To answer some questions from earlier in this thread…. What
makes the Christchurch stadium temporary? The scaffolding and the seats which
are leased and not owned by the stadium amongst other things… Average stadium
construction costs are around $4000 - $6000 per seat at the moment, so a 15,000
seat stadium for the phoenix would cost $60M to $90M, and of course the sky is
the limit if you want to add all the bells and whistles.
The temporary reference is often about Canterbury Rugby using it temporarily... once the new Cantab stadium is build they will go there... Addington will go back to what it was previously (not a lot).
The AMI Stadium is designed to have only a temporary life (up to five years but up to twenty with maintenance) and is a mixture of structures owned by the Stadium Trust (gifted free or leased for free) with the seats being the only item on a paid lease - but even those are "lease-to-buy" so will eventually be owned by the Stadium Trust. First year's lease on the seating was a capital cost - Stadium Trust now pays $750,000 a year to lease-to-buy:
Interview with head of the project at Populous Architecture:
"The new AMI Stadium is designed to have a life of between three and five years – although Maguire says with maintenance it could theoretically last 20-25...
AMI Stadium’s recycling of components from other New Zealand stadia has been critical to the project’s success. The pitch is a fully drained, professional-quality field comprising 12,600m2 of turf harvested in rolls from the old site and then relaid at the new stadium. “The AV screens and the PA system also came from the old AMI Stadium,” reveals Maguire, who joined Populous in February 2008 and worked on the Eden Park redevelopment in Auckland. “We got the temporary seating scaffolds from Eden Park, which weren’t needed after the 2011 Rugby World Cup, while F&B outlets and merchandising were also relocated from both Eden Park and Carisbrook Stadium in Dunedin, which also provided the lighting towers. We leased all of the F&B outlets and toilets for NZ$1, so we saved around NZ$5 million on those items alone. The seats are part of a lease-to-buy deal with Acrow Seating and GL Events..."
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Seems to me a 12,000 seat stadium could be constructed for about 40 million dollars as with Rotherham's new stadium in the UK which opened August 2012 - the "New York Stadium." The stadium has been built in such a way and the necessary foundations have been put in place to further expand the stadium capacity to 20,000. This would be achieved by adding an additional tier to the North, South and East Stands. This may be done in phases; a first to 16,000 and then a second phase to 20,000.
"Designed by S&P Architects, the 12,000 seater stadium has a roof design that is the stadium's iconic feature. The roof sections are made of solid, highly transparent plastic sheets of polycarbonate in a stepped formation going up to the main stand. These ensure that the atmosphere from the fans is kept within the stadium and reverberated back onto the pitch, whilst also letting sunlight onto the grass.
Other iconic features include the unique floodlights and the steepness of the stands that keep fans close to the action and help foster the excellent atmosphere."
Coventry City are using this as the model for their proposed new 18,000 seat stadium after deciding to quit the Ricoh Arena.
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Even Barcelona FC are not happy with their current stadium and propose to demolish and rebuild on the same site if a referendum of members supports it. It will include a neighbouring 10,000 capacity stadium for smaller games:
