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  • KiwiwombleK Offline
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    @nzzp said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    Needs a temporary train station next door for match day transport. Would be O for Awesome.

    Also, can't see it happening as no one has any money 😐

    there is a permanent station right there i think already, upgrade as part of the development

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    @KiwiMurph said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Kiwiwomble here is a top down view that provides a bit more of an idea of what it would look like

    I think the tight measurements refer to where the stands meet the ground rather than the actual footprint. Having one end mostly open would save on footprint too.

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    So how are they accommodating the rail lines?

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    i can only imagine underneath so the whole thing is elevated

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    They have to underground the rail and move Quay Street. So yet another two reasons why it will never happen. Defectively it's a commercial development with a wait there's more you get a free stadium! Once only offer!!!!

    Problem is commercial development is as stagnant as domestic

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    @dogmeat - Quay Street won't move. The stadium is just built over the top. Quay street will turn into a tunnel with drop-off and pick-up berths all along its length where the stadium is.

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    @antipodean said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @KiwiMurph said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Kiwiwomble here is a top down view that provides a bit more of an idea of what it would look like

    I think the tight measurements refer to where the stands meet the ground rather than the actual footprint. Having one end mostly open would save on footprint too.

    alt text

    So how are they accommodating the rail lines?

    Underneath. The existing (temporary) beach road station there will then service both the indoor Arena next door as well as the new stadium.

    Every single rail line in Auckland converges on that spot. Western line, eastern line, southern line, the CRL line. I can't think of a better spot for a stadium. Also, the ferries are one stop away outside Britomart.

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    @Auckman elevated stadium sounds cheap as chips 🙂

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    Actually, I just saw the rendering. Quay street remains tunnel-free. However, it'll be a drop-off and pick-up paradise 🙂

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    @nzzp said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Auckman elevated stadium sounds cheap as chips 🙂

    but less likely to flood than a sunken one 😉

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    @Kiwiwomble said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @nzzp said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Auckman elevated stadium sounds cheap as chips 🙂

    but less likely to flood than a sunken one 😉

    flogging a dead horse gif

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    As long as what they choose ends up rectangular, not a fucking oval, I'll be happy

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    It's official. Council have advanced Eden Park and Quay Park to the next stage of the hunger games - feasibility stage. All to be funded by the bid teams themselves and done within six months.

    Revamped Eden Park and Quay Park precinct named as preferred choices for Auckland stadium
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    Just wondering where Eden Park will get their money from? They have no private investors whatsoever afaik.

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    @Auckman said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    Just wondering where Eden Park will get their money from? They have no private investors whatsoever afaik.

    Run 12 concerts a year and you get there

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    @Auckman said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @antipodean said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @KiwiMurph said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Kiwiwomble here is a top down view that provides a bit more of an idea of what it would look like

    I think the tight measurements refer to where the stands meet the ground rather than the actual footprint. Having one end mostly open would save on footprint too.

    alt text

    So how are they accommodating the rail lines?

    Underneath. The existing (temporary) beach road station there will then service both the indoor Arena next door as well as the new stadium.

    Every single rail line in Auckland converges on that spot. Western line, eastern line, southern line, the CRL line. I can't think of a better spot for a stadium. Also, the ferries are one stop away outside Britomart.

    I just hope Auckland can pull this off. And unlike Wellington (that also has a great location) build a great stadium. Not a piece of crap like the Cake Tin

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    @Winger said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Auckman said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @antipodean said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @KiwiMurph said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Kiwiwomble here is a top down view that provides a bit more of an idea of what it would look like

    I think the tight measurements refer to where the stands meet the ground rather than the actual footprint. Having one end mostly open would save on footprint too.

    alt text

    So how are they accommodating the rail lines?

    Underneath. The existing (temporary) beach road station there will then service both the indoor Arena next door as well as the new stadium.

    Every single rail line in Auckland converges on that spot. Western line, eastern line, southern line, the CRL line. I can't think of a better spot for a stadium. Also, the ferries are one stop away outside Britomart.

    I just hope Auckland can pull this off. And unlike Wellington (that also has a great location) build a great stadium. Not a piece of crap like the Cake Tin

    When it was built, the Cake Tin was the premier stadium in NZ.

    I am not sure i get the hate. I like it!

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    @nzzp said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Winger said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Auckman said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @antipodean said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @KiwiMurph said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Kiwiwomble here is a top down view that provides a bit more of an idea of what it would look like

    I think the tight measurements refer to where the stands meet the ground rather than the actual footprint. Having one end mostly open would save on footprint too.

    alt text

    So how are they accommodating the rail lines?

    Underneath. The existing (temporary) beach road station there will then service both the indoor Arena next door as well as the new stadium.

    Every single rail line in Auckland converges on that spot. Western line, eastern line, southern line, the CRL line. I can't think of a better spot for a stadium. Also, the ferries are one stop away outside Britomart.

    I just hope Auckland can pull this off. And unlike Wellington (that also has a great location) build a great stadium. Not a piece of crap like the Cake Tin

    When it was built, the Cake Tin was the premier stadium in NZ.

    I am not sure i get the hate. I like it!

    seeing as stadiums seem to need large scale refits (or in some cases rebuilds) in that 25-30 year old period....bagging the 24 year old cake tin too much seems a bit route one...."hey old person....youre so old!"

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  • WingerW Offline
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    @nzzp said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Winger said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Auckman said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @antipodean said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @KiwiMurph said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Kiwiwomble here is a top down view that provides a bit more of an idea of what it would look like

    I think the tight measurements refer to where the stands meet the ground rather than the actual footprint. Having one end mostly open would save on footprint too.

    alt text

    So how are they accommodating the rail lines?

    Underneath. The existing (temporary) beach road station there will then service both the indoor Arena next door as well as the new stadium.

    Every single rail line in Auckland converges on that spot. Western line, eastern line, southern line, the CRL line. I can't think of a better spot for a stadium. Also, the ferries are one stop away outside Britomart.

    I just hope Auckland can pull this off. And unlike Wellington (that also has a great location) build a great stadium. Not a piece of crap like the Cake Tin

    When it was built, the Cake Tin was the premier stadium in NZ.

    I am not sure i get the hate. I like it!

    It's oval. There's no roof (it was discussed but it was decided it would cost too much). And it looks like a cake tin. A Fletcher Challenge cheap as possible design

    The Dunedin stadium is far and away better

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  • KiwiwombleK Offline
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    @Winger said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @nzzp said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Winger said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Auckman said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @antipodean said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @KiwiMurph said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Kiwiwomble here is a top down view that provides a bit more of an idea of what it would look like

    I think the tight measurements refer to where the stands meet the ground rather than the actual footprint. Having one end mostly open would save on footprint too.

    alt text

    So how are they accommodating the rail lines?

    Underneath. The existing (temporary) beach road station there will then service both the indoor Arena next door as well as the new stadium.

    Every single rail line in Auckland converges on that spot. Western line, eastern line, southern line, the CRL line. I can't think of a better spot for a stadium. Also, the ferries are one stop away outside Britomart.

    I just hope Auckland can pull this off. And unlike Wellington (that also has a great location) build a great stadium. Not a piece of crap like the Cake Tin

    When it was built, the Cake Tin was the premier stadium in NZ.

    I am not sure i get the hate. I like it!

    It's oval. There's no roof (it was discussed but it was decided it would cost too much). And it looks like a cake tin. A Fletcher Challenge cheap as possible design

    The Dunedin stadium is far and away better

    and build 12 years later....and surrounded by huge controversy re cost

    to your other points
    A ) oval....like almost all of NZ's premier stadiums up to that time
    B ) no roof....like almost all of NZ's premier stadiums up to that time...and still like all but 2 in Australasia

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    @Kiwiwomble said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Winger said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @nzzp said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Winger said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Auckman said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @antipodean said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @KiwiMurph said in Quay Park stadium for Auckland?:

    @Kiwiwomble here is a top down view that provides a bit more of an idea of what it would look like

    I think the tight measurements refer to where the stands meet the ground rather than the actual footprint. Having one end mostly open would save on footprint too.

    alt text

    So how are they accommodating the rail lines?

    Underneath. The existing (temporary) beach road station there will then service both the indoor Arena next door as well as the new stadium.

    Every single rail line in Auckland converges on that spot. Western line, eastern line, southern line, the CRL line. I can't think of a better spot for a stadium. Also, the ferries are one stop away outside Britomart.

    I just hope Auckland can pull this off. And unlike Wellington (that also has a great location) build a great stadium. Not a piece of crap like the Cake Tin

    When it was built, the Cake Tin was the premier stadium in NZ.

    I am not sure i get the hate. I like it!

    It's oval. There's no roof (it was discussed but it was decided it would cost too much). And it looks like a cake tin. A Fletcher Challenge cheap as possible design

    The Dunedin stadium is far and away better

    and build 12 years later....and surrounded by huge controversy re cost

    to your other points
    A ) oval....like almost all of NZ's premier stadiums up to that time
    B ) no roof....like almost all of NZ's premier stadiums up to that time...and still like all but 2 in Australasia

    I've been to Forsyth Barr for a test match. The idea was impressive, but for me the execution was lacking. The main stand is excellent. However I sat in cramped seats in a temporary style stand at one end. And it was quicker for me to run outside and piss under a tree than to wait in line for the stadium toilets

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