By David LeggatThe old Museum Stand at the Basin Reserve is facing demolition. It has been a blight on the country's most popular test cricket venue ever since it was rated earthquake-prone. The popular cricket museum sits beneath the stand. The closure of the Museum Stand, which subbed in for a South African grandstand in the movie Tangiwai - a Love Story, cut out about 1000 seats. Basin Reserve Trust board member Simon Woolf, also a city councillor, said: "It might look pleasing, but it's my personal opinion that the stand is not fit for purpose.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 20, 2017 17:03 UTC