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I don’t think so. These days stadia of that type can’t pay for themselves. They need to have many more revenue streams than a couple of football games that is why you see these complexes being built that include apartments, retail, tourism, hotels, restaurants, conferences, etc that  keep these places going outside game time. add to that the desire for a large national stadium and to get over the political line it needs to be/look a bit special. With all of that in mind, Eden Park can’t provide that even with the millions of dollars spent on upgrades. Foley could buy NHS and use as their training base if he really wanted a home but the cost of upgrade may preclude that. The AK team need a training facility like the Nix have and in Auckland (without building his own) only the Warriors and Blues have anything close to similar. Might have to see who owns the arena in Vegas and where the Black Knights train. I recall visiting the LA Lakers facility in LA, it wasn’t at the Staples Center where they (and the Clippers) played their NBA games. As an aside, the Sparks (WNBA team) actually played their games at the training facility, not The Staples Center. So the training and playing locations dont need to be the same or even close to each other.

Edit:   City National Arena is the practice facility and team headquarters of the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League. City National Arena opened on September 18, 2017, and is located in Summerlin South, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas.

Jessie Merino

No, not the whole idea. Just less grandiose. A compact stadium would be excellent without all this overdesigned overblown overkill. If not this site then Victoria Pk or north end of Wynyard Pt would be fine. Without the hassle. Foley's up for it.