Rugby Stadium

**RT527** · 16th November 2006, 20:09

Nah Waikaraka park is the best place ....motorways both sides and you could extend the rail corridor from the Toll/metroport site which is a rail head right up to the stadium, and then on past onehunga wharf and through mangere and on to the Airport, is industrial land all around so you could hold concerts there too.

**rogson** · 16th November 2006, 20:12

Originally Posted by fische

For the extra money that they want to spend on the waterfront stadium, they could buy most of the houses around Eden park and build a decent car park. They could probably also build a decent roadsystem to cope with any extra traffic flows. Or just build it out in Orakei...

Yep, or instead of grand erections, why not give every visitor for the World Cup $500 when they arrive at the airport to be spent on booze and debauchery while in NZ in compensation for the "embarrassment of the facilities".

Advertise the offer beforehand and NZ would be swamped with visitors - the rugby would be just a side-show!

Please, can someone tell me why my idea is any more loony than Mallard's wet dream?

**-df-** · 16th November 2006, 20:15

it has to be the waterfront, Eden parks time has come and gone.

They will never be able to do the modify Eden park without everyone there bitching and moaning about the noise etc...sound like another venue recently??

**Colapop** · 16th November 2006, 20:16

Only difference is that Mallard is paid to have wet dreams!

**diggydog** · 16th November 2006, 20:31

i like the water front idea of stadium for the long run,if we have it in a residental area you'd have people moaning it's too noisey. http://www.wakastadium.co.nz/

**Lorax** · 16th November 2006, 20:32

Waterfront.

Icon Icon Icon. And I like big, shiny new buildings that are garishly 'Fuck-offish'. Also the function stuff etc. And Eden park's residential area etc.

If I were a tourist I'd walk around it eh.

**Terminated** · 16th November 2006, 21:21

I can't help but be amazed how such a thing could occur. New Zealand is hanging itself out to dry.

When putting a bid in for the World Cup why wasn't the whole concept of a new waterfront stadium raised......perhaps the answer may be too obvious.

Any government, irrespective of political party, getting involved initially well perhaps that may have been okay, but to now to start 'arm-twisting' is a bit rich.

If the stadium does go ahead at the waterfront - I think we will all be collectively holding our breath as would the IRB. You can bet the house that project milestones will set in closed room IRB sessions and will probably result in the plug being pulled on Auckland and another venue would be in the wings. I reckon by the end of 2008 the pin will be pulled, and you can kiss your @#$@ goodbye.

Wasn't it Japan that was pipped at the final vote.....

The magnanimous thing to do would be to withdraw New Zealand as the venue for the 2011 WRC. Get its act together, get the people onside collectively and put to bed the divisiveness. Constructively and effectively create a properly planned and considered stadium venue in New Zealand and put in another bid down the track.

Somewhere along the way somebody dropped the ball on this one big time.

**Disco Dan** · 16th November 2006, 23:09

Originally Posted by Joni

Yeah its a bit short sighted to say pffft its only Rugby...

The decision will affect the entire city, traffic flows etc, not to mention it will be the NZ tax payers who pay partly for this project...

I voted Eden park, taking money, traffic and parking into account....

Same here,

what an eye sore the waterfront stadium would be!!!

Mt Eden already there, we dont really need this flash thing anyway so why not save some money and spend it elswhere... ie the FRICKING ROADS!

(not a fan of rugby at all but still understand somepeoples need to watch grown men run around in stubbies)

**Colapop** · 17th November 2006, 05:35

Originally Posted by diggydog

i like the water front idea of stadium for the long run,if we have it in a residental area you'd have people moaning it's too noisey. http://www.wakastadium.co.nz/

That's a pisstake right?

**-df-** · 17th November 2006, 06:56

I so f$%king hope so...

**Squeak the Rat** · 17th November 2006, 07:18

Paraphrased from a radio article this am:

The tender process for the stadium construction (or at least the foundations) will be fast-tracked and given to one company (the F word). There is provision in the rules for this if the government sees it as an emergency.

But all the hoops are being gone through to fix the roading problems.

Conclusion = Rugby is important, 1million people stuck in traffic jams isn't.

On 'ya Labour.

**Whynot** · 17th November 2006, 08:50

Originally Posted by Colapop

That's a pisstake right?

more detail here ...
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3863465a10,00.html

**Squeak the Rat** · 17th November 2006, 08:59

I can't decide if that's really cool or tacky and sad.

Check out the Heralds reliable and accurate online poll showing 8472 saying no to a waterfront stadium, compared to 2944 saying yes.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/in...m?c_id=1501134

**Colapop** · 17th November 2006, 09:02

I seem to remember Winston coming out of coalition talks a couple of years ago and saying "This is a great day for NZ, this is a great day for Maori." Since when does the NZ population consist of solely Maori people? I'm of Danish decent and I was born here, why don't we make it a Long boat? Or an Outrigger? Or a Sampan? NZ is all manner of different people and cultures. Rugby (all though I'm a huge supporter) is not for everybody. If it came down to providing roading and infrastructure for Auckland or a new stadium, I would choose the former every time. This issue should be about the greater good not a one off event. The real picture here is a government who are serving their own needs and not those of the taxpayers.