Queenstown Events Centre

Queenstown Events Centre
	View of the Queenstown Events Centre Building
	Queenstown Events Centre Location within New Zealand
Former names	John Davies Oval, Davies Park
Location	Joe O'Connell Drive, Frankton, Queenstown, New Zealand
Coordinates	45°0′58″S 168°44′18″E / 45.01611°S 168.73833°E
Owner	Queenstown-Lakes District Council
Operator	Lakes Leisure
Capacity	19,000
Surface	Grass
Tenants
	Otago Rugby Football Union, Highlanders, Otago United, Otago Volts, Queenstown Cricket Club
Complex information
Main venue	Queenstown Events Centre Building
Other sports facilities	Alpine Aqualand, Frankton Golf Centre, Rockatipu Climbing Wall
Public transit	Frankton Bus Interchange
Opened	1997
Ground information
	End names
	Remarkables End; Coronet Peak End
International information
First ODI	4 January 2003:; New Zealand v India
Last ODI	1 January 2014:; New Zealand v West Indies
Only T20I	8 April 2023:; New Zealand v Sri Lanka
First WODI	3 March 2010:; New Zealand v Australia
Last WODI	12 December 2023:; New Zealand v Pakistan
First WT20I	9 February 2022:; New Zealand v India
Last WT20I	9 December 2023:; New Zealand v Pakistan
	As of 12 December 2023; Source: ESPNcricinfo

Queenstown Events Centre, John Davies Oval, or Davies Park is a multi-purpose sports complex and stadium in Queenstown, Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand.

History

Opened in 1997, the venue is on Queenstown Lakes District Council–owned land and is a multi-purpose indoor and outdoor venue. The stadium has a capacity of 19,000 spectators with 6,000 permanent seating.^[2]

The ground is located between the foot of the Remarkables and the shores of Lake Wakatipu with Queenstown International Airport nearby.^[3] The venue hosts regular international cricket matches, Highlanders rugby games,^[4] trade shows, exhibitions, seminars and concerts. It is also used by Otago Cricket for List A fixtures.

Activities

The Queenstown Events Centre offers many activities, including cricket, rugby, swimming, golf, fitness training, tennis (indoor and outdoor), netball (indoor and outdoor), and indoor rock climbing.^[5] The centre is also home to several sport clubs.

Cricket

A range of formats of cricket are played at the centre including One Day Internationals, local Twenty20 competitions, school cricket, and six-a-side competitions. There are practice nets near the entrance of the centre.

On 1 January 2014, at the Queenstown Events Centre, New Zealand Black Caps' Corey Anderson broke Shahid Afridi's 17-year-old record of the fastest One Day International (ODI) hundred by one ball, scoring his in 36 balls. He ended with an unbeaten 131 that featured 14 sixes and 6 fours.^[6] Along with Jesse Ryder, he helped New Zealand set the team record for the most sixes in an ODI innings.

Alpine Aqualand

The Alpine Aqualand is an indoor water park at the north of the Queenstown Events Centre stadium. The building has a 25-metre lap pool with 8 lanes, a leisure pool and lazy river, two hydroslides, a toddler pool, learners pools, and hot tubs.

Frankton Golf Centre

The Frankton Golf Centre is a 9-hole golf course at the south of the Queenstown Events Centre. The course has a par of 30 with 6 par 3s ranging from 73 metres to 185 metres and 3 par 4s ranging from 280 metres to 310 metres. The current record for the course is 26. The course also has a driving range, a footgolf course, and a pro shop.^[7]

Rockatipu Climbing Wall

The Rockatipu Climbing Wall is an indoor rock climbing wall at the Queenstown Events Centre. It offers over 40 climbs, vertical and overhanging rock features, classes, kids' climbing courses, and equipment hire.^[8]

International centuries

Two ODI centuries have been achieved at the ground.^[9] Corey Anderson scored a century in 36 balls which was the ODI record, later broken by AB de Villiers.