maracana, the Yankee Stadium: cricket, football and baseball have their hallowed grounds, rugby union is no exception.