Christchurch stadium capacity could cost city small number of major events, ChristchurchNZ says stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Christchurch’s $473m central city stadium will be built across three blocks bordering Madras, Hereford, Barbadoes, and Tuam Sts. Consultants Assurity ran the six-hour workshop and at one stage asked stakeholders about the optimum seating capacity. A report on the outcomes of the workshop summarised ChristchurchNZ’s response to the seating question as “would love ability to go to 35k seats”. “This is a selling point when bidding for events.” ChristchurchNZ chief executive Joanna Norris said she indicated at the workshop that there were “a limited number of significant major events that we would have the opportunity to bid for if it had 35,000 [seats]”.
Press Release – Generation Zero
Generation Zero is demanding transparency from the Wellington City Council on funding decisions.
Last month Generation Zero questioned the Council on the proposed $75million loan to Wellington International Airport and it was dropped from the draft Long Term Plan amidst confusion from Councillors. Now, through a Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act request, we have learned that this loan was included
without Council reports or assessments to justify the expense.
We requested any reports or assessments on the financial implications of the loan, the benefits of the seawall project to WCC assets, and the seawall project’s alignment with Te Atakura – First to Zero – the Council’s plan to reach zero carbon. Here’s what we received:
Monday, 12 April 2021, 4:33 pm
Generation Zero is demanding transparency from Wellington
City Council on funding decisions and welcomes the
opportunity to feedback on the proposed Long Term
Plan.
Last month Generation Zero questioned the
Council on the proposed $75 million loan to Wellington
International Airport and it was dropped from the LTP amidst
confusion from Councillors. Now, through a Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act request, we have
learned that this loan was included
without Council
reports or assessments to justify the expense.
We
requested any reports or assessments on the financial
implications of the loan, the benefits of the seawall
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