https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/300994793/shane-harmon-reveals-his-true-thoughts-on-the-colour-of-sky-stadiums-seats
If you could rebuild the stadium from scratch, what is the number one thing you would change?
Probably a roof. And more to keep out the wind than the rain.
If you could rebuild the stadium from scratch, what is the number one thing you would change?
Probably a roof. And more to keep out the wind than the rain.
What about those yellow seats? Have you ever considered changing colour?
Not really, mainly because there are other pressing requirements that we feel we would get a better bang for our buck from. Changing the colours of the seats might make people feel better about themselves watching on TV, but it doesn’t actually bring an extra person in the stadium. We like our yellow.
Not really, mainly because there are other pressing requirements that we feel we would get a better bang for our buck from. Changing the colours of the seats might make people feel better about themselves watching on TV, but it doesn’t actually bring an extra person in the stadium. We like our yellow.
Are New Zealand stadiums not too big? You might sell out a one-off All Blacks test, but it’s a different story for the Hurricanes and Phoenix...
It is challenging, because if you compare us to our closest neighbour, Australia, you’ve got state governments that are responsible for building those infrastructures. Here it’s local councils and our markets are quite small, so the facilities that are there need to cater for many, many different kinds of events. Although it’s hard to justify, I believe in most cities having multiple stadiums of different sizes for different styles of events. If we didn’t have a venue of this capacity, we would not attract Eminem, Ed Sheeran and British and Irish Lions tests. It’s a balance between the size of the market and the affordability of maintaining stadiums.
It is challenging, because if you compare us to our closest neighbour, Australia, you’ve got state governments that are responsible for building those infrastructures. Here it’s local councils and our markets are quite small, so the facilities that are there need to cater for many, many different kinds of events. Although it’s hard to justify, I believe in most cities having multiple stadiums of different sizes for different styles of events. If we didn’t have a venue of this capacity, we would not attract Eminem, Ed Sheeran and British and Irish Lions tests. It’s a balance between the size of the market and the affordability of maintaining stadiums.
I mean they really should upgrade the Jerry Collins. Great place for a stadium 👍