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Speaker 1: Ever dule, I've got a little update for you on

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Speaker 1: the ongoing saga of the Western Springs in Auckland. Auckland

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Speaker 1: Council has now revealed it wants to upgrade the existing

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Speaker 1: concert bowl with capacity for thirty thousand people, while also

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Speaker 1: retaining the Pontsibi Rugby Club. There'll be a vote by

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Speaker 1: the end of the month. Brent Ecles is a concert

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Speaker 1: promoter with Eccles Entertainment and with US. Hi Brent, Hey, Gary,

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Speaker 1: I'm well, thank you. What do you make of this plan?

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Speaker 2: Oh, I'm very much involved in this plan. Myself and

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Speaker 2: Campbell Smith have been talking to counsel about this for

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Speaker 2: some time. We're very excited about it.

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Speaker 1: Okay, what do we actually get in this plan?

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Speaker 2: Well, Western Springs is really only purpose built music venue

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Speaker 2: in Auckland, and you know, everyone has a great story

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Speaker 2: about Western Springs. But the thing is that, you know,

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Speaker 2: we're not trying to compete with the you know, Eaton Park,

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Speaker 2: which is fifty thousand people, perfect for your for your

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Speaker 2: big you know, Elton John's or that kind of that

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Speaker 2: kind of artist. But it's more of a it's more

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Speaker 2: of a a contemporary kind of idea for around thirty

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Speaker 2: thousand with the purpose built stage and some VIP infrastructure

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Speaker 2: put in there that's permanent as well, So it would

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Speaker 2: be a very economical idea for promoters to use.

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Speaker 1: Can we really get away with it for two and

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Speaker 1: a half million dollars to rapeos?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 1: Are you sure?

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Speaker 3: Because two and a.

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Speaker 1: Half million dollars in Wellington only bought them six toilets.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I don't know. I have no idea what that's about.

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Speaker 2: But I think we have a much better line on this.

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Speaker 2: Myself and Campbell have a lot of experience in the

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Speaker 2: music business and concerts, and I think we can very

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Speaker 2: easily put some facilities in there or develop some some

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Speaker 2: ideas that are already basically there to make it more economical.

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Speaker 2: So I'm happy about that. We work on this for

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Speaker 2: quite some time now, and I think having the stage

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Speaker 2: in there permanently also makes it very attractive.

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Speaker 1: And why is this better than what we were going

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Speaker 1: to get from the billionaires the purpose built stadium?

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Speaker 2: Well, they're going to They're going to pull it down

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Speaker 2: and put a soccer thing in there the day. I

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Speaker 2: don't know. I think I think I think a contemporary

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Speaker 2: music beating was better than a soccer stadium. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: That's not my game, my game's concert, So I can

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Speaker 2: see some real value on this brilliant britent.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much, always appreciate your time.

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Speaker 3: Mate.

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Speaker 1: This is Brent Eccholes, who is a concert promoter.

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