A majority of councillors voted to reduce the capacity of the $473 million covered stadium to 25,000 seats from 30,000 due to a budget blow-out. Image: Christchurch City CouncilPressure is mounting on Christchurch City Councillors to reverse the decision they made on the city's new stadium. A majority of councillors voted last week to reduce the capacity of the $473 million covered stadium to 25,000 seats from 30,000 due to a budget blow-out. An online petition calling on the city council to reverse the decision has reached more than 20,000 signatures. But deputy mayor Andrew Turner, who voted to reduce the capacity, said cutting the number of seats was the right decision.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 31, 2021 21:56 UTC