I reckon Dome et al must be sharkting themselves re the commercial aspect of this, they've now got competition in the NZ corporate market, which is almost entirely in AKL, where the new team is based.
For sure. Dome has already raised this as an issue, as well as the competition for limited pool of quality NZ players.
And now with billionaire Foley being APL's preferred owner for Auckland, an increasing concern for the Nix could be that Auckland have quick on field success - making Nix early on the little brother. Natural that quality players & sponsors will be more attracted to the bigger, perhaps more glamorous club, if it pans the new 09 franchise quickly wins a tropy or two.
But there will also be positives, like at last a proper rival, 2 or 3 huge derby games, and just increased A League media coverage in NZ overall.