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Speaker 1: Fields like the country got a little bit on at

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Speaker 1: the moment of perfect day for the Cup yesterday, follow

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Speaker 1: the Trotting Cup and christ your fabulous Pearl Jam. We're

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Speaker 1: here last weekend in Auckland three nights as well as

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Speaker 1: of tonight for Coldplay at Eden Park. We've got new

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Speaker 1: massive university research that says for every dollar spent on

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Speaker 1: live performances, three dollars twenty is returned and benefits to

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Speaker 1: the community. So that's encouraging the Eden part. Boss Nick

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Speaker 1: Sautner is back with us. Nick, very good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Mike, and thanks for your time.

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Speaker 1: Not at all have you checked the stage that he

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Speaker 1: doesn't fall through it like you did in Melbourne.

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Speaker 2: I can assure you that the diligence has been undertaken

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Speaker 2: by Live Nation. We're looking forward to three massive shows,

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Speaker 2: the biggest in our history and the biggest rock hand

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Speaker 2: of all time.

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Speaker 1: I was going to say, where does it sit. Is

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Speaker 1: this the biggest thing you will have done in terms

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Speaker 1: of concert.

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Speaker 2: Yes, certainly, three sold out shows over four days. It's

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Speaker 2: probably our biggest event in the stadium's history. When you

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Speaker 2: look tonight's shows, the one hundred and seventy third In

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Speaker 2: Coldplay's Music of the Sweet Sears tour, Bill Woard, as

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Speaker 2: I say, I called them the biggest rock band of

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Speaker 2: all time, and yeah, we're just so delighted and excited.

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Speaker 2: This too has been going since March twenty twenty two,

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Speaker 2: and looking at the rehearsals last night, it'll be something

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Speaker 2: that people will never forget.

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Speaker 1: What's a sold out at Eton Park mean for a concert?

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Speaker 2: Light this?

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Speaker 1: How many you're talking per night?

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Speaker 2: So we're looking to see over fifty thousand fans.

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Speaker 1: Three nights.

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Speaker 2: It'll be plus plus that. On the weekend, we're anticipating

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Speaker 2: to have greater than that attendance. We're gate opening from

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Speaker 2: five pm, so we're just encouraging people to arrive early,

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Speaker 2: be part of the atmosphere. Awkand's a great city and

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Speaker 2: Eden Park is a fantastic const venue.

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Speaker 1: Weather and track. Friday's a dog.

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Speaker 2: That's a problem, Mike, it's the Garden of Eden. I've

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Speaker 2: already been talking to our to manager. We think it'll

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Speaker 2: go through. The weather's looking great today. Friday and Saturday

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Speaker 2: Fridays there's a better rat about. But we're confident, battle

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Speaker 2: clear early and we'll be able to put on a

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Speaker 2: show that the world is watching.

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Speaker 1: That dollar and three dollars twenty back. Do you believe that.

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Speaker 2: Without a doubt? And we've also got to look at

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Speaker 2: the economic benefit but also the mental health, the escapism,

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Speaker 2: the bars and restaurants around this area where the it

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Speaker 2: be in Kingsland, Morningside, Dominion Road or Mount Eden. All

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Speaker 2: the hotels are full, the residents are lighting up the

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Speaker 2: streets with lighting to just embrace the event. Three thousand

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Speaker 2: jobs created today at the venue alone, all our bus drivers,

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Speaker 2: train drivers etc. Getting an extra shift. So this is

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Speaker 2: massive for Auckland and New Zealand. It is a great

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Speaker 2: city and we've got to embrace major events. The pipeline

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Speaker 2: of events that have come through Eden Park over the

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Speaker 2: last three years with the Women's World Cups, now Coldplay,

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Speaker 2: Metallic has sold out next year. Luke colmbs, We've got

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Speaker 2: a wonderful come of events, but we want to do

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Speaker 2: more for the city.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff, go well with it and enjoy it. Nick Suortner,

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Speaker 1: who is the Eden Park CEO, don't text me that

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Speaker 1: Colbert Play are the biggest band of the world. I

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Speaker 1: know they're not. I don't think anyone would describe yeah,

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Speaker 1: are they in fact a rock band? At all. Well,

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Speaker 1: it's a good question. Would that they'd be top teen though,

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Speaker 1: wouldn't they in the ability? I mean they're a band. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: there's certainly about I love cold playing and they're very good.

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Speaker 1: Do they play rock music? How many year that's debatable.

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Speaker 1: How many bands could sell three nights at fifty per night?

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Speaker 1: One hundred and fifty the last big but Adele was big.

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Speaker 1: She did three times forty or forty five. We've we've

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Speaker 1: done the research. This is, in fact the biggest tour.

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Speaker 1: It is so nothing has ever come to the country

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Speaker 1: that's bigger than this. While there you go, they're the

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Speaker 1: biggest for now, they're the biggest. Men are just questioning

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Speaker 1: the rock part. That's well, rather anyway, what are you

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Speaker 1: gonna do with your tickets on Friday of it's raining? Hey?

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Speaker 1: When you're not mate, it's about it's about the mental health.

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Speaker 1: It's a mental health to night's fine, Saturday's fine, but

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Speaker 1: you got tickets for Friday when it's raining.

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Speaker 2: Hey, next says it's not going to be raining, it's

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Speaker 2: gonna They've they've sorted it out.

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