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Posted November 27, 2025 01:53 · last edited November 27, 2025 06:08

All good points. 
Hagley Oval works well for prime cricket games. While there was a lot of objections at the time (regarding taking over part of public common green space bequeathed by the city founders to all, for ostensibly a private business use, Cricket NZ), it is a very popular and beautiful cricket venue that also reduces the need for another oval ground in the CBD.
Christchurch growth is indeed rapid, but most of it is towards south west towards both Rolleston and now Lincoln, which means the well established Lincoln Oval (already hosting women's international cricket tests etc) may further grow in importance. Expansion around Rangiora is also significant. 
Apollo Projects may no longer be needed - I am just a bit sentimental about it, after watching more than a few Nix games there whenever the team came to town.   
But not as sentimental as I was about Lancaster Park, where I watched the Nix winning not once but twice against Adelaide United in 2010, with proper big crowds in attendance.
In the second game, Siggy's last minute winning header, just two months before the Feb 2011 earthquake wiped it all out, was a memorable end to that era.

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Unknown editor edited November 27, 2025 06:08
All good points. 
Hagley Oval works well for prime cricket games. While there was a lot of objections at the time (regarding taking over part of public common green space bequeathed by the city founders to all, for ostensibly a private business use, Cricket NZ), it is a very popular and beautiful cricket venue that also reduces the need for another oval ground in the CBD.
Christchurch growth is indeed rapid, but most of it is towards south west towards both Rolleston and now Lincoln, which means the well established Lincoln Oval (already hosting women's international cricket tests etc) may further grow in importance. Expansion around Rangiora is also significant. 
Apollo Projects may no longer be needed - I am just a bit sentimental about it, after watching more than a few Nix games there whenever the team came to town.   
But not as sentimental as I was about Lancaster Park, where I watched the Nix winning not once but twice against Adelaide United in 2010, with proper big crowds in attendance.
In the second game, Siggy's last minute winning header just two months before the Feb 2011 earthquake was an apt end to that era.
Unknown editor edited November 27, 2025 06:07
All good points. 
You can add to that the Hagley Oval for prime cricket games. While there was a lot of objections at the time (regarding taking over part of public common green space bequeathed by the city founders to all, for ostensibly a private business use, Cricket NZ), it is a very popular and beautiful cricket venue that also reduces the need for another oval ground in the CBD.
Christchurch growth is indeed rapid, but most of it is towards south west towards both Rolleston and now Lincoln, which means the well established Lincoln Oval (already hosting women's international cricket tests etc) may further grow in importance. Expansion around Rangiora is also significant. 
Apollo Projects may no longer be needed - I am just a bit sentimental about it, after watching more than a few Nix games there whenever the team came to town.   
But not as sentimental as I was about Lancaster Park, where I watched the Nix winning not once but twice against Adelaide United in 2010, with proper big crowds in attendance.
In the second game, Siggy's last minute winning header just two months before the Feb 2011 earthquake was an apt end to that era.
Unknown editor edited November 27, 2025 06:06
All good points. 
You can add to that the Hagley Oval for prime cricket games. While there was a lot of objections at the time (regarding taking over part of public common green space bequeathed by the city founders to all, for ostensibly a private business use, Cricket NZ), it is a very popular and beautiful cricket venue that also reduces the need for another oval ground in the CBD.
Christchurch growth is indeed rapid, but most of it is towards south west towards both Rolleston and now Lincoln, which means the well established Lincoln Oval (already hosting women's international cricket tests etc) may further grow in importance. Expansion around Rangiora is also significant. 
Apollo Projects may no longer be needed - I am just a bit sentimental about it, after watching more than a few Nix games there whenever the team came to town.   But not as sentimental as I was about watching the Nix winning twice against Adelaide United at the Lancaster Park in 2020, with proper big crowds.
Siggy's winning header just two months before the Feb 2011 earthquake put an end to all of that seems an apt end to that era.
Unknown editor edited November 27, 2025 02:16
All good points. 
You can add to that the Hagley Oval for prime cricket games. While there was a lot of objections at the time (regarding taking over part of public common green space bequeathed by the city founders to all, for ostensibly a private business use, Cricket NZ), it is a very popular and beautiful cricket venue that also reduces the need for another oval ground in the CBD.
Christchurch growth is indeed rapid, but most of it is towards south west towards both Rolleston and now Lincoln, which means the well established Lincoln Oval (already hosting women's international cricket tests etc) may further grow in importance. Expansion around Rangiora is also significant. 
Apollo Projects may no longer be needed - I am just a bit sentimental about it, after watching more than a few Nix games there whenever the team came to town.
Unknown editor edited November 27, 2025 02:11
All good points. 
You can add to that the Hagley Oval for prime cricket games. While there was a lot of objections at the time (regarding taking over part of public common green space bequeathed by the city founders to all, for ostensibly a private business use, Cricket NZ), it is a very popular and beautiful cricket venue that also reduces the need for another oval ground in the CBD.
Christchurch growth is indeed rapid, but most of it is towards south west towards both Rolleston and now Lincoln, which means the well established Lincoln Oval (already hosting women's international cricket tests etc) may further grow in importance. Expansion around Rangiora is also significant. 
Apollo Projects may no longer be needed - I am just a bit sentimental about it, after watching more than a few Nix games whenever the team came to town.