Auckland Council has confirmed the venue for next year's SailGP.
It's hosting the start of the Australasian leg in January after Christchurch proved too problematic and it was moved.
Auckland Unlimited Chief Executive Nick Hill says the international event will be based just off Wynyard Point.
He told Andrew Dickens it will be under the Harbour Bridge with a grandstand close to the water.
Hill says all previous legal and environmental issues in the area have been dealt with, to have the event how SailGP's always wanted it.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Sale GP is returning to Auckland. It's been confirmed that
the city will host the second event of the twenty
twenty five season in January. This comes after the christ
Church debacle and the withdrawal this year, but sale GP
is remaining in New Zealand and that's the good news.
But the big question is obviously how will Auckland cope.
So the CEO of Auckland Unlimited, Nick Hill, joins me
(00:22):
coome on it to your Nick morning, Andrews went really well, congratulations.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
I look, I'm really excited. I think it's the right
event for Auckland, and this time round I think there's
been a chance to get a lot of things signed out,
so it'll be fantastic.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I just noticed in all the all the releases that
I have that there's no mention of the actual specific
venue where we be doing the racing. So where's the
racing going to happen.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
It'll happen off when you're point just under the bridge
where sale GP always wanted it to happen. It's a
fantastic concept with a grandstand right next to the water
and with spectators really close like an F one, So
I think that's what they want to do, but it's
(01:10):
really over to them to explain the details of how
they work.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Okay, But of course the problem was that used to
be tank farm land, that used to be oil land,
that used to be poisoned land, and last year it
wasn't remediated, so they went to Littleton. So is the
land safe?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
The land safe? Yeah, there are illegal issues as well
as dealing with the remediation. All of that has been sorted,
so we're quite happy and confident that the event can proceed.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Did it get sorted because you know you thought about
it more or is it just a process of time
because of the remediation, et cetera, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
And look at the process of time. Remember these things
were there for decades and you were looking to put
saltyp in the middle of the process of shifting them
away and all of the legal commercial environmental issues associated
with that and you can't just stop those processes for
for sales GP. But that's all been worked through and
where are we are, So we're very excited.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Of course you right now. Of course, Russell Crowe, he's tricky.
It's fair to say he's a tricky negotiator. He's a
tough negotiator. What we I want to know is have
you managed to get a long term contract out of
the man or are you there on apro?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
No, we wouldn't be here if we hadn't signed an
agreement with him.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Yes, I know you've got an agreement, but is it
for more than one tournament?
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Is it for tenty for one for one? One? One
of at this point?
Speaker 1 (02:34):
So aren't you therefore there on apro? And if you
screw this one up, you might they might not come back.
What's the chances of a long term contract? Was the question?
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Well, the same for them. I mean it could costs
both ways. And the incenter for both parties is to
make this really successful.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
How could how could sale GP? How could you say
go away sal GP? What could they do wrong to
make them go?
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Await?
Speaker 1 (02:55):
They're boats and there's no mammals.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Well, that's true. Would if it all works, then that's fantastic.
We would have them back. And I've no doubt that
they would look at the benefits of bringing the event
to Auckland and how successful is it? They want to
come to Auckland.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Good, yeah, and Auckland wants them. We all want them.
It's going to be a great view. It's going to
be a great event. What are you going to do
around the event to really maximize the tourist revenue for
the city and for all the retailers.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Yeah, look, I'm grad you said that. I mean it's
worth probably more than five million and GDP and ten
thousand visitor nights. But what we have been developing it
started this year last year, so i'd say, is our
Mawana Festival, which is all focused on the harbor. It's
bringing together a lot of water based, harbor based events,
from business events, to boat events, to industry boat shows
(03:47):
and so on, so that this will be the start
of Miwana Festival. It follows on from the tennis, So
the tennis will have been the first couple of weeks
of the new year and then we'll go into this.
I think someone is going to be fantastic this year.
Very good.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Are you talking to cruise companies as well, just to
maximize a number of people who might come on a
boat to see your boat.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Well, we always talk to the cruise companies, but their
schedules are set years and years in advance, so you
can't really sort of just tweak things in the short
run for that, but certainly we'll be keen to have
as many people out and about enjoying the event and
enjoying the waterfront and Auckland and having a great time
(04:31):
and spending lots of money in those shops, good those restaurants.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Nick really looking forward to It's good. Don you. Congratulations Nick,
he'll CEO of orkandun Limited.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to
news talks. It'd be from six am weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
Sale GP is returning to Auckland. It's been confirmed that
the city will host the second event of the twenty
twenty five season in January. This comes after the christ
Church debacle and the withdrawal this year, but sale GP
is remaining in New Zealand and that's the good news.
But the big question is obviously how will Auckland cope.
So the CEO of Auckland Unlimited, Nick Hill, joins me
(00:22):
coome on it to your Nick morning, Andrews went really well, congratulations.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
I look, I'm really excited. I think it's the right
event for Auckland, and this time round I think there's
been a chance to get a lot of things signed out,
so it'll be fantastic.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
I just noticed in all the all the releases that
I have that there's no mention of the actual specific
venue where we be doing the racing. So where's the
racing going to happen.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
It'll happen off when you're point just under the bridge
where sale GP always wanted it to happen. It's a
fantastic concept with a grandstand right next to the water
and with spectators really close like an F one, So
I think that's what they want to do, but it's
(01:10):
really over to them to explain the details of how
they work.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Okay, But of course the problem was that used to
be tank farm land, that used to be oil land,
that used to be poisoned land, and last year it
wasn't remediated, so they went to Littleton. So is the
land safe?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
The land safe? Yeah, there are illegal issues as well
as dealing with the remediation. All of that has been sorted,
so we're quite happy and confident that the event can proceed.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Did it get sorted because you know you thought about
it more or is it just a process of time
because of the remediation, et cetera, et cetera.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
And look at the process of time. Remember these things
were there for decades and you were looking to put
saltyp in the middle of the process of shifting them
away and all of the legal commercial environmental issues associated
with that and you can't just stop those processes for
for sales GP. But that's all been worked through and
where are we are, So we're very excited.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Of course you right now. Of course, Russell Crowe, he's tricky.
It's fair to say he's a tricky negotiator. He's a
tough negotiator. What we I want to know is have
you managed to get a long term contract out of
the man or are you there on apro?
Speaker 2 (02:22):
No, we wouldn't be here if we hadn't signed an
agreement with him.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Yes, I know you've got an agreement, but is it
for more than one tournament?
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Is it for tenty for one for one? One? One
of at this point?
Speaker 1 (02:34):
So aren't you therefore there on apro? And if you
screw this one up, you might they might not come back.
What's the chances of a long term contract? Was the question?
Speaker 2 (02:41):
Well, the same for them. I mean it could costs
both ways. And the incenter for both parties is to
make this really successful.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
How could how could sale GP? How could you say
go away sal GP? What could they do wrong to
make them go?
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Await?
Speaker 1 (02:55):
They're boats and there's no mammals.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Well, that's true. Would if it all works, then that's fantastic.
We would have them back. And I've no doubt that
they would look at the benefits of bringing the event
to Auckland and how successful is it? They want to
come to Auckland.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Good, yeah, and Auckland wants them. We all want them.
It's going to be a great view. It's going to
be a great event. What are you going to do
around the event to really maximize the tourist revenue for
the city and for all the retailers.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Yeah, look, I'm grad you said that. I mean it's
worth probably more than five million and GDP and ten
thousand visitor nights. But what we have been developing it
started this year last year, so i'd say, is our
Mawana Festival, which is all focused on the harbor. It's
bringing together a lot of water based, harbor based events,
from business events, to boat events, to industry boat shows
(03:47):
and so on, so that this will be the start
of Miwana Festival. It follows on from the tennis, So
the tennis will have been the first couple of weeks
of the new year and then we'll go into this.
I think someone is going to be fantastic this year.
Very good.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Are you talking to cruise companies as well, just to
maximize a number of people who might come on a
boat to see your boat.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
Well, we always talk to the cruise companies, but their
schedules are set years and years in advance, so you
can't really sort of just tweak things in the short
run for that, but certainly we'll be keen to have
as many people out and about enjoying the event and
enjoying the waterfront and Auckland and having a great time
(04:31):
and spending lots of money in those shops, good those restaurants.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Nick really looking forward to It's good. Don you. Congratulations Nick,
he'll CEO of orkandun Limited.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to
news talks. It'd be from six am weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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