I'm just very disappointed that the international acts have been few and far between. Accoustically the stadium is fine but are these musicians not coming because of logistics and a small Airport Runway and perhaps too much is being asked of them to use the facility combined with the local nimbys getting upset by 2-3 hours of noise.
Thanks Smithy for seeing where I am coming from so to speak.
Also consider that the stadium trust are maximising their income by contracting out to companies such as Spotless whom offer a cheaper alternative. Ibet they'd make more money by turning it into a food court type scenario. I believe some of the Australian stadiums do this and the choices available are things we here can only dream about enjoying.
You could argue though that the lack of live acts has also been hit by the downturn of the global economy. The last 4 years has seen a real decrease in the amount of bands coming over to play from when I first arrived in NZ.
You basically now get old acts who perpetually live on the road and must run really tight ships, like the Spinners. Or the occasional megastar doing a world tour, where a couple of nights in the biggest town in the country is enough rather than tacking on another location on the tour for less people. As you say why add a further logistics/financial headache if you don't have to?
I'd agree that Westpac may have dropped the ball over promotion of the venue but it's not that black and white that they are solely to blame.