The one thing I would add is that this is not an opportunity to make money unless you run the club really well i.e. increase crowds and income massively. There has to be some kind of altruistic desire to get involved because this is not really a money making venture at this stage.
If the club is run really well and people can in fact make money then that is a good thing isn't it? There are no assets to strip, I'm not sure what "unfavourable" agenda owners could take - other than moving a load of games out of wellington or the club altogether, but I think a wholesale move is extremely unlikely. The whole point of this exercise seems to be keeping the club in Wellington
i think there could be other reasons for them to get involved for 11 days a season wellington now has income it did not before the Nix, backpackers, hotels, motels, food outlets and of course don't forget pubs (i have a niggling feeling the the Thistle did not even open on Sundays unless there was a stadium thing on, on game day it is packed) also the money sucking hole that is tranzmetro has extra income for these events helped by (IMO) the Nix being more of a regional team than a Wellington City team.
so if the investors own these types of properties there is extra incentive to invest, it may not cover their whole investment but in the long run it might
of course away games in some ways also count as its much more fun to get together with your mates at the pub to watch the game than sit around at home alone which also gets more people on public transport (especially if we win!!
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