End result 2-0 Mali - Mehico had 9 players after 2 red cards. Gee I love Dunedin Regional Stadium. Best indoor and outdoor venue in the country I say..
The stadium looks great on tv. Makes me jealous. If only Wellington had a fully covered rectangular football ground.
Yeah, it's the best stadium in the country hands down - but the locals don't want it or support it.
It should be packed up and transported to Wellington or Christchurch where it would be better utilized.
75% of Dunedin residents polled opposed public funding of the stadium and there was legal action to stop it proceeding on two occassions.
No one goes to sports events there.
The stadium costs the Dunedin ratepayers 20 million dollars a year to keep going.
Average Highlanders rugby croud last season was only 12,291 boosted by one popular Crusaders game. Several games attracted less than 10,000.
The Highlanders have never attracted more than 21,000 (in a game last year) - and 5000 of those tickets were sold to Crusaders supporters.
So only 16,000 locals maximum will attend matches in a stadium that holds 31,000
http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/307695/rugby-crow...
Crouds could not dip much more if the franchise was to remain viable, Clark said.
''The crouds this year will be up on last year and that is a real positive for us. But we are at a bare minimum of people coming through the gate to sustain us as a financial entity.''