I think an annual Wellington Phoenix versus Auckland City could be quite a crowd puller. Has this ever been discussed before ?
We should be looking to push an annual pre-season game against TW over that in my opinion
Or play a different franchise or two each year, take the show around. Why does it need to be Auckland City every year? Waitakere are as good. A game in Chch would be cool, or at the Bluewater... etc
Perhaps one against our local side, TW, and one against the reigning ASB prem champion, could be good.
I reckon just alternate every year, especially when places like Chch miss out on regular season games