- Dylan
Not Eden Park, not the Auckland waterfront either. The smart money has got to back the Manukau Harbour proposal printed in the herald earlier. Its got all the benifits for whole city/nation short and long term with minimal infrustructural challenges of building in the city. Let alone the Aesthetics of a stadium blocking the view of the Auckland harbour as opposed to a stadium appearing to float on the Manukau harbour.
- M.L. Sagala
The waterfront is ruined now with apartment complexes, why add to the mess. Let Aucklanders enjoy the waterfront and develope more public spaces. Develope one of the stadiums we have, (North Harbour) and lobbie the Government to front up with the money for the infrastructure eg roads and decent public transport Auckland so desperately needs to feed the stadium. Auckland does not need another legacy of anyones to maintain.
- Howard Webb
The expected decision to construct a waterfront stadium in Auckland would be madness (and therefore probably to be expected from the current Government).Eden Park is an established venue that could be readily expanded and upgraded to a world-class sporting venue with a spectator capacity of 60,000 plus. The gripes of a few vocal local residents, who moved in long after Eden Park was established, and the resulting cold feet of politicians, do not change that fact.The proposal to try and create another stadium (in a city which arguably already has too many stadia) from scratch on the waterfront not only fails to make the most of existing facilities, but also runs the very real risk of not being completed in time for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. What a fiasco that would be.That and the benefits that a world class stadium bring to Auckland, and to New Zealand as a whole, are too valuable to be put at risk.Yes, a waterfront stadium works well in Wellington, but Auckland is very different to Wellington. The suggested site is remote from established transport and other required infrastructure and is more that a short walk from downtown Auckland. 'Build it and they will come.' Sorry, in the real world it just doesn't work that way.Get real and get on with expanding and upgrading Eden Park before it is too late!
- R Taylor
Never be able to get it built in time. Helen's ego has got out of control- stick to Eden Park
- Murray
Great idea & great location. But I hope the architects come up with something truly original and iconic to Auckland rather than a German replica. The cake tin was a short term commercial success, but lacks character and the size for future big events.
- Ollie
I don't think we need another stadium... anywhere in NZ. Money could be better spent elsewhere. History is a strange thing. It seems to cycle around. Are we becoming like the decadent Romans again? Sport seems to have become the "centre of universe". We are building these massive Roman style Circuses again, where we flock by the thousands to see the gladiators fight. Some of the highest paid people in the world are sportsmen and yet what do they really produce for the world? A man may dig sewer drains for a living to take away all that nasty waste, and yet never earn as much in his lifetime and a sportsman will earn in sponsorship in a year! Our news casts on TV are half news and half sportsnews... now really! Don't get me wrong, I am not anti-sport, but I do hate the massive amounts of emphasis and money given to this totally unproductive part of life. So...No.. we don't need another stadium at the bottom of Aucklands CBD.
- Owen Exton
what a stupid idea to build such a monstrosity on the prime waterfront land. The cost will exceed 1 billion dollars funded by the taxpayer. I dont want my money spent thus and I did not give the govt the right to spend my money thus. I am not a rugby follower and I do not go to big events.It is in the wrong place. The north shore would be much better. Better transport access, more room and cheeper. But I suppose most of the north shore is national so no point in a labour govt going for that option.The waterfront should be saved for the port and if they dont need it there should be outward looking developments. IT will not be built in the timeframe unless the govt set aside all the usual planning requirments which protect the normal citizen.Just look at Wembley stadium; years late and hundreds of million pounds over budget.Protect us from politicians.
- Pat Costello
Absolutely amazed the lessions of others [countries] havn't been learnt. With all the hospital waiting lists, roads not built, poor education output etc etc etc spending $700m on yet another stadium amounts to a criminal act against the infirm, uneducated, traffic stuck people of NZ. Lets build another white elephant to lay idle for months at a time, duplicate the facilities available in the region all due to these 'ego maniacs' running completely out of control. Sanity ...PLEASE.
- Peter Jones
Building a stadium on the waterfront will be a pretty appalling use of prime land. It will dominate the whole harbour with 30-40m high walls and will be empty for most of the year. We have umpteen stadia already and what I have seenof the plans for eden Park is stunning. A final point - what happens 2 years down the line when it is too late to improve Eden Park and we find major construction problems won't allow a waterfront stadium to be finished in time? Is that a risk we're willing to take? No doubt Australia will be happy to host the World Cup on our behalf. It apparently took 3 years to build the Munich stadium on a brownfield site. This waterfront stadium will be far more complex to build, and that assumes the port operations can be cleared in a few months time. Where do all the ships go?
- Peter
Why build a stadium that is designed to have occupants looking inward (at players) in a location that is famous for its view outward (the harbour). Is it so that when fans go to buy their half time drinks they can see the harbour??? Idiotic!!!!!
-Woody Bould
Another showcase from the govertment.There is nothing wrong with the Eden park.
- Peter Walker
I'm all in favour of the Waterfront Stadium. Eden Park, like Athletic Park in Wellington, has had its day. Currently, getting to & from Eden Park is a mission with all roads heavily congested on game day. The new stadium is close to the city & Britomart. People could catch a bus, train or ferry instead of taking their cars. Just like the 'Cake Tin' in Wellington, a new purpose-built stadium would put Auckland back on the map to stage big sporting or other cultural occasions. Hopefully the cost would be fully funded by the govt with little or no reliance placed on rate payers.
- Rex Taylor
The cynic in me wants to know if
a) the prime minister supports the new waterfront stadium to remove the inherent problems of owning a residential property close to Eden Park
b) Australia is ready to step in to run the 2011 World Cup when we fail to build the new stadium in time
-Rosemary McGlynn
Being some one who lives and works in Auckland city, the thought of having a stadium on my door step seems completely ridiculous. When ever I think about a rugby game two things come to mind. Congestion and rugby idiots. When ever there is a game on in Mt Eden the place is a shambles, you cant drive or park anywhere and after woods kingsland turns into a zoo. Think about the CBDs major problem with traffic and parking plus what the water front is like on a Saturday night and then think what it would be like with a rugby stadium.....In my opinion the infrastructure of the CBD is already a shambles. And now they want to put this eye sore on the water front!? What a joke. How about taking that 700 million and spending on health, roading or education? Or better yet how about a tax cut Trevor?
- scott
If the choice is between upgrading Eden Park and the Waterfront I support the waterfront 100 per cent. Spending 350 million upgrading a stadium that has adherent issues with its location is plain silly. If significant money is going to be spent then it should be spent on a scalable long term proposition of which Eden Park is not. You just have to look at how successful Cardiffs and many many other centrally located stadiums are to see what is possible if its done right.
- Shaun Bosson
Yes, definitely build the waterfront stadium. The first government decision that I will have agreed with in more than 6 years! It will be a great asset for Auckland in the years to come. To those who say we can't afford the $700m cost, I can only point to the government's obscene $11.5b tax surplus. At least this would be a productive use and leaves us almost $11b to fix our roading problems also - how about it Dr Cullen?
-S King
I'm interested to know why we have to wait for roads and public transport to be funded, and yet hundreds of millions of dollars can magically appear to build an expensive stadium that no one seems really sure they actually want. And one 'small' question - where do the 70,000 fans park - something that also seems to have been conveniently forgotten with the Vector Arena as well.
- Simon Elder
New stadium on the water front? Yes very nice. But how much of the $700M for this new waterfront stadium project will have to come from central govt? Don't forget Auckland has been for years crying out for money to complete other neglected infrastreucture projects - motorways, rail and sewage
- Stephen Leach
The water front is a great option, there is heaps of parking in the CBD as games aren't played in peak business hours, and ferries run directly so do train services, combined with Park and ride services already planned in the outer areas. They should knock Eden Park down and sell off the land to subsidise the cost of the new stadium. Eden PArk will relocate to the new one.
- Stuart Anderson
Stadium in waterfront is absolutely crazy idea. 60K+ extra people inside Auckland downtown will doubles the population as to the congestion of the traffic. You can say Britomat railway station is an option, but town planner Rodney Davies had highlighted that given train turnaround times, only 1600 people per hour can pass into the city. Why does people who works in Auckland CBD needs to be suffered for the traffic because at same time, a rugby game is on, and what about the people who lives in Auckland CBD, being suffered from the Blocked views and the noise, and think about the people who lives outside CBD (South Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, and the rest of the North Island) needing to be prepared, hours before the game just to make into the CBD area.astly, for the people who thinks this 'square tyre' will be the next opera house. Planing of the opera house began at 1954 then took 3 years of extensive competition and by the time the construction was completed in 1957!!!! you can also argue that the allianz arena is far less complex than the sydney stadium (Which still requires more time then to be built for 2011). please have a look at this picture before making that coment
- Shinil Kil
I think the new Waterfront Stadium is a great idea. But why should we as a country of originality plagiarise someone else's architectual idea. If we want Auckland to be the world class city then we should build something new and original.
- TC
How about making it look like giant sails? That would work in great with the "City of Sails" thing, wouldn't it. Then, along with the tower and bridge, Auckland's aping of a wetter Sydney would finally be true!
- Tim Ogle
Q1. Where is the overall strategy behind all of this? Ans. There is none, this is a tactical decision to buy votes. Q2. How come a deciosn can be made on such a construction in suh a short period comapred to anyother decision on infrastructure? Ans: As above. Q3. Why was this not planned prior to the presentation by the RFU that won the deal? Ans. Didn't think of it. Q4. Why not? Ans. Ah, dunno Q5. Why not North Harbour Stadium? I live in Epsom and not afraid to promote the North Shore. Surely this would cost effective and make a great deal of sense. Ans. Same answer as Q1. Q7. Do we need another stadium? Ans. No, we just need an internationally reognised and multi-use stadium, well planned, with good supporting infrastructure and in our main city. Q8. Will this be a monument to the Politicians? Ans. Most definitely
- Tim W
What a bunch of cry baby losers most of you are. The view of the waterfront is blocked by all the buildings anyway and you can't see Rangitoto from there. Eden Park is a backwards option, North Harbour stadium is a white elephant, and Mt Smart is in a horrible location with no atmosphere. The reason why we have under-utilised stadiums in Auckland is because they are poorly located and aren't great stadiums. That's why we need a new stadium and it'll be great. I'm totally excited by the stadium and I hope Eden Park is turned in to a true cricket ground with a big oval pitch.
- Glenn
I preferred the Flying Saucer..inovative design in a repressed area..no local residents to upset, no traffic probs.. but hey the Govt doesn't care about the economy of an area that could really benefit..big bus' wants it in the city.. tuff ypical...I guess if the pic' intoday's Herald is acturate Wgnt will have the Cake Tin & Ak will have THE TYRE!!
- the tyre guy Warren
Great news, if anyone can do it the Kiwis can. We have lived in Oz for 20 years and are passionate Kiwi Sport supporters, especially the All Blacks,and Silver Ferns, and there is nothing better than flogging an Ozzie, especially in a stadium that would better any other in the South Pacific. As we are hoping to get over for some games, would love to see something that would be exceptional in the City of Sails. Good luck.
- Karl & Fran Kofoed
If you put this stadium up its going to ruin Aucklands image! That just looks like a huge blow up boat or swimming pool. Dont we have enough stadiums in Auckland already?!? That $700million could go towards upgrading the ones we already have and anything else we need to upgrade such as our roads & healthcare for instance! Us tax payers pay for this so why should we pay for ANOTHER stadium when we already have at least 5, it doesnt make sense specially when that looks worse than the rest of them its just UGLY! Shouldnt they go by WHAT Aucklanders want as its their money they are spending?!?
- Shelley Angell
It will only be used to its full potential for 0.001 per cent of the time. We will have a look at an ugly, empty, out of place box for 99.999 per cent of the time. As usual, where is the "big picture".
- David
I hope the government even considers the benefits of this stadium after the world cup. No point in one-off investment.
- Poyntr
Go the JAFAS: to the latte swilling set, New Zealand in renowned throughout the world for many things and high up there is our national game -RUGBY. For our premier city to have a state of the art National Stadium- well it's a no brainer isn't it? Ask the residents around Eden Park what they would like. An innovative design could make a real statement if built on the waterfront making use of the vista ie an attached hotel,corporate facilities etc that look out as well as in!Food for thought
- Garth Anderson
At last someone has the gumption to look forward rather than back. Auckland has been a city held back for far to long by shortsighted parsimony. Build a beautiful sports arena right in the middle of downtown Auckland, and reap the benefits of a central location. The exterior of the arena could be a glass wall creation of brilliant exposure that would permit harbour views from the many restaurants and bars included. It needn't be ugly - think Sydney Opera House - and the city's views at the proposed site have been lost already to appartment development. Pull the stands at Eden Park down and convert the area to a low profile cricket field with a 'village green' atmosphere with a multi-story carpark tucked into the No.2 playing field for commuters use to the Sandringham st
- Glenn Brisbane
Excellent idea - Welington is great, San Francisco is great. It would revitalise downtown - is easy for train, bus and access to all motorways up Stanley St. Get on and do it.
- Al
Yet another white elephant stadium that Auckland ratepayers will be expected to pay for just to keep it running. Auckland already has too many stadiums that are under utilised. We don't need this one as well. It'll be used for the rugby world cup, then what? And traffic in the central city is already a nightmare. It'll be even worse when the rugby world cup is on.
- Andy Rahman
The only reason someone would support the waterfront venue is because they haven't looked at the Carlaw/Domain option. Why build a stadium on the waterfront when you can't even provide parking? There's barely any parking in the CBD as it is.
- Ben Barrus
How many stadiums does auckland need? Are the local residents going to kick up a stink and force the stadium to only have 10 night events a year because of the lights & noise. What happens after the rugby world cup? anyone think that if we win the americas cup we may have huge issues with space on the waterfront.
- Andrew Gilbert
A state of the art waterfront stadium is by all means the BEST option for Auckland. The ports are an eyesore for the city and downtown needs to be livened up. It will be a great asset to the city and the nation.
- Alex Bondish
Excellent.I know this will end up costing much more than any figure they come up with now but this still needs to happen. Who cares if you can't see the harbour from the stadium? You will be there to watch the events, not to gaze out across the harbour. There are plenty of other great vantage points across our city where you can do that if thats your thing. And who cares about the rush hour traffic issues - where are you when there's a 7:30pm Friday Night kickoff at Eden Park? Stuck in heavier than normal rush hour traffic no doubt. No matter where they put a new stadium we are going to have traffic issues in Auckland. But all roads (and public transport) lead to the CBD so it is the best equipped now and into the future to deal with traffic issues caused by major events. Make this happen. Please.
- Carl Andersson
The NZRFU should have ensured that they had a stadium capable of hosting the event BEFORE they put in a bid. This was a private bid for what is effectively a private function, so there should be absolutely NO public money involved. The other point is that Bledisloe wharf is a working wharf. Neither the Government nor the City of Auckland has no moral or legal right to take it away for what is effectively one event.
- Chris Randal
You are taking a prime piece of real estate that you could use to turn Auckland into a world class city and using it for a building that will do nothing but block the waterview. I am from the states and there it has proven over and over again that downtown stadiums does nothing but take up space in the city. It will in fact also slow economic development as such as it doesnt bring money to the area.
- Chris
(1) Who pays for this potential monstrosity? (2) How many patrons per hour can the present rail service deliver to this place? (3) Where will other patrons actually park their cars around there? (4) How many sports and other events per year will it host? (5) Will someone please tell me how this stadium will benefit the citizens of Auckland? We were told this about the 1990 Commonwealth Games and about the Americas Cup. We're still waiting. And our rates keep rising. (6) Why do some advocates mention the proximity to bars and night-clubs? I thought we were talking about sport, not rotting the brain cells with alcohol.(7) How many pediatric or geriatric medical procedures will $700 million fund, while Eden Park, North Harbour Stadium, and Mt Smart lie empty and unloved?
- Duncan McLennan
There is a limit to how many stadiums one city can up keep. For the price of the stadium on the waterfront you could upgrade the existing Mt Smart & North Harbour Stadiums and have money left over to run them. Both have public transport sytems in place already. Blocking up the waterfront with a stadium that will generally be left idle is ridiculous.
- Faille Currie
Finally, an amazing chance for Auckland to take full advantage of the biggest sporting event (and possible event) in our lifetimes, and building a brand new stadium in one of the most beautiful settings in the world. Lets not let this magnificent opportunity be ruined by councils and people who worry about the small things in life and cant see the bigger picture. Lets all embrace it!
- Ben
There is a new stadium that is still under construction across the road from the wharves. Vector Arena anyone? After 4 years, this arena still isn't finished. No wonder Elton John is coming to Wellington and not Auckland - lack of concert venue in Auckland I've heard. ector may be finished by 2010, so whos to say that the Waterfont will be done one year later? It's nice to dream - it's free and easy. The logistical, financial, and construction planning for a waterfront stadium will be absolutely astronomical, and I doubt that anyone in New Zealand has the tenacity to go through and complete it from start to finish.Although, a lot has to be said about the NZRU. Two years ago, confirmation was made that NZ would be hosting 2011 world cup. Two years of no planning, and now we have headless chickens.No to the new proposal, it is entirely unworkable.The most decent thing to do would be to either upgrade one of the existing stadiums, or move the entire deal to Carisbrook Park.
- Hayden Nash
This is a very bad idea and a complete waste of taxpayer money. Not only has there recently been a new stadium built in central Auckland which has not yet even been paid for by the taxpayers - Central City residents have had to put up with rates increases to fund it - but there are other suitable stadiums available which it would be a more cost effective option to upgrade to international standards. This option would not only be cost effective but would have the added bonus of not ruining the city skyline. I beleive the best option would be to upgrade the North Harbour stadium as this is in an attractive locale and has the added benefit of available nearby land that could be developed into suitable parking facilities for stadium patrons. Parking and traffic are the largest concerns of this kind of development and can easily be addressed in North Harbour. Do not build new. Upgrade.
- Daniel Edwards
Keep rugby at Eden Park. Do the stadium up. Any one who lives near it (and complains) should never have bought there in the first place. An event which will seat 66,000 will occur about three times a year. It would be cheaper to send all the fans during the 2011 World Cup to Stadium Australia than spend nearly a billion dollars on a white elephant.
- Amy Brown
Great idea, hopefully the ARC will have the balls to negotiate getting our rail network electrified in exchange for handing over the port land. Still think Carlaw park would be a better option though.
- Jeff
I do not believe that a stadium is the best way to spend money, surely putting some of this money towards useful things like efficient and quick public transport, better roading, and power infrastructure would make Auckland more alike other large city's. I hope they are not using tax payer dollars for the stadium. I for one as a taxpayer do not want my dollars spent on a stadium.
- Jon C
This idea of a stadium over water has got to be one of the worst ideas in many years. Yes Eden Park has its issues and I doubt its viability for 2011. It would appear that Carlaw Park has fallen a deaf ears? Why? There is infrastructure in place, parking, rail on its front door, ok would need a temporary station, at least you won't have to drive foundations into the sea bed. Go Carlaw Park, what a difference it would make to that small part of central Auckland.
- Lance
I've been to Wembley, i've been to staduim Australia and i've been to the San Siro in Milan. We have nothing that compares, yet we are sports mad. We pay relatively high taxes, the Govt has a substantial surplus.Build it, build it, build it. We love sports, we need this staduim. The effect of the edifice 'floating' on the water at Bledisloe wharf will put this city where it belongs as one of the best in the World. Mute the naysayers, they do not understand how far we Kiwis have come and what the rest of the World now thinks we are. We can do it. We are no longer insignificant enough to think we can't.
- Mahesh Lala
Is anyone wondering what the waterfront is currently used for? Import and export of most of the region's trade by ships. Where are they supposed to unload their goods - at Eden Park?? Wasting the rare sections of waterfront that are suitable for deep sea ships on one-off event venues and to the benfit of appartment developers is a shortsighted trend that is going to choke Aucklands commercial and industrial future.
- Robert Weber
Auckland suffers from having no real waterfront like Sydney or other major coastal cities, so why waste prime waterfront land with an eyesore of a stadium? I don't see the logic....
- Matt Tattle
Why waste the view of Auckland harbour on a fuly inclosed stadium!!! The land could be put to much better use.
- Cathy Carter
Ther narrow-minded opposition to 'Kelly Tarltons' being built in Paihia, meant that Kelly had to build it here in Auckland; lucky Auckland, dumb Paihia. Then there was the opposition to the Sky tower; don't hear any complaints now! Waterfront stadium? Absolutely. Then,in the years to come, all the nay-sayers will be bragging to their visitors about the great sports/concert venue their city has.
- Clendon Prime
A building on the edge of our beautiful harbour with no view of the harbour from it? That is dumb as well.Perhaps we need a new stadium in downtown but not on the wharves
- Cleve Brown
So every time there is a major event at the new stadium and during CBD "rush hour" we will have to pay a toll to use the 'new' alternative motorway route ?! Yeah, right
- BJ
A building on the edge of our beautiful harbour with no view of the harbour from it? That is dumb as well. Perhaps we need a new stadium in downtown but not on the wharves.
Cleve Brown
A waterfront stadium will destroy the location and prevent future development. The home of rugby is Eden Park and the redevelopment that is planned there will alleviate a lot of the issues that the exisitng reseidents have. The waterfront is not ideal, risky engineering, poor road access, interferes with busy commercial practices and destroys the views to the harbour. Government planners in Wellington should keep their noses out of Auckland, look at the stuffed up roads that we get when they get involved. LEAVE IT AT EDEN PARK!!!
- Eric Engelbrecht
The additition of a waterfront baseball stadium here in San Francisco completely transformed a large section of our city. The stadium bought new jobs and provided a destination. As I drive across your harbour bridge I am always struck by the drab industrial look of Auckland's waterfront. Let's face it, Eden Park will never be a destination. It's a lot of money, but your waterfront needs help.
- Stephen Hart
Excellent idea (the waterfront stadium). No let's just get on and do it!!
- Ian Morine
Putting an inward looking building on prime waterfront is like going to the movies and closing your eyes. A stadium does not interact with the environment - our waterfront should be a place that we can interact with and showcase not a enclosed building. Develop Mt Smart and proper public
- Gavin
It seems to me that we are faced with three options.1,Do up Eden Park at a cost of $320m 2,Build some new waterfront stadium at a cost of $700m or 3,Complete the North Harbour stadium at under $300m.Which option will be the most cost effective? Looks like option 3. Which will present the most logistical issues RMA etc...Option 2. Which is the least likely to be completed on time...Option 2. Which will present the rugby fans with the best transport options for the future?...probably Option 3. I think it's a no brainer - we must complete the North Harbour Stadium, we do NOT need a third massive stadium in Auckland, empty 95 per cent of the time, and certainly we don't need one defacing our waterfront. At this stage I believe that the maximum the government has said that it will put towards the building/renovation/completion of any stadium is $20m so why is the Government making the decision on the project anyway and who is going to pick up the tab for a $700m waterfront stadium?...why the Auckland ratepayers of course!
- Jeremy Davidson
While a world class stadium will be a great for Auckland the waterfront is the wrong place to put it. Ugly!
-John Smith
The last thing the Auckland region needs another stadium. Many of the current ones are under utilised as it is. Developing either North Harbour Stadium or Mt Smart Stadium or both is more sensible and cost effective solution. The transport problems involved for both are still solvable and need to be sorted out anyway. Mt Smart is in an industrial area so fewer residential objections and there is an old rail line nearby. North Harbour is in a developing area with undeveloped land still around it, near the Albany end of the North Shore busway (which is already under contruction) and the motorway. The proposed downtown stadium is JAMD, just another money drain
- Kirstie Prangley
Why do we want to build something on prime waterfront land that is used for events that focus attention on the inside of the structure? Isn't the greatest benefit of having this waterfront land the ability to bring the water to the people, to say we are an island nation and a harbour city? When people go to a stadium for a big event, do they really care that the stadium is on the waterfront? By definition a stadium focuses people inwards, on what happens within; the location is irrelevant. Many port cities have lost their intimate relationship with the water because of construction that blocks people from the foreshore; in some you can be one block from the water and have no idea you are on the coast. We should enhance and celebrate our location, not build huge barriers and deny it.
- Mark Berghan
An unattractive juxtapostion upon what is already a ticky tacky skyline
- Andrew
Once again the auckland planners seem to have let us down. Seemingly no consideration of what the land and stadium would be used for when no games are on and how this would compromise the potential of the waterfront? It seems a waste to use such a prime location for something that will only be used a handful of times a year and just sits there as an obstruction otherwise. Auckland needs more spaces that people can use everyday, what better place than the waterfront? Maybe it's time politicians stopped trying to design cities, something they obviously know nothing about.
- Sam
We all know this government is crazy!! The decision to put a stadium on the waterfront makes it stark staring mad!! For starters it couldn't be finished in time. 2. What congestion there'd be while it was being built. 3. What an eyesore on our beautiful waterfront. 4. Auckland people should be deciding not those whankers in Wellington - it's our city.
- Beryl Butler
Finally Auckland gets a shot at improving what has become a diabolical situation - stadiums need to be near the city heart to enable the city to reap the rewards of major events. The only caution is the cost, 700 million is a good starting figure but the actual cost will without a doult balloon to 2 billion or more, but as long as central Govt is picking up the tab, GO FOR IT.
- Brent Dinnan
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