Surprise, surprise..... within weeks of receiving a Resource Consent for their helipad for their 24m Westmere property, stadium backers Ali Williams and Anna Mowbray (along with the others) withdraw their bid for a Stadium.Football Investors have pulled out of redeveloping Western Springs into a $250m 12,000 seat stadium, funded by the billionaire owners and at no cost to ratepayers.
They were the preferred option for Council but sounds like they got sick of the delays and mucking around…
Billionaire-backed Western Springs stadium bid pulled from race
Auckland Arena was set to host 12,500 seats, costing $200m-$300m privately.www.nzherald.co.nz
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Lol - yeah, horrible parasites - note : it wasn't 'weeks', was last week
Yeah, Certainly sounds dubious at best.
Pretty pointed comments - they have the skills, money, motivation and have built stadiums all round the world… but gave up because Auckland is to complex…in NZ?! Really?
If you want to think about the "character" of some of the guys involved with Speedway in Auckland, consider this. Michael Brough, the Auckland TQ Midget Association president, has complained that someone in council "committed fraud" when they put the contents of an email on to "letterhead" paper of the TQMA. Yet, he's never released his original email showing that the content was changed.
Then, his business decided to sponsor a new prize given, not to the top driver in the class (as that prize already existed), but to the "most improved" driver.... the winner of this prize.... his son Nathan. There's a lot of other parents and drivers who feel others would have been more deserving of that prize.
Irrespective of the future, Auckland Stadiums need to lift their public communications.
Apparantly showing your Total Mobility card is no longer enough to get to park in the TM spaces. You have to book online the Monday prior to a home match. I got away with not having booked last time - I hadn't been confronted with it before - and I've just found out it's all booked for Sunday but there's some "first come/first serve" allocation available. Don't really want to hang around Mt Smart for hours before 4PM just to get some parking...
I certainly got no emails from the Warriors/Mt Smart about the change and I don't recall there being any Media release about it...
Apparantly showing your Total Mobility card is no longer enough to get to park in the TM spaces. You have to book online the Monday prior to a home match. I got away with not having booked last time - I hadn't been confronted with it before - and I've just found out it's all booked for Sunday but there's some "first come/first serve" allocation available. Don't really want to hang around Mt Smart for hours before 4PM just to get some parking...
I certainly got no emails from the Warriors/Mt Smart about the change and I don't recall there being any Media release about it...
Is that a bad joke?
Further to this - if anybody needs this:
From what I was told yesterday:
Mt Smart has allocated 35 Total Mobility parking spots within the stadium area. This all needs to be pre-booked as I say above. https://www.aucklandstadiums.co.nz/our-venues/go-media-stadium
and click on the green "Request Mobility Parking" button to ask Auckland Stadiums for an access code to book this parking. They send you an Access Code 12PM Monday. By 12.30PM it's been gobbled up. This parking is from O'Rorke Rd and you get into Gate B that way.
There is some TM parking on Beasely Ave, which is how you get into Gate C. This, of course, gets filled very quickly by folks happy to sit through NSW Cup/NRLW/Whatever pre-NRL entertainment. A tow truck comes by to take the No TM Card or Expired TM Card cars away. Those spaces then get filled by whoever who's looking for a place to park and happy to be there early.
Why something that was working perfectly well has had to change I dunno. I suspect this is some weird way of trying to prove to Auckland Stadium/Auckland Transport that everyone who's using the TM spaces is genuine, but it's not working...
Anyhoo. Glad we won yesterday, much as I feel a bit bad for the Tigers being dudded by Mr Moses and part of me wants Benji to be a success. But then again I never liked Balmain or Wests so....
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Blues consult fans on moving home games away from Eden Park
It has been their home ground since the inaugural Super Rugby season in 1996, but are the Blues’ Eden Park days numbered?The Auckland rugby franchise has begun canvassing the views of supporters on whether they would be in favour of a move to Go Media Stadium (Mt Smart) for the 2026 season.
In a survey sent to supporters, the franchise asked fans whether they would be “more or less likely to attend Blues Super Rugby [mens] home games if they were held at [Mt Smart] instead of Eden Park next season”.
The Blues’ contract with Eden Park was until the end of the 2025 Super Rugby competition, and a decision on where they will play in 2026 has yet to be made.
In a statement to Stuff, the Blues confirmed they were reviewing their “home venue arrangements” and the fans were being consulted as part of that review.
“Eden Park has been home for the Blues for the past 30 years and remains a key option as we look ahead,” a spokesperson said.
They added that the review was part of a broader evaluation that happens at the end of each venue agreement cycle.
Eden Park is the spiritual home of rugby in Auckland, with the sport having been played at the ground since 1914.
The ground’s chief executive, Nick Sautner, seemed optimistic about seeing the Blues back at Eden Park in 2026.
“2026 marks 30 years of the Blues and Super Rugby — a landmark milestone in New Zealand’s rugby history. Eden Park is proud to be the home of the Blues and remains committed to supporting the growth and success of the game at all levels,” he told Stuff.
“In 2024, Eden Park hosted a sold-out Super Rugby final, reinforcing the stadium’s reputation as a fortress for the Blues and delivering a material return for all involved.
“We look forward to working with Auckland Rugby and the Blues to deliver more rugby history at Eden Park.”
The groundwork for a possible move by the Blues was mooted in February when Auckland Council was presented with a proposal that would see the franchise move to Go Media Stadium in 2026.
The plan was part of a wider proposal for Auckland’s stadium landscape that involved the future of three stadiums in the city.
In the proposal, it was suggested that Auckland needed three stadiums: a main stadium with a capacity of between 30,000 and 60,000, a medium-sized stadium holding between 10,000 and 25,000, and a boutique stadium with a capacity of 8000 to 10,000.
The main stadium could be Eden Park, after being endorsed over a new CBD option; Go Media Stadium could be the medium stadium; and the small boutique stadium could be Western Springs.
Eden Park would host concerts, All Blacks tests, Super Rugby and Warriors playoff games, Black Caps ODI/T20 games and high-profile international football fixtures.
Go Media Stadium would host regular season Warriors and Blues games, high-profile Auckland FC games, cultural festivals, concerts and regular football internationals.
The future of Western Springs as an option, though, is now up in the air after investors attached to the football club Auckland FC pulled a bid to build a new 12,500-seat stadium there.
The venue, Auckland Arena, would have been a home ground for the football team, with the capacity to also host concerts and other events.
However, after months of debate and speculation, they announced last week they had pulled the plug due to what they called “unique challenges”.
The fact the Blues are canvassing supporters says plenty - they want to move and are wanting to make sure the backlash isn’t severe.
Watching sold out AFC and Wahs games this year with but plenty of atmosphere has finally sunk in and the Blues have got FOMO.
Another clear cut case that for all but a few events a year, a 25-30000 seat stadia is best suited for NZ.
Watching sold out AFC and Wahs games this year with but plenty of atmosphere has finally sunk in and the Blues have got FOMO.
Another clear cut case that for all but a few events a year, a 25-30000 seat stadia is best suited for NZ.
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