Auckland Council will back Eden Park to the tune of $63.3 millionEden Park stadium is to get a $63 million bailout from Auckland Council. "We love Eden Park but we're not throwing money at it, because the begging bowl will be back again," she said. At the start of today's council debate, the Eden Park Trust Board told councillors it would prefer a maintenance grant to new loans, even though it was interest-free. "We cannot afford the debt we have got - its just not palatable," said Doug McKay, the chair of the Eden Park Trust Board. If concerts were to be deemed a "permitted" activity in planning rules, Eden Park could stage them almost as of right, with some conditions.

Source: Stuff March 19, 2019 04:24 UTC