$40-45 Million Soccer Specific Stadium - Petone Phoenix

It's a great idea! It had be done, it is just the right investment to go to the next step. It's fantastic that Welnix and Petone have the balls to do it.

I want my own seat with my name on it!

The Glorious Stadium for Eternal Make Friendship Between the Peoples of North Korea and Wellington Through Football and Economic Ties That Address Standard of Living and Cultural Wellbeing While Avoiding Political Dogma

Petone=Tijuana

All joking aside, sounds very positive. I like the idea.

Put up the visiting teams down at the Estern end of Jackson St...

Wow, watch the consensus on this thread move from "insane pipe dream" to "sweet, hope this can happen" in six hours flat!

Surely we need to name it after a club legend?

George Arena!

Ok the more I think about it the more fantastic I think it would be.

Actually I think this is all just a cunning plan by Welnix to draw attention away from our team getting dicked 5-0. We are all now salivating over pretty stadium pictures instead of angsting over the loss.

If Welnix have $25 million spare cash wouldn't it be better to hire Christiano Ronaldo for the playoffs  LOL

Actually I'm quite pissed off about the filthy chairs yesterday.

Let's build a new stadium and be done with.

I can remember going to the Coface Arena to see Mainz play Augsburg a couple of years ago - train from Frankfurt to Mainz, bus from Mainz station to the ground which is in the middle of nowhere (similarities to Petone) - about a 1km walk through greenfields to the ground, past the guys selling knockoff scarves including one with the simple message "F%#@ You Kaiserslautern."

The ground had a club shop, bouncy castles, skills trials for kids, umpah bands playing and stalls selling all sorts of wursts.  Interestingly you couldn't use cash in the stadium; all the vendors took ground debit cards that you loaded up with money - it seemed to speed up buying food and beer (and I'm talking nice 500ml plastic cups of beer).

Also had a nice mesh fence area for the away coaches to park, with barbed wire concourse to separate the away fans  getting into the ground.  Not sure the last is needed for the three Newcastle fans who make the trip across the Tassie

I think you've been going to the wrong grounds then, fella. Unless you travelled back to the 70s and 80s

Children will be provided

Ah, Easter Road...............  :-)

To be honest I never really bother with food at the game, but there wasn't a bad selection of fast food type stuff at Firhill the last time I was there.

If the Nix and Hutt CC are going to invest in this facility then both parties will want long term commitments; the HCC that the Nix will play there and the Nix that they will have a franchise. I think discussions are already underway between the FFA and clubs about 10 to 15 year licences.

A huge positive to be taken from this stadium possibility is the Nix's owners clear long term commitment and the strong desire to continue to grow and develop football.

A possible benefit, if the stadium does go ahead, may be facilitation of the expansion of the NRL in to Wellington - ideal stadium available at a reasonable cost. Not really my sport but it doesn't compete with the football market and may offer economies of scale in stadium cost sharing and training facilities.

would the tickets cost less then?

also would it just be for the phoenix or would team wellington play there also

Always thought L/H area (not football related) needed an amphitheatre for MM v BP .  

It would be foolish for Team Wellington not to play there.

Just the bump of a shiny new stadium would see them get a good crowd hike.

Media are saying TW could/would play there and also the Hurricanes as there is a link...... Welnix are co owners of the Canes. No F**ken eggball in our shiny new football stadium thanks...LOL

Actually getting rugby on board would give this extra legs. There are plenty of people who would suddenly support this if it was a rugby stadium as well.....makes logistical sense. Certainly the Lions would prob  use it. 

Hurricanes average attendence last season was 11k, Lions 6k.

They are struggling with stadium costs as well - and they'd go up further if Nix bale - so you would think they'd leap at the chance of using OUR stadium.

I see Lions more likely than Hurricanes.

Are there 12 Pubs in Petone?

At the very least, with some competition for the 5-15k crowd you might expect the Caketin to bring down their rental prices.

I do think it would be a real shame to move base from central Wellington. 

Valentines (they have a bar don't they? lol)

Horse & Hound

Petone Sports Bar (cough)

Lone Star

Firemans Arms... ummm... And probably another couple by then lol 

As long as they stay in Wellington, I will follow. Possible all linked with talk about new NRL team in Wellington. Can see Nix, NRL and Rugby using Stadium. Income stream all year round.

Don't mind if prices stay the same, but could set up own ticketing firm and drop that $5 surcharge for tickets, would be happy with $2 or just add it into the cost

Right, so it's all agreed then?

I'll just pop up to Newlands tommorrow and get the digger loaded onto the truck and then over to Hutt Park.

Might have to do it mid morning when there isn't too much traffic.

Maybe the YF exec can organise a few weekend working bees to get it going?  This weekend should be god as the team are playing away so should be plenty of helpers.

Ha, and I opened a topic a few months ago discussing a potential rectangular purpose built football stadium and got laughed at.

Well, if this goes ahead it's the best thing for Football in NZ since the Nix were founded in 07.

A 12k stadium will make for a much better athmsophere, less empty seats and hopefully we can bring drums flags and all that sort of stuff to show NZ what athmosphere at a sports game really means!

Would be awesome if they named one of the stands "Phoenix Stand", or "Yellow Fever Stand."
And the clubs Logo shining at the entrance way!

I'm dreaming...

So good thngs about the proposed stadium:

• Rectangular and sized appropriately
  
• Lower cost - more viable
  
• Could cater for several sports codes/competitions
  
• No sevens (clean seats!)
• No Bon Jovi
• Scope for a Blew2 BBQ

The no Bon Jovi would do it for me.