Francesca Rudkin: A new Western Springs stadium is an exciting opportunity

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Mar 19, 2025 · 2m · transcript

Gee, we’ve gone stadium mad here in Auckland. We already have seven pretty substantial stadiums ranging from 4000-person capacity to 50,000, spread across the city from the North Shore to Mt Eden, Penrose to Manukau, not including other sporting and event spaces.

But we can’t stop suggesting we build more.

While we wait for Auckland’s Councilors to ponder feasibility studies done by Eden Park and the proposed new waterfront stadium in Quay Park and announce who will go on to win the title of Auckland’s main stadium – another stadium is being pitched, this time for Western Springs.

So, Western…