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Speaker 1: Now, it's a huge weekend this week ad Go Media

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Speaker 1: Mount Smarts Stadium. You got two sold out games, the

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Speaker 1: Auckland FC second semi Final which is happening tomorrow and

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Speaker 1: then the Warriors on Sunday. The stadium has also just

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Speaker 1: been given the prize for the best Stadium Atmosphere by

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Speaker 1: the Football Players Association. Now Mike Gray is the managing

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Speaker 1: director at Go Media, who sponsor the stadium, is with

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Speaker 1: us now, Mike.

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Speaker 2: Hallo, Hi here, They're lovely to talk to you again.

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Speaker 1: It's lovely tools you congrats on that award. Listen how

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Speaker 1: much work is it going to be for these guys

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Speaker 1: having to turn around what too sold out games in

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Speaker 1: two days?

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Speaker 2: Well, the ground staff they are pretty impressive, to be honest,

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Speaker 2: so they've got quite seasoned at this. I was over

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Speaker 2: in Sydney with the Crusaders last weekend and I was

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Speaker 2: looking at the state of the ground at the Aliens

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Speaker 2: and it wasn't good. So I think they do an

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Speaker 2: incredible job at Go Media.

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Speaker 1: What do they actually have to do to the turf

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Speaker 1: to keep it up to scratch?

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Speaker 2: Oh, they just make sure people don't go on it

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Speaker 2: as little as they can. They're mowing it constantly, all

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Speaker 2: those sorts of things. But it's just it's it's a

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Speaker 2: great purchase. It's just looked after.

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Speaker 1: Will you ever watch what they do between games, Like

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Speaker 1: they're going to have to do something on Sunday morning

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Speaker 1: to make sure that the turf is okay for Sunday afternoon.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well they have to remark it. They look, they

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Speaker 2: have to get the rugby posts up, soccer GOLs down.

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Speaker 2: So I have actually watched it taking place after games

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Speaker 2: where they've got to get ready for the next day.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, the night do they sometimes they do? Yep,

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Speaker 2: they're literally mowing it to get rid of the paint

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Speaker 2: lines and they start straight away.

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Speaker 1: So game one has to have a little bit longer

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Speaker 1: in terms of the grass than game.

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Speaker 2: Two, depending on the sport. But yes, they do like

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Speaker 2: different cuts and yeah.

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Speaker 1: Which game are you more invested in? I'm not gonna lie,

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Speaker 1: I'm more invested in the football. Well by margin, that

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Speaker 1: tiny margin, Well, no i am.

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Speaker 2: I am specifically tomorrow because I want them to get

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Speaker 2: to the final. I think they deserve it. They've been

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Speaker 2: outstanding and it'd be so cool to have them to

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Speaker 2: have a final which will be in Auckland. But you know,

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Speaker 2: the where is the two on the table? And I'm

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Speaker 2: going to call it. I think it's going to be

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Speaker 2: the year. I think they're going to go the whole

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Speaker 2: way this year.

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Speaker 1: Do you think so?

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Speaker 2: Yes? I do.

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Speaker 1: Well it it's easy to it's just words, Mike. What

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Speaker 1: are you going to put behind those words?

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Speaker 2: My adolha, that's not a lot, is it. Hey?

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Speaker 1: Now, how are you feeling about that situation with the

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Speaker 1: boutique stadium that's going to be built potentially at Western Springs,

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Speaker 1: because that's going to rip these guys away from you?

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Speaker 2: Oh well, I've got relationships with both of the bidders,

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Speaker 2: so it's a bit hard for me to comment. But

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Speaker 2: I think at the end of the day, what Auckland

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Speaker 2: needs is the right type of stadiums for the community

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Speaker 2: and as long as the whatever's developed there because it's

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Speaker 2: at public consultation now, as long as it's fit for purpose,

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Speaker 2: I think that's the key thing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, hey, listen, have a lovely weekend. Thank you

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Speaker 1: very much for your time. Hope you have a wonderful time.

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Speaker 1: That's Mike Grave, managing director at GO Media, naming rights

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Speaker 1: obviously for Mount Smart and Honey For more from Heather

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Speaker 1: duplessy Ellen Drey.

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