Nick Sautner: Eden Park CEO on whether the stadium is equipped to host Oasis tour

Kiwi Oasis fans can stop crying their hearts out - but pray Eden Park's boss will pull out the stops to lure the UK rock band over.

The Gallagher brothers yesterday announced their first tour in over 15 years.

Fourteen concerts are planned for the UK and Ireland in July and August.

CEO, Nick Sautner says he's confident Eden Park's upcoming modifications will encourage the band to look at a New Zealand leg if the tour goes global.

"Our capacity for Travis Scott in October is greater than Marvel Stadium in Melbourne - or Brisbane."

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Together do to see Ellen.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
And some of the biggest music news this decade. The
rumors are true.

Speaker 3 (00:11):
Oasis is back together and they're going on tour. The
only problem is that, as it stands right now, if
you want to see them live, you're going to have
to go to the UK or Ireland.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
That's going to cost you a tidy summer, isn't it.
Eden Park's CEO, Nick Sultan is with us.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
Hey, Nick, good eating Heather, Thanks for your time.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Listen mate. I've got you here because I want to
know what you're hearing in the industry, because I know
you're tapped into what's going on. Is there any chance
this becomes a world.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Tour, Heather? As you can imagine, we try anything to
secial into national art of Stephen Park. We approach to
cendra Ardun to help us secure Taylor Swift in this instance,
I'm delighted that you're going to join the cause and
help us get a social media campaign going to get Oasis.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
I don't think they're going to listen to me. They
don't even listen to each other. Man, have you got like,
have you got any people you can tap in Manchester
to get their air?

Speaker 1 (01:00):
We're talking to promoters and managers on a daily basis
around a variety of artists. As you know, at the
moment we're looking to secure our concert consent. Concert consent
go from six to twelve shows, and this is a
great example. We need to have surety for artists and
managers to be able to if they have the demand,
and as you can imagine the demands there. They want

(01:22):
to do four shows, they want to do six shows.
We need to be able to accommodate it.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
You are shameless. You've just made a conversation about Oasis
about your resource content.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
Oh that's thanks for messing that, Heather, and our applications
close on the second, and I'd love for all your
listeners to go to Edenpark dot co dot z and
put in a submission.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
You can't be stopped, hey, listen, seriously, if they were
to go for a world tour, do you reckon that
they would stop buy New Zealand? Are we big enough
for a band like Oasis on a reunion.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
I'd be very confident that they'd be looking at New
Zealand and particularly Eden Park. We're making some modifications to
the park as of next week. We're taking out the
west stand, and increases our capacity for concerts for a
further five thousand. So our capacity for Travis Scott in
October is greater than Marvel Stadium in Melbourne or Brisbane.
So we're looking to do a number of modifications of

(02:13):
the venue to make us the venue of choice not
only for New Zealand but also for the East Coast
against Australia.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
Good work, Nick, Thank you very much.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
Nick.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
All that Eden parks the year. I'm going to Travis Scott.
I don't know a single thing about him except he
was married to a Kardashian and he has a song
something something something sicko. I don't really know, and some
people died at one of his concerts, so you know,
God help me.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
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