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Ahh, paradise.
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Vance Stand and the old Grandstand.
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Looking towards the scoreboard during a Wellington v Otago State Shield match.
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Looking across to Mount Victoria.
I'm almost certain. There won't be any day-nighters there anytime soon though. The light towers are pretty dodgy at the best of times, and one is totally lacking any lights, or any sign of anything up there. Quite an issue with only two towers, as well.This will be the first ODI at Basin since we last toured wont it?
I took that photo from the entry concourse, it is about 15+ metres above the railway tracks and the road. The height of the entrances in betweem the bays, about halfway up is about the height of the concourse.Westpac Trust does not look as imposing a stadium from the outside...not as high as I was thinking it would have been.
I understand the Basin is one of the biggest grounds in New Zealand, in field size. As Jeffles said, the pitch was right on the side of the wicket block (and yet the ropes were really far in on the short side, and really far out on the long side - haha, genius!).I always had the impression the Basin Reserve was a toy ground in terms of playing field size but the outfield looks quite big in the images. WTS on the other hand does look very compact. Is it the elevation of the shots that make it look deceptively small or is it really a midget ground?
heard about the retirement village. That far grandtsand was so bloody odd.IanRitchie wrote:Jeffles - Athletic Park was a sad sight, or lack thereof. I'm sure everyone knows that it's now a retirement village, and i saw it listed on a map still. When we drove past the area there was no sign of it. Such a big part of NZ history, totally goneburgers.
Aren't you the one that argued for that big NZ national stadium in "centralised" Wellington?Egan wrote:Would many people travel to Wellington for major sports events if a second tier was added and it was a 60,000 capacity stadium...the government/council have rocks in their head for not increasing the size.