A photographic exhibition is set to launch at Eden Park, but it won’t be featuring any All Blacks.

Shot by Kingsland photographer Lee Howell, Our Neighbourhood features photos and stories of people involved with the legendary Auckland sports ground, which dates back to 1900.

However, Howell said he had not photographed a single athlete as the project was purely about the people off the pitch that make the ground special.

Eden Park is delighted to have been announced a finalist in two categories of TheStadiumBusiness Awards 2017.
TheStadiumBusiness Awards were launched in 2010, in order to:

• Recognise achievement, innovation, fresh thinking and the leaders in the world of stadium, arena and sports venue management.
• Raise industry standards and encourage greater professionalism.
• Drive awareness of the stadium, arena and sports venue sector.

What are one of your goals for this year?
In 2017, Eden Park will host three British and Irish Lions fixtures with an estimated global audience of 200 million households.

I had the pleasure of being involved in two Lions tours in Melbourne and the passion and interest in New Zealand is arguably greater than that for the Rugby World Cup.

Naturally, these fixtures provide a huge opportunity for Eden Park to further enhance our global reputation as an iconic stadium.

Excited to announce that I will be speaking at the 2016 Sponsorship Summit regarding the evolution of Stadium partnerships to deliver greater yield.

Further information available at http://www.conferenz.co.nz/conferences/2016-sponsorship-summit#speakers