Levitating Stadium latest plan

We could build a levitating 60,000 seat stadium held up by Telekinesis and float it around to the various cities as events demand it. Crazy idea, well it’s no worse than the stupid idea of putting a stadium by the harbour…

Stadium over water latest plan - 18 Sep 2006 - NZ Herald Building & construction

“The idea for a waterfront stadium has captured the public imagination, with more than two-thirds of nearly 200 people who sent emails to the Herald last week on the Bledisloe Wharf option saying a new purpose-built stadium would be a showcase for the city and the nation”

Which leaves about 4.2 million who couldn’t be bothered responding to this crap.

The Herald understands that Helen Clark and Mr Mallard strongly favour a waterfront stadium,

I bet they are, anything to divert attention from the other things going on at the moment.

It is not known how much the Captain Cook/Marsden stadium would cost or how much wharf and water space would be needed.

It is not known how much the Captain Cook/Marsden stadium would cost or how much wharf

and water space would be needed.

I’m suspect it will cost at least 1.5 times whatever they say it will cost.

The roofed, 56,500-seat Telstra Dome in Melbourne Docklands was built on a 2ha site 170m by 140m in 2000 at a cost of $530 million

I’ve been to a concert in the Telstra Dome and it’s a great facility. But it’s not pretty and is in the middle of an old railway/goods area. It’s about 600m from the main river/wharf & 3km from the coast, not on prime waterfront land. Stadiums are ugly inward focused buildings,  just look at that thing along the road from this proposed site that they are still trying to finish. This location is just wrong.