coochiee wrote:
Auckland Cricket moving to Western Springs, plus developing that site as a test cricket ground seems the missed opportunity.
A better location than Colin Maiden?
EP no 2 is prime real estate, in a land shortage isthmus city. If some hotel development sees the EP Trust/Council and/or National Govt pocket a few million (or more) to then spend on EP's long term future, that seems a not bad result. Ask your average ratepayer or tax payer, who's not one of the 50 people turning up to watch a Ford Trophy/Plunket Shield match.
Whatever annual lease the hotel operator pays (if that is the financial model), will likely be higher than the Auckland cricket sausage sizzle and beer income stream.
There was a whole indepth months long feaso study, examining building that Quay Park stadium last year. It was all just sadly assessed, as too high risk to build that downtown edifice. The developer's plans based off some pretty flaky numbers. The Councillors who had access to all info, voted resoundingly to can Quay Park, and so like it or not Eden Park is the less risky long term anchor ground for the 09.
Dude, it was more a go at NZ cricket than the hotel.
And there are a lot fewer then 50 people who turn up to plunket shield.
That is the point,
Meanwhile for some fucking reason we get hours of watching the provincial white ball cricket from your country of Australia on Sky for some reason, which I assume no one watches.
And there are a lot fewer then 50 people who turn up to plunket shield.
That is the point,
Meanwhile for some fucking reason we get hours of watching the provincial white ball cricket from your country of Australia on Sky for some reason, which I assume no one watches.