Perhaps but they do usually sell out and the alternative would be them playing in just one place. But that probably doesn’t help growing the game in the regionszonknz
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Ryan
Wellington council doesn't make any money from the stadium, it's an independent trust and any extra cash go to paying it's massive debts.
The fact that Over 25 years of operation, sky stadium still has pretty much the same debt level as when it opened shows just how bad the economics of stadiums is.
The Cake Tin was built on dodgy '90s economics for a code that never uses it. Its no wonder its struggling. While its location is good and its a great atmosphere when full, its not a nice place to be in winter when empty.
Its easily the worst large stadium in NZ when wet, cold, windy and empty.
Wellington and Auckland both suffer from having stadia far to big for their flaky sports following populations. Both need a 20k rectangular stadium.
Easy to blame cricket (and they have part of the blame), but the real problem is that stadiums are sized for all blacks test matches, of which they see once a year, if that.
Ive always wondered about that. English men's football and rugby are both permanently based in west London while the cricket travels around. I have a feeling that AB fans would happily trek up to Auckland if they knew that games would NEVER be played in Dunners, Canty and the capital.
