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Posted March 11, 2014 04:03 · last edited March 11, 2014 04:03

Smithy wrote:
austin10 wrote:
Hard News wrote:

Rugby League park (yes.  confusing)


Now Rugby league park would have  been ideal as a boutique ground. Used to hold 8000+ , from memory. Its a basin carved out of the hills with one grandstand. Its got terraces  cut out of the rock. Would be relatively easy to convert to 10 to 12,000. Quite a bit of parking around there. Only 25 mins walk from Courtney Place up Taranaki St....Lots of buses to Newtown. No neighbours on three sides


Trouble is egg ball have grabbed it. They spent a couple of million converting half the stand to offices and built a big gym/bar facility. As far as I know the ground is lost to the public and only used for Hurricane, Lions training. Why League gave it up who knows.


Not so sure the Petone Rec ground is going to happen unless the Hutt Council really drive it hard. Every time you open a local newpaper there is negative comments about the proposal. Seems like quiet a groundswell of opposition has built up.

 


Nah you can go and run round on Rugby League Park as long as they're not using it. IIRC Oskie and News and Stefan used to run kick abouts up there.


You couldn't find a ground with less parking either.

That because Max stole them all?

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2ndBest edited March 11, 2014 04:03
Smithy wrote:
austin10 wrote:
Hard News wrote:

Rugby League park (yes.  confusing)


Now Rugby league park would have  been ideal as a boutique ground. Used to hold 8000+ , from memory. Its a basin carved out of the hills with one grandstand. Its got terraces  cut out of the rock. Would be relatively easy to convert to 10 to 12,000. Quite a bit of parking around there. Only 25 mins walk from Courtney Place up Taranaki St....Lots of buses to Newtown. No neighbours on three sides


Trouble is egg ball have grabbed it. They spent a couple of million converting half the stand to offices and built a big gym/bar facility. As far as I know the ground is lost to the public and only used for Hurricane, Lions training. Why League gave it up who knows.


Not so sure the Petone Rec ground is going to happen unless the Hutt Council really drive it hard. Every time you open a local newpaper there is negative comments about the proposal. Seems like quiet a groundswell of opposition has built up.

 


Nah you can go and run round on Rugby League Park as long as they're not using it. IIRC Oskie and News and Stefan used to run kick abouts up there.


You couldn't find a ground with less parking either.

Thank because Max stole them all?