Voting for Eden Park isn't pro rugby. NZ Rugby backed Quay Park. It was/is to include an All Blacks themed hotel.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/auckland-waterfront-stadium-new-zealand-rugby-backs-downtown-option-at-quay-park/IZRY7Z47OVFQ5HNCH2L44UUP74/
But a vote for EP it is pro cricket. NZ Cricket stood to be the biggest losers if Quay Park was built, and EP demolished. No cricket at QP. Sure test cricket isn't played in Mt Eden, but in reality that matters little. NZC loses money on ever test it stages in NZ, bar hosting India and the huge TV rights deals that come with that. White ball cricket over in a day or less with it's bigger crowds is where the crowd revenue is. And no ground in NZ hosts a bigger white ball crowd than EP.
What really seems to have saved EP for now, is the poor, very loose business cae put up by Quay Park's backers. It was always being reported as a privately funded construction, now it seems the numbers on that are highly questionable to the point of being flawed. That's what appears to have scared off the Councillors.
Carisbrook was crumbling, and Lancaster Park actually fell down. Love it or hate it, Eden Park is still in okay condition. It don't need pulling down.
Auckland's best hope of Quay Park or a similar downtown stadium, could well be the round ball code. FIFA paid Qatar $1.56 Billion USD to host the 2022 WC. Though that amount pales into comparison to what Qatar spent on new infrastructure to host the WC. Estimated at about $229 Billion USD!! Insane
But the cohosts of say a Australia/NZ/Indonesia joint WC, would all get big money from FIFA. Some of that for stadium upgrades. That looms as maybe the best hope.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/auckland-waterfront-stadium-new-zealand-rugby-backs-downtown-option-at-quay-park/IZRY7Z47OVFQ5HNCH2L44UUP74/
But a vote for EP it is pro cricket. NZ Cricket stood to be the biggest losers if Quay Park was built, and EP demolished. No cricket at QP. Sure test cricket isn't played in Mt Eden, but in reality that matters little. NZC loses money on ever test it stages in NZ, bar hosting India and the huge TV rights deals that come with that. White ball cricket over in a day or less with it's bigger crowds is where the crowd revenue is. And no ground in NZ hosts a bigger white ball crowd than EP.
What really seems to have saved EP for now, is the poor, very loose business cae put up by Quay Park's backers. It was always being reported as a privately funded construction, now it seems the numbers on that are highly questionable to the point of being flawed. That's what appears to have scared off the Councillors.
Carisbrook was crumbling, and Lancaster Park actually fell down. Love it or hate it, Eden Park is still in okay condition. It don't need pulling down.
Auckland's best hope of Quay Park or a similar downtown stadium, could well be the round ball code. FIFA paid Qatar $1.56 Billion USD to host the 2022 WC. Though that amount pales into comparison to what Qatar spent on new infrastructure to host the WC. Estimated at about $229 Billion USD!! Insane
But the cohosts of say a Australia/NZ/Indonesia joint WC, would all get big money from FIFA. Some of that for stadium upgrades. That looms as maybe the best hope.