As always you raise some good points Chopah. I guess re the proposed Western Springs development, it isn't Bill Foley's (or Mowbray/Williams) job to solve Auckland's stadium jigsaw.
Their main motivation is making Auckland FC as successful as it can be.
Some local & central Govt funding was required to build both Forsyth Barr & the new ChCh Stadium. But then Carisbrook was a relic that needed demolition and of course after the quake Cantabs needed a new ground. Different in that Eden Park is still in pretty good nick. The agruments for a replacement in the 09 are different.
That restriction to only 6 concerts per year is a big loss for the city. But yes for sure there are plenty of agruably greater needs in the isthmus on the public purse than a shiny very expensive downtown stadium.
And this sort of stuff ain't wholly unique to Auckland.
Tasmanians are very split over the huge cost to them of a big new roofed edifice in downtown Hobart. They dearly want a long overdue Aussie Rules team, but the nasty AFL have insisted they build a roofed new stadium at a $1 Billion cost, otherwise no team. $785 Million to come from the Tassie Govt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed3972Yxxns
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-03/tas-stadium-scathing-independent-gruen-review/104780914
Their main motivation is making Auckland FC as successful as it can be.
Some local & central Govt funding was required to build both Forsyth Barr & the new ChCh Stadium. But then Carisbrook was a relic that needed demolition and of course after the quake Cantabs needed a new ground. Different in that Eden Park is still in pretty good nick. The agruments for a replacement in the 09 are different.
That restriction to only 6 concerts per year is a big loss for the city. But yes for sure there are plenty of agruably greater needs in the isthmus on the public purse than a shiny very expensive downtown stadium.
And this sort of stuff ain't wholly unique to Auckland.
Tasmanians are very split over the huge cost to them of a big new roofed edifice in downtown Hobart. They dearly want a long overdue Aussie Rules team, but the nasty AFL have insisted they build a roofed new stadium at a $1 Billion cost, otherwise no team. $785 Million to come from the Tassie Govt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed3972Yxxns
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-03/tas-stadium-scathing-independent-gruen-review/104780914