For $10,000 you could get a mural of former Kiwis coach David Kidwell.
Or, for just over $8000 you could get one of British pop star Ed Sheeran.
Which would you prefer?
ChristchurchNZ has revealed the cost of commissioning Bay of Plenty artist Graham Hoete, known as Mr G, todo the Kidwell mural on a Lichfield St building before the Kiwis' disastrous Rugby League World Cup campaign began in October.
The ratepayer-funded organisation paid $10,000 for the work, which was created to celebrate Christchurch's sporting roots with Kidwell, a former Kiwi, having grown up here.
He said sport was unpredictable, whereas the Sheeran concerts were almost guaranteed to be successful.
The city council funds ChristchurchNZ.
City councillor Deon Swiggs said he did not know who Kidwell was.
"For some people they mean something and for other people they mean nothing."
He would have preferred it was done by a local artist, which would have made it cheaper.
The Ed Sheeran mural in Dunedin cost less than that of David Kidwell. Photo / Getty Images
Meanwhile, ratepayer-funded Enterprise Dunedin spent $8350 commissioning Tyler Kennedy-Stent to paint a mural of Sheeran on a building to mark his visit last month, sparking criticism.
Sheeran's three sold-out concerts at Forsyth Barr Stadium over Easter brought an estimated 68,000 people to Dunedin, with an economic benefit of $34 million.
A third of the tickets were sold in Christchurch.
AMI Stadium hosted the Tonga v Lebanon quarter-final and a Kiwis v Scotland pool match during the World Cup, bringing in an estimated $3.75 million and 6383 visitors.
The Kiwis failed to make the semi-finals after losses to Tonga in pool play and Fiji in the quarter final.
