Goodbye Mt Smart, hello North Shore

[JoeD]

The shore is never going to happen. This is just a worse case scenario that will make us feel better about being made to move to eden park.

 

[playdaball]

The shore is never going to happen. This is just a worse case scenario that will make us feel better about being made to move to eden park.

I'd prefer north harbour over Eden park!!!

 

[JoeD]

The thing I have a bee in my bonnet about is the idea that the council spend money on a shithole of a stadium... When there's a far better, far more modern and underused stadium up the road.

Yeah, thats where I disagree. There is no such thing as 'good seats' at eden park. The viewing is horrrible.

 

[Benek]

I'd prefer north shore over eden park too. Hopefully this new scenario means we've already escaped worst case.

 

[JJ]

should've used Carlaw Park from the beginning

 

[Skinner]

should've used Carlaw Park from the beginning

Yep, coulda, woulda, shoulda.....true though. Unfortunately Ian Robson rolled through town talking telephone numbers for crowds and the people that called the shots actually believed him.

In terms of seating, and location, it would have been perfect :BDH:

 

[hitro]

yes def should have been carlaw all along
I went to a warriors pre-season game there against the then mighty green machine
it was great and yes the warriors did win
interesting to know that it was robson agitating against car law

i agree there are no good seats at eden park and north harbour is horrid too
why can't the western springs be made into a rectangular stadium if everything has to be switched around
why does test cricket get a look in
how many people attend test cricket matches?
hundreds rather than thousands right?
they could play at the domain or vic park

 

[JJ]

yes def should have been carlaw all along
I went to a warriors pre-season game there against the then mighty green machine
it was great and yes the warriors did win
interesting to know that it was robson agitating against car law

i agree there are no good seats at eden park and north harbour is horrid too
why can't the western springs be made into a rectangular stadium if everything has to be switched around
why does test cricket get a look in
how many people attend test cricket matches?
hundreds rather than thousands right?
they could play at the domain or vic park

Because test cricket is a beautiful thing

 

[reykaine]

its the 20/20 and one dayers that fill up the stadium.

 

[JJ]

and the 9s, but just because the masses want to want watered down bullshit that makes substance lacking flashy types look good, doesn't make it right...

At the end of the day, if the Warriors were performing on the field it wouldn't be an issue - and a bit of irony given the fervent desire from fans to not got to Mt Smart initially (they were correct, Carlaw Park would have been great) that they now want to stay at their 'home'...

 

[sup42]

The Stanley Street Tennis crowd must have snickered into their champers the day the leagites decided to give up the best real estate in Auckland for some office blocks.


The problem with Carlaw is the ARC has had so many fraudsters and nepotists that you couldn't trust that lot to manage a room full of pokie machines.
It's real shame that the grass roots real oil people of the game that have acted as figure heads of that organisation have been undermined by crooks.

Carlaw's degraded state was a metaphor for the administration of the game here.

There is no going back, however it should serve as a reminder of why going to Eden Park to pay off their trusts white collar dealings is so wrong it's not funny.

It may well take temporarily removing the game from Auckland to Wellington or Hamilton to sort these crooks out.

Let Eden Park go bust, force the council and government to re evaluate the Auckland stadium issue without the Warriors money to underwrite their grand schemes.

 

[ozenzud]

Reading through the comments, I didn't realise there were so many ACT and National Supporters following RL......Mike Hoskings of course. I'm sure that bloke sleeps with John K.

Len Brown though, LOL. They say people get the politicians they deserve. I didn't think Aucklanders were THAT bad.

If Mt Smart not available for whatever reason, Eden Park is a much better the North Harbour, surely. Wouldn't 75% of Warriors support be in South Auckland?

 

[WellsNZ]

Live about five minutes drive from Harbour Stadium so sign me up haha.

There's no doubt that a large section of the fan-base is from out South though, are they going to make the trip?

At the same time, maybe they'll gain more fans who live closer to that area, South Africans don't really like League though I've found.

 

[ozbash]

So does all this bullshit mean rundown stadiums like Liechardt etc are going to be fixed up to NRL "standard" ?

 

[attila_the_gorilla]

North Harbour stadium is the best stadium in Auckland for league. Great location too.

 

[ozbash]

What makes it the best, Goz ?

 

[shiznit]

If your too lazy to travel from South Auckland to North Shore to support the Warriors then I doubt whether the club would miss you as a supporter.

 

[Rich102]

If your too lazy to travel from South Auckland to North Shore to support the Warriors then I doubt whether the club would miss you as a supporter.

Have you tried catching public transport from South Auckland to Albany?

 

[JJ]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11336746/

Both sides playing games, but clearly the Warriors management are a big part of this... so to blame the council entirely is not right

 

[Benek]

I still don't understand how the QBE option can cost less than upgrading Mt Smart. Mt Smart already has more covered grandstands and good seats than QBE right? So if they are going to upgrade QBE to 30,000 seats, that cost would have to greatly exceed the cost to upgrade Mt Smart to 30,000 seats.

I know the $70mil figure was a wishlist that included many other things, so a more realistic upgrade cost would be far less. I'd like to understand how and what they think they can accomplish with only $12mil at QBE. I think that number for QBE upgrade would end up being WAY higher.

We can't adequately compare costs unless we see a cost for each stadium that makes them somewhat identical in terms of facilities and seats, otherwise it's always going to be apples and oranges.