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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Hunter’s Corner
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Don’t think smart, think big

ANALYSIS: Economists agree stadiums have little economic impact on their local communities, but what do they know? [Warning: irony ahead.]

Eden Park 2.0, now with retractable roof.

Tim Hunter Fri, 05 May 2023

The trouble is we’re just not thinking big enough. Instead of a retractable roof on that old stadium, it should be a retractable roof pool with an artificial wave generator for hosting international surf championships. It could double as an inner-city airport for amphibious planes.

Also, if we dug

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Tim Hunter Fri, 05 May 2023
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