A newly recommended design option, within the $473m budget, would reduce capacity to 25,000, with decisions to be made at a later stage about how much of this would be permanent, retractable or temporary seating. Further investigation will look at whether design efficiencies can be found to allow the capacity to go to 27,500 while remaining in budget.
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Frank Film looks at the last-ditch effort to save a heritage building from the giant footprint of Christchurch’s new multi-arena stadium. A council staff report, outlining the proposed change, said New Zealand Rugby had told the council while 25,000 seats was acceptable for some matches, it would be too small for rugby matches against Australia, South Africa or the Lions, unless a substantial incentive fee is provided”.
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