Stadium of Canterbury
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@rapido first google search
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/10640357/Stadium-price-tag-through-the-roof
I do understand this part
"The reason for the costings being as high as they are is, structurally, the stadium was never built to take a roof. So to a large extent you are building a stadium over a stadium in terms of structural capability."
..but the reason the report was even done was on the back of the council saying for ages that they would investigate the possibility down the track. I have no idea if that was empty noises which the had to pay money to then wipe away but I do remember the noises.
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Had a friend working on the stadium during the foundations stage. It would have been a way bigger job to lay foundations for a roof later, way too expensive etc, etc.
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@booboo said in Stadium of Canterbury:
I don't think that looks bad at all. This best part is location.
IIRC seated capacity is 30K, which isn't bad considering the population. Suncorp is ~52K with Brisbane more than double the population of the South Island.
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@antipodean Now if they could get on with it and avoid cost overruns due to taking so long....
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I have zero faith we'll get anything that looks as good as that prelim design. If the latest construction start date is August 2022, that means we'll lose at least another $9m more month to month in costs in the meantime, whilst also watching steel prices soar globally amongst other key materials, then there's inflation and rising labour costs in a tight market. So let's say that's another $15m off the budget. Unless the prelim design already takes into account the shrinking pool of cash, it'll have to change which means a degradation in spec.
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Council’s arena noise management rules given the green light
Businesses and neighbours of the Canterbury Multi-Use Arena now have certainty about how many concerts and large events can be held there as Christchurch City Council’s recommended planning rule changes to manage noise from the venue have been approved.
Summary: 6 concerts a year till 11pm, NYE 12:30am. Unlimited events under 65 DB.
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Is it actually possible to reject the name gifted? Imagine the outcry!
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@billy-tell said in Stadium of Canterbury:
Is it actually possible to reject the name gifted? Imagine the outcry!
Te Kaha seems pretty safe as far as names go.
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$301m is to be spent on 13 new cycleways. The CCC is a fucking Muppet show lunatic asylum. They actually believe this will encourage people to cycle to work. I'm all for cutting down emissions, but this is a waste of money of biblical proportions. How's this relate to the stadium? Well I'm not going to suggest the $301m be thrown at it, but I am going to suggest $50m should be as that's probably what'll be needed to get it built now to spec, and the other $250m goes into light rail links running from high density suburbs past a handful of major facilities and directly into the centre of the four avenues.
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@shark fair enough a bit more distribution of funds would be good....but, im not sure its so much a case of building cycleways to encourage people to cycle...but more a response to so many people in chch already cycling, i use to bike to work in chch and there was always a steady streams of people and that was before alot of the rebuild of the CBD
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@bovidae last i heard the surrounding councils were still out, anecdotally, they weren't consulted on what they would like to see as you might expect if they were going to chip in...but also CCC has kind of gone ahead without them so they're probably thinking. great, get the benefit without having to pay...poorly handled all around
I have family in wider canterbury and i know they all signed those petitions re the size and roof etc, did not appreciated when i asked if they were paying...its all fucked up
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@kiwiwomble I don't see many people biking to work. It's that simple.
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@shark as I say, I use too and there were hundreds of others when I did, and that’s just along the route I took
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@kiwiwomble I live here. I work within the four avenues and I'm out and about on the road all day. I don't see many cyclists. Certainly not enough to warrant half a billion dollars worth of cycleways (assuming what's already been spent is somewhere up towards $200m).
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@kiwiwomble said in Stadium of Canterbury:
@shark as I say, I use too and there were hundreds of others when I did, and that’s just along the route I took
Hang on, you used to see HUNDREDS of others as you cycled in? Were they all on 10 speeds? I suspect they carried on in a large pack up into the hills and you mistook commuters for racing cyclists.
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@shark nope, my office in the cbd alone had a bike cage with 50 of spots and most full, don’t know what to tell ya, maybe you notice it more if you do it rather than driving past
I’ll generally always be in a stream of cyclists, corner of Colombo and broughm would have 10-15 waiting for a light
I think you may have mistaken, commuters at my work would still wear full kit
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