Hutt Rec Games - Bellevue and buses etc

Absolutely TL. 

The restrictions they have had put on them in the last decade have destroyed it for the promoters and many of the fans who used to go week in and week out.  They even had to run one of the traditional New Year nights in Huntly FFS.

Of course they would move. 

Thanks to a bunch of blow ins they have killed off the viability of a sports venue that had been there for 60 years before most of these people would have gone near Grey Lynn.  Grey Lynn was a much nicer place before them.

If the council had treated an employee like they have Speedway it would be constructive dismisal and they would get done in court for it.

Nets are up, am guessing the yellow ones will be up on game day.

3 days to go!  Forecast is for rubbish weather, but I hope it's wrong.  

3 days to go!  Forecast is for rubbish weather, but I hope it's wrong.  

Nets are up, am guessing the yellow ones will be up on game day.

I don't know how they can have a go at us, theyve been doing 'community' rounds in the A-League for a little bit now. We're probably the last side  to take a game out into the 'burbs

Wonder if the project team have remembered there are big plastic dugouts to go on that far side blocking the views from a few of those yellow seats...

Considering Palmy and especially Dunedin arent even part of wellington - im going to say no.

A true regional fixture would be playing in the Hutt, Porirua park, somewhere in Kapiti or Masterton (no further away than this), or perhaps an alternate wellington ground away from the central city. That was the point i was trying to make. 

Yes and no. It's obvious we're the countries only club in the league with nationwide support, but at the same time if it's not profitable Welnix aren't going to do it. They even told Auckland last time 'turn up or miss out'. That tells me it's a money making venture more than anything else. The fact we're playing at the Hurt Wreck confirms this (Welnix could've taken 3 games around the country for the out of town fans but haven't).

Yes and no. It's obvious we're the countries only club in the league with nationwide support, but at the same time if it's not profitable Welnix aren't going to do it. They even told Auckland last time 'turn up or miss out'. That tells me it's a money making venture more than anything else. The fact we're playing at the Hurt Wreck confirms this (Welnix could've taken 3 games around the country for the out of town fans but haven't).

They couldn't take the game out of town for those 3 games because of the Cricket World Cup - the same reason why the games aren't at the stadium in the first place.

Can confirm the pitch vandalism was an attempted roundup C&Bs

Can confirm the pitch vandalism was an attempted roundup C&Bs

Was going to say this but you beat me to it. Plenty of established stadia around the country we could've gone to.

Some people have short memories. Remember the sharkstorm last season when a few games were taken out of Wellington? 

I thought the wind turbine was classy.

Not entirely true - that only rules out multiuse grounds. Hamilton, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Dunedin, Christchurch, and Auckland (and Palmy!) all have grounds that aren't being used for the cricket that could accommodate the Nix

Auckland - already been there once this season and a game at Mt Smart/NHS would get lower crowd

Dunedin - two A-League games have drawn crowds of 4,000 and 3,000. Guaranteed loss.

Hamilton - Nix wanted to play a game here but got kicked out by rugby.

Christchurch - concert

Once you are down to less than three options for away games and are going to have to do Hutt Rec, the only way to make it financially viable to is to play at least two games there, as the cost of building the temp stadium is too high to build for just one match. 

Now that it's built, the cost of leaving it up for the third and final game is minimal when compared to risking a game in New Plymouth or Taranaki, especially given that their local councils and FFA are highly unlikely to underwrite the costs of the match (like has happened in Napier/Christchurch/Dunedin). 

It would be a lie to say that the decision to not take matches around the country and play them at the Hutt Rec instead wasn't at all related to money, but the CWC and the unavailability of many of the venues that could have hosted is the main reason behind the venture. 

Auckland - already been there once this season and a game at Mt Smart/NHS would get lower crowd

Dunedin - two A-League games have drawn crowds of 4,000 and 3,000. Guaranteed loss.

Hamilton - Nix wanted to play a game here but got kicked out by rugby.

Christchurch - concert

Once you are down to less than three options for away games and are going to have to do Hutt Rec, the only way to make it financially viable to is to play at least two games there, as the cost of building the temp stadium is too high to build for just one match. 

Now that it's built, the cost of leaving it up for the third and final game is minimal when compared to risking a game in New Plymouth or Taranaki, especially given that their local councils and FFA are highly unlikely to underwrite the costs of the match (like has happened in Napier/Christchurch/Dunedin). 

It would be a lie to say that the decision to not take matches around the country and play them at the Hutt Rec instead wasn't at all related to money, but the CWC and the unavailability of many of the venues that could have hosted is the main reason behind the venture. 

As expected we won't be able to make it as it's bit too soon for my other half to be able to sit there comfortably following surgery on Wednesday. With her recovering and it also being Valentine's Day it's probably a bit off for me to leave her at home while I go so will offer the tickets around friends and if no takers today I'll offer them up here. We were originally going to be missing this one anyway as we were supposed to be out of town this weekend but that had to be cancelled. Should be ok for next weekend.