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'Go build a stadium': England rugby boss snubs All Blacks plea over Twickenham
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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 818513" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>Well even Wikipedia lists Eden Park as 50,000. At capacity (which includes all additional seating) it is just over 60,000. For the RWC final in 2011 it was at 61,000.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, no. For the reasons I have already listed. I wouldn't travel 8 hours to watch an All Blacks game. And as a Wellingtonian I'd be pretty outraged that our 35,000 seat stadium never got an All Blacks game, despite my funding going towards the All Blacks. You'd cut a huge section of the population off watching the All Blacks and it would harm the local economy.</p><p></p><p>Dunedin just got a new indoor stadium with a 32,000 or so capacity. Again, any larger would be a bit pointless, Dunedin has a population of around 125,000. You give them a 50,000 seat stadium then 2/5th of the population have to be at rugby events for them to hit capacity. Christchurch had a stadium which was just extended to 40,000 people, then it was hit by a big ****-off earthquake. But again, if you're from Dunedin and just spend a tonne of money paying for Forsyth Bar, you'd be pretty damn furious not getting any All Blacks tests. I am sure at some point Christchurch will build a larger stadium again, but I think right now they're a bit more focused on rebuilding the city centre..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 818513, member: 38640"] Well even Wikipedia lists Eden Park as 50,000. At capacity (which includes all additional seating) it is just over 60,000. For the RWC final in 2011 it was at 61,000. Again, no. For the reasons I have already listed. I wouldn't travel 8 hours to watch an All Blacks game. And as a Wellingtonian I'd be pretty outraged that our 35,000 seat stadium never got an All Blacks game, despite my funding going towards the All Blacks. You'd cut a huge section of the population off watching the All Blacks and it would harm the local economy. Dunedin just got a new indoor stadium with a 32,000 or so capacity. Again, any larger would be a bit pointless, Dunedin has a population of around 125,000. You give them a 50,000 seat stadium then 2/5th of the population have to be at rugby events for them to hit capacity. Christchurch had a stadium which was just extended to 40,000 people, then it was hit by a big ****-off earthquake. But again, if you're from Dunedin and just spend a tonne of money paying for Forsyth Bar, you'd be pretty damn furious not getting any All Blacks tests. I am sure at some point Christchurch will build a larger stadium again, but I think right now they're a bit more focused on rebuilding the city centre.. [/QUOTE]
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