D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on the debate over whether more events should be hosted at Eden Park

There's division among Aucklanders over whether more events should take place at Eden Park.

The Government's set to review the current regulations impacting the stadium, including the number of concerts taking place and their duration. 

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave weighs in on the debate - and what incoming changes could mean for the future of New Zealand sport.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Sport with tap in play with real time odds and
stats are eighteen bit responsibly. Darcy water Grave sports talk
hosters with me, Hello.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Does walking on the beaches looking at the Peach as
Dan and at the Stranglers.

Speaker 3 (00:14):
That's all I think about when I hear Peaches? Do
you yeah? So what there's news something about Peachers?

Speaker 1 (00:19):
Hack you wan with one? Have you ever heard of
the musician Peaches? Yes, I guess I'm not going to
sing any of her songs.

Speaker 3 (00:25):
I chose not to. But the Stranglers that's fine because that.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Is some raging stuff. Anyway, listen, can we get any
more out of eden Park? Do you think what is this?
What is this league game that the Minister Louise Upston
slipped to us yesterday on the show that eden Park
is trying to secure but can't wait.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
They're thrown up the concept of having a set of
origin finally, but I don't know if that's got.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Any and the state of origin is a weak night game.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Well and also the state of origin has to be
a a really weird late time because of the Australian market,
a couple of nights behind us, So yeah, we like
and then starting at ten o'clock and finishing it.

Speaker 1 (01:00):
And at week nights, Eden Park's only allowed seven thirty
to nine thirty, so no state of origin, completely impossible
to even bid for pretty much.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
Yeah, okay, but it seems a little insane. I mean,
wouldn't you look at dispensation? Here's what I get about this.
And Helen Clark's going to join the program Sports Talk
up after seven o'clock. Yet's talk about this because Geez
obviously being very vocal and at criticism, and a lot
of that is based on, well, you don't maximize what
you've got anyway, so why we want to give you
any more? It's all we've got. That's what I that's

(01:31):
what I'm working on. We're not going to get a
downtown stadium.

Speaker 3 (01:35):
Maybe I don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
My child's children might get to go to one, but
we're not going to get one.

Speaker 3 (01:41):
So this is what we've got.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
This is all we've got in Auckland. You can't move
big events over to Mount Smart and you can't move
them to any other plot. This is it.

Speaker 3 (01:50):
So how can we make most of what we've got? Yeah,
this is for me.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
That's what you need to put to Helen. I don't
want to tell you how to do your job. But
I'm about I am about to. He's gone, well, I
mean the thing is right. If they're not even, they're
not going to hit their capacity. So whatever you give them,
they're not heading the capacity now. So if you free
all the rules, they're not going to go for seven
hundred thousand cons. It's a year. It just gives them

(02:15):
the flexibility to do odd things like state of origin
occasionally and stuff, doesn't it.

Speaker 2 (02:19):
I'm not going to argue with you, and what about
other teams and other cities And this is the issue here,
isn't it? If you say, because I know she's got
a line around you know, maybe Mount Smart, maybe North Harp.
But now what's going to happen is if they carry
and get restrictions put on them. There's a great big, shiny,
new roofed stadium.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
I'll take Christy. That's going to start stealing everything. Yeah,
because the artists will go there.

Speaker 2 (02:44):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (02:44):
And I'm not talking about sport. I'm just talking about
the artists. And that's a lot of money in that too.
So you really want to lose.

Speaker 1 (02:51):
All of the flying there, aren't we? You and I
are going to go down and we're going to watch
whatever Snoop dogg or whatever down there.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
Snoop Dog Peaches spoop Dog.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
We're going down to people. Isn't I know you?

Speaker 3 (03:01):
Heather?

Speaker 2 (03:01):
Anyway, keep going and come to talk.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
We'll talk about that later and then we spend how
many in Christich instead of Auckland? And is that what
all clan wants?

Speaker 2 (03:11):
No, exactly, they don't want that, and this is all
we've got, So we'll talk about that and then we'll
ask the Punders and also a Vet mccaus them that
jury is going to join us on the show. Of course,
the Silver Funs coach, she's like a can you say placesaver?

Speaker 3 (03:25):
Is that rule?

Speaker 1 (03:26):
She's an interim who may become a permanent.

Speaker 3 (03:28):
She's applied, I don't think so. What she might know.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
She's still tied up with Tippany, with that school. She's
got Saint Stevens that her and her husband have put
together and they're all borders.

Speaker 3 (03:38):
There the whole time.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
To being the coach of the Silver.

Speaker 2 (03:41):
Oh who want to be coach?

Speaker 3 (03:42):
Gonna be the worst job in the world.

Speaker 1 (03:45):
Darcy Water to be back at seven.

Speaker 2 (03:50):
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