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Posted November 09, 2022 04:07 · last edited November 09, 2022 04:08

Bananas
What's the deal with support for the ideas for Lower Hutt but the baulking at Upper Hutt?

If peps don't wanna catch a train to Upper Hutt, or 2 trains up the other coast/driving over the Haywards, then surely the same issues are there for both options?

Don't want to get into a Hutt slinging match, just trying to understand the logic.
It's about positioning it as close as possible to the population base. Wellington has a population more than 4x that of Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt has a population more than 2x.  The ideal place for a stadium is where we currently have a stadium, it's just the wrong shape and size.

Upper Hutt is also not very accessible. Mirimar to Upper Hutt, for instance, is going to take you an hour. We just don't have the culture of traveling an hour to go see our teams play, a lot of Phoenix ticket sales are spur of the moment walk up crowds.



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Bananas
What's the deal with support for the ideas for Lower Hutt but the baulking at Upper Hutt?

If peps don't wanna catch a train to Upper Hutt, or 2 trains up the other coast/driving over the Haywards, then surely the same issues are there for both options?

Don't want to get into a Hutt slinging match, just trying to understand the logic.
It's about positioning it as close as possible to the population base. Wellington has a population more than 4x that of Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt has a population more than 2x.  The ideal place for a stadium is where we currently have a stadium, it's just the wrong shape and size.

Upper Hutt is also not very accessible. Mirimar to Upper Hutt, for instance, is going to take you an hour. We just don't have the culture of traveling an hour to go see our teams play, a lot of Phoenix ticket sales are spur of the moment walk up crowds.