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Andrew Dickens: Every city needs a stadium · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: So Orkund looks like it's doing it again, dilly dealing
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  Speaker 1: and decision making about big stuff. A council advisory group
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  Speaker 1: has informed us at neither the fancy waterfront stadium nor
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  Speaker 1: an upgrade of Eden Park are considered feasible. The full
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  Speaker 1: council still has to vote on it on Thursday, so
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  Speaker 1: we'll see if anyone has any balls to actually do anything. Now.
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  Speaker 1: By not feasible they mean not viable without public funding.
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  Speaker 1: So we don't seem to have a charitable billionaire in
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  Speaker 1: our midst so the dough would have to come from
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  Speaker 1: the public purse. And this is a question that every
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  Speaker 1: major city wrestles with. Other cities seemed to be braver
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  Speaker 1: this week. Brisbane casually announced a new stadium to host
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  Speaker 1: the Olympics, calmly putting nearly four billion dollars on the line.
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  Speaker 1: We are a growing nation and we need a national stadium,
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  Speaker 1: and we need a venue for the events that come,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's big sport or big concerts or monster trucks.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen how much fun for Eden Park has been
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  Speaker 1: this week, three different sports in one week. We need
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  Speaker 1: a venue that's modern, complete and full of character and
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  Speaker 1: recognize around the World I love stadiums. We're excited about
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  Speaker 1: Cannerby's Takaha Forsyth Bar is great and sky Stadium or
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  Speaker 1: you need new seats and maybe a roof. But what
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  Speaker 1: do I want for Auckland Now? First, I have to
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  Speaker 1: admit that I, like many others, have gone to eden
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  Speaker 1: Park events for free, both from eden Park and also businesses. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: that taken. I would be happy for the Waterfront Stadium
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  Speaker 1: to go ahead. We would never regret it in forty
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  Speaker 1: years time. I'm also happy for an eden Park upgrade.
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  Speaker 1: After all, Sydney completely ripped down the Sydney Football Stadium
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  Speaker 1: and rebuilt it. But it really is time for someone
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  Speaker 1: to put their neck on the block and just do it.
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  Speaker 1: We've been talking about this ever since the World Cup.
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  Speaker 1: Every city needs a cathedral and every nation needs a
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  Speaker 1: national stadium, and it needs to be iconic. Let's do it.
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