Jason Pine: Sportstalk host on the Blues potentially moving home games away from Eden Park

The Blues’ contract with Eden Park is drawing to a close, and a decision on where they will move their home games to is yet to be made.

In a survey sent to supporters, the franchise asked fans whether they would be more likely to attend Blues matches if they were moved to Mt Smart instead of Eden Park next Super Rugby season.

Sportstalk host Jason Pine weighs in on the discussion.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jason Pine Sports Talk Coast with us Hey, Jason get A, Ryn,
should the Blues leave Eden Park?

Speaker 2 (00:05):
I think they should think about it. I think they
should definitely examine it. This is obviously because their contract
with Eden Parks run out ran out of the last season.
They've gone out to their fans and said, would you
be more likely to come if we played at go
Media Mount Smarter course? Would you be more or less
likely to come along? Like? I think the match venue
is just one of a number of things that will
trigger people to go to a game or not go

(00:27):
to a game. The weather, the cost of the tickets,
the day of the game or you know what time
of the year, if your team's doing well or not,
the food and drink, the entertainment, So they've all got
to be considered. I mean Eden Park's massive, right Ryan,
you know it's huge, And when only eight thousand people
are turning up to watch a game in a fifty
thousand seat stadium, I'm not sure that's the greatest match

(00:48):
day experience. I get the feeling they'll probably stay, but
it's worth having a look at.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
Yeah, and probably the well is it a negotiating thing
as well? Because they're obviously up for renewer with eden Park, right.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
Could well be they could say, hey, we're just thinking
about other places so that they get a sharpened pencil
from eden Park on the next deal.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Perhaps, Hey, how on earth did the West Ndies get
bowled out for twenty seven this morning?

Speaker 2 (01:11):
I know this is man and of course it's speaking
of eden Park. It was seventy years ago that New
Zealand were bowled out for twenty six at eden Park
and for the last seven decades we've been waiting hoping
that somebody would take the most unwanted Test cricket record
off us. And when the West Indies were eleven for
six this morning, we thought this could be. Yet they
got through to twenty six and then lost three more

(01:33):
because they were twenty six for nine, so it was almost,
you know, they could have equalled us as being the
worst ever. And then then a ball goes into Sam Constance,
the Australian fielder, and he misfields it and they go
through for a single and they're all out for twenty seven.
So we still have the record. But twenty seven ain't great.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yeah, but still we've got We've had that record since
nineteen fifty five.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
It would be a shame to say goodbye to it
in some ways, but I'm sure. Well, the wistday is
a coming here later in the year, so maybe we'll
bowl about for twenty five win.

Speaker 1 (02:04):
They're over here, Yeah, one shy. Thanks Jason Jason Pine,
sports talk host, seven o'clock tonight, News Talk SIBB.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
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