$40-45 Million Soccer Specific Stadium - Petone Phoenix

Actually it would be walking distance for me so less of a pain in the arse but I'd still prefer it where Westpac is or near that.

The only thing Westpac stadium has going for it is location. Newton would be a nightmare to get to and petone??? Guessing they are angling towards Memorial park. That place is a cluster luck on a Saturday morning for kids games traffic wise although it is relatively close to a rail
Line.

Everyone agrees the stadium is shift for all codes using it other than the once a year AFL so the obvious is to redevelop within the confines of the existing ground thereby allowing all the existing infrastructure to remain.

Reality is , this is not much more than a play by Fenix to get the stadium to up there game!

A pedant writes: back in the day, there was actually a train station at Hutt Park raceway.

Cheers for the poll. But it should be worded would you travel from Wellington for a proper football stadium?. Because that is really the trade off. I expect stuff will probably run a poll on this story eventually anyway. 

It would either be Memorial Park or a new, from scratch near Petone station where there is alot of free land.

I very much doubt it would be Petone Rec.

...and picking up a fraction of the Hutt population (a fraction of the total region) at the expense of the rest of the region makes no economic sense.

Where the stadium is now is perfect...apart from the fact that the stadium is to big and to far from the pitch.

At present the stadium is close to pubs ( trax , bencher , old bailey) , Courtney Place , McDonalds ETC  and above all its easy to get to. I have mates that catch the train from up the coast and they find it fairly easy to get to the game and I come from Wainuiomata and have to catch a bus and a train and its not a big hassle to be honest even on Sundays when public transport is reduced.

You are still ignoring the point. 

1, The existing fan base do that/will do that now. 

2, The exisiting fan base isn't economically viable.

So the core 5-6k of supporters will go to all Wellington region nix games. For some this might mean an extra 15-20min drive to Petone. Big fuckin deal. If the season tickets have free public transport then that will help. Why are people upset ?

I would venture a guess that most of the supporters who attend home games are not from Wellington Central. I know that there is a lot of nix supporters in the Hutt because after the game the traffic is heavy coming home.

This is what you all wanted. A new Football stadium. Now you whinge because of an extra 30min max transport.

Edit : I take back the speedway comment , All blacks played a friendly game against lions/Canterbury last year.... Yeah that's about it.

I think petone has been bantered around as it's a different council to deal with in terms of consent etc. 

Why can't the basin be used? 

Seriously I think it's a ploy to twist arms. The newish guy in charge at the Westpac has already done lots to improve the stadium experience, but it's going to take time to make these improvements.

I've never understood how Kiwi's are incapable of designing something functional but I guess they never factored in that "soccer" might take off.

In a perfect world we'd have a little stadium next to the Westpac, (15 thousand max but able to be extended), I remember going to the McAlpine and the Reebok stadiums soon after they were built and thought how good they were. 

Welnix would  need a few million to do this and whatever Morgan says, if he can't cough up for  a Marquee player or two he ain't going to build a new stadium - he's bluffing.

Better look at some sort of retro-fit. People going on about the weather and the need for a roof - but I can only remember a handful of matches where it was so cold that it was uncomfortable.

To make money they need to try and loosen the grip of Spotless - they do the stadium or the Nix no favors.

10 years from now  if we can stay in the A league and probably get out of Oceania - then we might look at a football stadium. Then you might get some investment from abroad, (probably dubious), particularly when they are making it harder for crooks and villians to stay in more established leagues. 

Look at a retrofit option as rather than starting from scratch it's the only option that makes sense. 

way better for cricket than the caketin though

Sorry to hijack the thread but this is the most exciting prospect to happen since the rising of the Phoenix and the Hutt Valley in a long time.

Screw the grassy knoll.  We want roofs.

Haha yeah good call. Another point I want to reemphasize is how far away you are from the game. With 55 inch HDTV's being quite affordable. It is really a put off going to the cake tin and the players are smaller than they would be on your tv. I want to be meters away from the game. So the opposition cant think over the chanting. 

Oops double post.

Any Phoenix fans from Hutt Valley that are in favour of a stadium in Petone. Email the Hutt City Council at submission@huttcity.govt.nz and let them know. 

In an ideal world it'd be across from the stadium, where all those logs are. 15000 and rectangular. Big games we just shift across the road. I'm sure the lions would use it too. 

So many obstacles to overcome for that to happen though. But in a dream world, it would be brilliant.