“It’ll be great for hospitality in the CBD; not just for us, but for everyone,” he said. While matches were moved to Inglewood’s TET Stadium last year because of Yarrow Stadium’s re-development, van Praagh said he does not get much traffic from matches out of town. “We still get support by the corporates but not the general rugby public, they’re a bit detached.” But he is expecting a big day on Saturday. “We’ve got quite a few booked in after the game. They can wander down the hill and we’ve got the team coming in.”
Two people were hospitalised at the hands of Broman Hotter within a period of five days following early morning attacks in the New Plymouth city centre.
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Crowded House Bar and Eatery owners Kerry Simeon and Doc van Praagh have no plans to remove a photo displayed above the establishment s urinal.
A photo of four female bar staff insinuating “size matters” will not be coming down from its position above a New Plymouth pub’s urinal, the owner says. Doc van Praagh, owner of Crowded House Bar and Eatery, said he hadn’t received a single complaint about the snapshot of his bar managers looking over the men’s urinal sporting various expressions. He said the photo, which features one of the women holding a tape measure while another looked shocked as she pointed downward, was just a bit of fun.