The stadium proposal is not new and was not conceptualised by Welnix/Phoenix... Not sure where they see the benefit/return on their $25m tbh.
TBF you could propose a $25m rate payer investment for $25b of oil production under Petone Rec and these dipshits would still oppose it because they might lose green space/won't directly profit from it. These people are fucking idiots.
Dear Petone Nimbys. If you want green space I know a place in rural Gore you can move to. You need to understand that shit happens, the 21st century happens, and life goes on. Yeah I get it, your grandad kicked a fuckn ball made from pig intestine around this park in 1930, it means something to you. It doesn't mean shit to me or most people, anywhere. Stop opposing change, stop opposing evolution. It happens, so deal with it.
/end rant.