Lancaster Park

AMI Stadium

Lancaster Park
2011 aerial view of earthquake damaged Lancaster Park
Former names	Lancaster Park (1881–1998) Jade Stadium (1998–2007)
Location	Christchurch, New Zealand
Coordinates	43°32′31″S 172°39′15″E / 43.54194°S 172.65417°E / -43.54194; 172.65417Coordinates: 43°32′31″S 172°39′15″E / 43.54194°S 172.65417°E / -43.54194; 172.65417
Owner	Victoria Park Trust
Operator	VBase Venue management
Capacity	38,628
Field size	Cricket Oval
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	1880
Opened	1881
Renovated	1995–2009
Expanded	2009
Closed	2011
Demolished	Beginning 2012
Tenants
Crusaders (Super Rugby) (1996–2011) Canterbury (ITM Cup)
Ground information
End names
Hadlee Stand End Port Hills End
International information
First Test	10–13 January 1930:  New Zealand v  England
Last Test	7–9 December 2006:  New Zealand v  Sri Lanka
First ODI	11 February 1973:  New Zealand v  Pakistan
Last ODI	29 January 2011:  New Zealand v  Pakistan
First T20I	7 February 2008:  New Zealand v  England
Last T20I	30 December 2010:  New Zealand v  Pakistan
Team information
Canterbury
As of 9 December 2015 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Lancaster Park, renamed Jade Stadium and now known as AMI Stadium is a sports stadium in Waltham, a suburb of Christchurch in New Zealand. The stadium is currently closed due to damage sustained in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The Hadlee Stand has been demolished and the fate of the rest of the stadium is unresolved.

The stadium has been the venue for various sports including rugby union, cricket, rugby league, association football, athletics and trotting. It has also hosted various non-sporting events including concerts by Pearl Jam in 2009, Bon Jovi in 2008, Roger Waters in 2007, Meat Loaf in 2004, U2 in 1989 & 1993, Tina Turner in 1993 and 1997, Dire Straits in 1986 and 1991, and Billy Joel in 1987. However the stadium is primarily a rugby and cricket ground and is the home of the Crusaders rugby union team, who compete in Super Rugby. Its capacity is 38,628.

In 1880 Canterbury Cricket and Athletics Sports Co. Ltd was established. In 1882, Edward Stevens and Arthur Ollivier initiated the purchase of a parcel of swampy farmland (the actual cricket ground was in low-lying area and basically sitting on a large pool of saturated water) which became Lancaster Park, and Lancaster was the name of the farmer and previous landlord. For Stevens, this was a transaction through his company, Harman and Stevens, on behalf of the owner, Benjamin Lancaster. Canterbury Cricket and Athletics Sports purchased 10 acres 3 rods 30 perches (4.426 hectares) for £2,841 at £260 per acre (NZ$ 1284.95/hectare). In 1904 Canterbury cricket would become the sole owner of the ground. Then in 1911 the Canterbury Rugby Union became co-owners with the Canterbury Cricket Association over the ground. An Act of Parliament in November 1919 vested title to Lancaster Park in the Crown, and established the Victory Park Board to take responsibility for its management.