Those yellow seats make it look very big and empty. Get rid of them.
Fans and commentators alike have ben calling for this ever since the stadium was built!
should have always had a yellow/black patern of seats.
When they built the stadium, they thought they would fill it!
The design and layout was really well thought out. The NZ Cricket team were doing ok at 50 over games to they built the stadium that way in the hope it would be full for every game. Sadly, the Black Caps went through a bad run and the attendances dropped and it is rarely fully for any one day games now. Domestic Cricket T20 when played there attracted crowds of about 50. So Cricket went back to the Basin for the most part. There was a waiting list for Rugby Season Ticket holders and for the first 4 or 5 years it was popular for the Lions and the Hurricanes. Then, they too started to drop. So much for the lions that even with their cheaper rent, it was financially better that they went to Gerry Collins.
Except for Semi Finals/Finals in all sports it stands out like a big Yellow abysss. I bang on about Forsythe Barr but it is a covered in venue and fans get up close & personal with the action on the field. That is what Wellington should've had. Now days we need a smaller 12-15k stadium that would not look empty so often.
Napier had the idea of sticking different coloured seating and when it's half empty, it looks full with the movement of fans.