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Posted July 03, 2022 09:47 · last edited July 03, 2022 09:48

coochiee
brumbys
ROF is an atrocious stadium for anything other than cricket, Eden Park offers you a much better experience with better access to pre/post match fun + transport links than anywhere else in Auckland.

Bit harsh on the ROF, but yes in hindsight it should never have been built as an oval for only 1-3 ODIs/T20s per year. Dumb decision.

I actually find EP has a pretty good rectangular feel for rugby & football. Sidelines feel natural, whereas with the ROF forever looking for where the sidelines are. And yeah the Sandringham Rd precinct is great.

Any future Auckland ALM club has to be based in Mt Eden. You just close off areas of the ground, so that any small crowds still look okay on the telly.
coochiee
brumbys
ROF is an atrocious stadium for anything other than cricket, Eden Park offers you a much better experience with better access to pre/post match fun + transport links than anywhere else in Auckland.

Bit harsh on the ROF, but yes in hindsight it should never have been built as an oval for only 1-3 ODIs/T20s per year. Dumb decision.

I actually find EP has a pretty good rectangular feel for rugby & football. Sidelines feel natural, whereas with the ROF forever looking for where the sidelines are. And yeah the Sandringham Rd precinct is great.

Any future Auckland ALM club has to be based in Mt Eden. You just close off areas of the ground, so that any small crowds still look okay on the telly.
When designed (the RoF) the Back Craps were riding particularly high as a 50 over team, so the Trust thought they'd cash in on them, hence the oval shape. Sadly for too many years after construction, the Black craps have disappointed more than achieved and attendance's at those games and t20 have not ben great over all. 

But with every "great decision" there is a price to pay. Sadly it was at Rugby, Rugby League and Footballs expense. a Rectangular stadium with rounded corners would have allow fans to be a lot closer to the action and probably would have resulted in a roof too, just like Forsythe Stadium in Dunedin (Which in my humble opinion is the best in the country). 

You can imagine the awesome atmosphere with the fans being closer and the roof or near roof keeping the voices inside instead of lifting to  the sky. Currently with Nix games it's quite loud but it would have been multiplied 10 fold if the Rectangular design had happened.

So in the name of greed, ego's and not forward thinking, we have what we have.

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coochiee
brumbys
ROF is an atrocious stadium for anything other than cricket, Eden Park offers you a much better experience with better access to pre/post match fun + transport links than anywhere else in Auckland.

Bit harsh on the ROF, but yes in hindsight it should never have been built as an oval for only 1-3 ODIs/T20s per year. Dumb decision.

I actually find EP has a pretty good rectangular feel for rugby & football. Sidelines feel natural, whereas with the ROF forever looking for where the sidelines are. And yeah the Sandringham Rd precinct is great.

Any future Auckland ALM club has to be based in Mt Eden. You just close off areas of the ground, so that any small crowds still look okay on the telly.
coochiee
brumbys
ROF is an atrocious stadium for anything other than cricket, Eden Park offers you a much better experience with better access to pre/post match fun + transport links than anywhere else in Auckland.

Bit harsh on the ROF, but yes in hindsight it should never have been built as an oval for only 1-3 ODIs/T20s per year. Dumb decision.

I actually find EP has a pretty good rectangular feel for rugby & football. Sidelines feel natural, whereas with the ROF forever looking for where the sidelines are. And yeah the Sandringham Rd precinct is great.

Any future Auckland ALM club has to be based in Mt Eden. You just close off areas of the ground, so that any small crowds still look okay on the telly.
When designed the RF, the Back Craps were riding particularly high as a 50 over team, so the Trust thought they'd cash in on them, hence the oval shape. Sadly for too many years after construction, the Black craps have disappointed more than achieved and attendance's at those games and t20 have not ben great over all. 

But with every "great decision" there is a price to pay. Sadly it was at Rugby, Rugby League and Footballs expense. a Rectangular stadium with rounded corners would have allow fans to be a lot closer to the action and probably would have resulted in a roof too, just like Forsythe Stadium in Dunedin (Which in my humble opinion is the best in the country). 

You can imagine the awesome atmosphere with the fans being closer and the roof or near roof keeping the voices inside instead of lifting to  the sky. Currently with Nix games it's quite loud but it would have been multiplied 10 fold if the Rectangular design had happened.

So in the name of greed, ego's and not forward thinking, we have what we have.