4 Mar 2020

Is the new Christchurch stadium worth it?

From Afternoons, 1:48 pm on 4 March 2020

A planned new stadium in Christchurch was promised two hundred and twenty million dollars yesterday by the government. Plans for a new stadium in the garden city have been underway for years and there is a real sens of urgency coming from local politicians and Christchurch's sporting organisations. 

But Christchurch journalist and former political candidate James Dann wonders if the grand plans for a new stadium may be based on hope, rather than attendance figures. 

Christchurch Stadium ahead of the 2018 NRL clash between the Warriors and Manly.

Christchurch Stadium ahead of the 2018 NRL clash between the Warriors and Manly. Photo: Photosport