Paul Walker • May 01, 2015 •
Over at the Offsetting Behaviour blog Eric Crampton comments on how bad the business plan for a new $156 million cycleway for Christchurch is. But here in the People's Republic of Christchurch there are plans afoot not just for cycleways but also for other big ticket items such as a big new, super-sized stadium. Sports stadiums … Read More
Eric Crampton • Apr 03, 2015 •
Matthew Hooton nails this one, with some help from Andrew Zimbalist:I do know that the Cricket World Cup has been an outstanding success: Christchurch’s return as an international venue; the destruction of England at Wellington; the Auckland nail-biter against Australia; Ireland’s triumph over the West Indies at Nelson; Martin Guptill topping the batting with his 237 not out and … Read More
Eric Crampton • Jul 01, 2014 •
As I’ve been tardy in hoisting posts up to Dismal Science while hitting a few deadlines lately, here are a few of the best from the past week.* Melbourne, population a bit lower than New Zealand, has been consenting at least 1.8 times as many new dwellings as New Zealand lately. They’re doing it explicitly to avoid … Read More
Eric Crampton • May 22, 2013 •
It must be May. The Christchurch Press is reporting that Council is considering selling some assets to pay for the quake. May 2, 2011: The Press wondered the same thing. I put up the general conditions under which Council should sell assets. May 21, ... Read More
Eric Crampton • May 15, 2013 •
Auckland is to get a large new convention centre, to be built and run by Sky City, Auckland's casino. I chatted with Radio New Zealand's panel about the plan this afternoon. Really, not a lot has changed from when this was first proposed a while back... Read More
Eric Crampton • May 14, 2013 •
Sam Richardson points out some problems with the proposed stadium-plus-office-towers combo for Christchurch: It is not clear yet where exactly the funding for Christchurch's stadium plans is coming from, but it is fair to say that it will be largely funded by taxpayers - locally, regionally and nationally to some degree. As such, if my taxpayers money is going … Read More
Sam Richardson • May 09, 2013 •
Apologies for the long absence from the blogosphere - research to be written up, teaching to be done has meant scarce time has been redirected from this blog.It is the issue of the Christchurch Stadium that I turn to today, and a couple of recent artic... Read More
Sam Richardson • Jan 08, 2013 •
Just a short post here - over the festive season I spotted a couple of stories via Deadspin that readers of this blog might find interesting:Renovations of Buffalo's Orchard Park are 84% funded by the public sector, and Vancouver's BC Place stadium roo... Read More
Eric Crampton • Dec 20, 2012 •
The Christchurch Press tells us that the Canterbury Crusaders have paid half of their last year's profits to the Christchurch Stadium Trust. It's great to see a sporting franchise willing to help fund its stadium. The temporary AMI Stadium at Adding... Read More
Eric Crampton • Dec 19, 2012 •
Breathtaking. The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment produced a report, "The Stadium of Four Million", on the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The first sections of the report are pretty unabashed boosterism, lauding the successes of the event. It... Read More