Today was the official opening of the new stand at Eden Park in preparation for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The new stand is amazing, it has an outer skin on it which is very unusual.
At the four corners of the ground are beautiful carved statues of Maori gods.
We also had the opportunity to go to some usually off limits areas including the changing rooms - very impressive and with a large warm up area inside as well.
At one stage we got caught up in the official walk about with the prime minister, John Key, who was very approachable and had a chat with lots of people on the way round.
We also got to meet some of the rugby and cricket players, Royston here with All Black Jerome Kaino, he's huge!
The official opening was done by John Key, along with the new Auckland mayor-elect Len Brown and the Minister for RWC2011.
This is the view from the top of the new stand back to the Sky Tower in the city.
And the view of the new stand from the existing ASB stand.
The highlight of the day was to get our photo taken with the Webb Ellis trophy, most Kiwis will be hoping the All Blacks are holding this November 2011.
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