Judean People's Front at war, with the People's Front of Judea.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/centra...
Aw, nah. They can have a lot of events there. It's used for the rugby and cricket it was designed for.
It's just rugby and cricket local games don't sell tickets. Suspect with the timing there's some astro-turfing with this group. They're showing up late in the piece.
Well no. The above Stuff article quotes a charity Phil Collins concert being canned, because of objections from local residents. That's just one example. I'm sure other planned events incl concerts, have also had to be canned or taken elsewhere.
NZ Cricket have definitely taken games away from Auckland.
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/cricket/cric...
"We all would've wanted to play more cricket, more of the India tour at Eden Park, but unfortunately we can't," he said.
"We've got some restrictions around how late they can go."
The ground is essentially unusable because India's bosses and broadcasters want matches to start later in the day, which sees it clash with resource consent Crummy said.
When Eden Park was opened in 1900, Greater Auckland's population was only around 100,000. Incidentally, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin all had quite similar populations at the end of the 19th century! Consider that for a moment.
The needs of Auckland have vastly changed in the last 119 years. It's a city with restrictive geography and an ongoing housing shortage. Bowl over EP, build housing there, and open a new stadium away from residential areas, that's easily accessible by public transport. If it can be done for 'free' as part of some land swap deal, all the better.
Keeping EP no 2 as a boutique ground, on a small footprint was an idea I had, but may just not be feasible. And if you could still create a good atmosphere at any new stadium, for those games with smaller crowds (15,000 & less) - through clever acoustics, closing top tiers etc - then you just need the new stadium. As long as it's a rectangle!
So called restrictions at Eden Park wouldn't affect it as a football stadium as the times and noise levels would comfortably comply.
The problem with the cricket was they wanted to start later to suit India television audiences, which meant running through to 11:30 ish, which is certainly no fun for residents on a week night, and even weekends for some given it takes a while for the crowd to file out and disperse, and normally noisy after the cricket because you have several thousand people having sat around drinking for six hours.
The concerts were similar problems with wanting to start after it goes dark - outdoor concerts always have more atmosphere after sunset - so they would run too late and be too noisy.
Auckland Penguins v Wellington Phoenix, or any other side for that matter, if not afternoon game would kick off 7:35 latest and be done by 9:30
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/379807/ede...
Under the Auckland Unitary plan, which sets how many events Eden Park can hold, the venue is allowed to hold 25 night events and six concerts a year.
Mr Goff said he's not prepared to just let Eden Park go bust as it's the closest venue New Zealand has to a national stadium.
He said the council could allow Eden Park to host more events each year to generate more revenue, but that idea has its own problems.
"That is an option, not an easy option because Eden Park is situated right in the middle of a residential area.
"Actually to make a stadium pay these days you've got to try to work it 24/7 - you've got to have all sporting codes at it, you've got to have concerts.
"There are problems with them in holding concerts in terms of getting resource consent, they are coming nowhere near the utilisation of the 25 night events and some of the problems go way beyond that as the report points out," Mr Goff said.
So with 6-8 Blues home games, 2 All Black tests, say 4 Auckland ITM Cup rugby night games, 2-3 international cricket ODI & 20/20 games, a 5 day/night cricket test - that would leave about 3-6 nights available for the Auckland Penguins. Problem.
That's not counting the odd Warriors/Kiwis league game at EP.
As Mayor Goff says you need your stadium to be booked as often as possible, to have the revenue coming in pay costs. Has EP ever hosted a music concert? Thought I read somewhere it hasn't. Madness really if not. The current restrictions are just financial suicide.
When I lived in Brisbane (similar sized city to Akld, and Suncorp similar size stadium to EP), the new Lang Park was always holding music concerts. Doesn't do the playing surface any favours for football, but sure helps to pay the bills. Then you have the Reds (rugby), Broncos (league) & Roar all playing night games with no restrictions at all.