So then Auckland pays by having to watch rugby/football at Eden Park whilte most of the rest of the country gets dedicated stadiums?
Why is a 15,000-20,000 venue for limited over and test cricket not possible as in the UK? And can we really say it's simply because we're poor when Eden Park, Mt Smart, and NHS have all been propped up these past 30 years?
Of course this isn't something we can have right now, but to redevelop Eden Park would put the nail in the coffin for the next 30 years. A bit of long term thinking wouldn't hurt - as we didn't have back in 2006 or whenever when we got ourselves into this mess.
And to clarify, my comparison with aussie isn't to suggest Auckland needs a 40,000 oval - simply that to have dedicated venues for oval and rectangular sport, sized to the city's needs, is the base level of what paying spectators deserve in this part of the world, and that the rest of the wider region - in AFL states, NRL states, and in NZ - largely seems to achieve this. If you look at my list AKL absolutely sticks out like a sore thumb.