How is Auckland any different than Wellington? Wellington city itself barely scrapes the 200k mark. The bulk of the population comes from the other cities in the greater region, yet people travel from the Hutt Valley and Kapiti Coast to watch the team play. I guess public transport plays a role in that, and that is also why the crouds were disappointing in the Hutt Rec.
Is Wellington anymore cohesive than Auckland?
No it didn't sell out on any day. It held 9,500 the highest it got was 9,232. The lowest it got was 7,816. This was when the nix were at the peak of their powers. It was hoped that it would sell out because the fact that scarcity drives demand + the novelty factor, but it didn't work out that way.
I'd imagine it got a boost from Hutt residents that wouldn't have gone to the nix normally, but less Wellingtonians and people from the Kapiti Coast.
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