Lancaster Park
Lancaster Park is a stadium in Christchurch City, New Zealand that opened in 1881. Its recorded capacity is 38,628.
Key facts
Lancaster Park is a stadium in Christchurch City, New Zealand that opened in 1881. Its recorded capacity is 38,628. It is owned by Victoria Park Trust. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 4 names in total, including Lancaster Park, Jade Stadium, AMI Stadium. Current tenants are Crusaders, Canterbury, 1987 Rugby World Cup.
- Location
- Christchurch City, New Zealand
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 38,628
- Opened
- 1881
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- Victoria Park Trust
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 2
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Lancaster Park is at latitude -43.541944, longitude 172.654167, in Christchurch City, New Zealand. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | -43.541944 |
| Longitude | 172.654167 |
| City | Christchurch City |
| Region | Christchurch City |
| Country | New Zealand |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Lancaster Park has carried 3 recorded names. Lancaster Park (no sponsor) ran Unknown. Jade Stadium (sponsor: Jade) ran 1998 to 2007. AMI Stadium (sponsor: AMI) ran 2007 to 2011. The average tenure of a name here is 6.5 years.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster Park | None | Unknown | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Jade Stadium | Jade | 1998 to 2007 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| AMI Stadium | AMI | 2007 to 2011 | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Victoria Park Trust | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crusaders | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Canterbury | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| 1987 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1880 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
21 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 1762 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | VBase Venue management | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34029 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34029 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2318 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | 1880 | 1881 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1370804757 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Lancaster_Park | Lancaster Park | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | AMI Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Jade Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Lancaster Park | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20253 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20252 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 20251 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 9359 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: