Logan Park, Dunedin
 Logan Park, looking east, with the Otago Polytechnic visible in the distance to the left | |
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| Location | Dunedin, New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dunedin City Council |
| Type | Stadium Complex |
| Genre(s) | Sporting Events |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1913 |
| Opened | 1920 |
| Renovated | 1979 |
| Expanded | 2004, 2012 |
| Tenants | |
| Otago cricket team New Zealand national cricket team | |
Logan Park is a sporting venue in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. It lies on land reclaimed from the former Lake Logan.
Features
University Oval
, an international Test cricket venueThe park contains both
Forsyth Barr Stadium at University Plaza
, is located close to the southern end of the park.
The park is located at the northeastern extremity of the
Logan Point quarry and Logan Park High School. The Otago Polytechnic campus lies alongside to the western boundary of the park, and the southern edge is bordered by the University of Otago's College of Education and the Forsyth Barr Stadium
.
History
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Lake Logan was reclaimed in the early 20th century. Originally an inlet of the Otago Harbour called Pelichet Bay, it frequently silted up, especially after a causeway was built to allow for the South Island Main Trunk Railway between Dunedin and Port Chalmers.
Reclamation began in 1913 and continued after
1925 New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition. For many years the Dunedin Public Art Gallery
stood in one of the buildings constructed for that exhibition. This building and the Otago Lawn Tennis Association building (formerly the aquarium) are all that remains of the exhibition buildings. Shortly after the exhibition the reclaimed land was converted into playing fields and now goes by the name of Logan Park.
The park's location close to the city's two tertiary institutions (Otago Polytechnic and the
feeder road from the realigned SH 88, which skirts the harbour side of the Forsyth Barr Stadium on its path from Dunedin to Port Chalmers
.
The new artificial field known as 'Logan Park Turf', was officially opened by Columbia international Juan Pablo Ángel in November 2019.[2]
See also
- Caledonian Ground
- University Oval
References
- ^ "Dunedin Artificial Turf". Football South. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "FIFA legend to open Logan Park Turf". New Zealand Football. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Logan Park, Dunedin.
- Herd, J. & Griffiths, G. J. (1980). Discovering Dunedin. Dunedin: John McIndoe.
- History of Dunedin City Council