My 2 🪙 worth:
This stadium talk at Western Springs is just that, talk. Being used to put pressure on something else much like the alternative Nix stadium in Porirua back in the day.
Sadly NZ Inc can't organise a piss up in a brewery right now, our government and councils are a mess and the nation has bigger fish to fry (sunken ships, dilapidated railways, massive DoH deficits etc) then worrying about a stadium that should have been built prior to RWC 2011 when times were good.
This stadium talk at Western Springs is just that, talk. Being used to put pressure on something else much like the alternative Nix stadium in Porirua back in the day.
Sadly NZ Inc can't organise a piss up in a brewery right now, our government and councils are a mess and the nation has bigger fish to fry (sunken ships, dilapidated railways, massive DoH deficits etc) then worrying about a stadium that should have been built prior to RWC 2011 when times were good.
Fortunately half is American! The main issue for anything is cash. Here there are two billionaires ready to go who want to make it happen. That’s what usually causes things to get done! Cash and determination. Plus it seems no one else really wants it from the big codes.
A smaller stadium shouldn’t have nearly the issues a mammoth one does🤞.
The other reason I hope it happens is it seems like a brilliant idea. I think I’ve been on here talking about how awesome the family game day experience is with the stadium nestled in an excellent enormous park here. The 18k size is about perfect to sell out most of the time. You can have a few bouncy castles and food trucks outside. I even played some simulated blind soccer and donated for that one time here. I like the positioning and I think it could really change the attitude to sport from the blokes only terraces at Eden Park in the wayaback days to quite a different experience.
Big family day and a footy game! That’s a way to win great word of mouth for your club in what is already a very popular participation sport at junior level.