Home Show gets new venue

Posted on 28-04-2012 12:43 | By PLONKER

Come on Murray tell us all how much $$$ the "commercial rate" is paid, what freebees TCC have chucked in, how many of the 40 odd staff at TCVL are being overpaid to be at the Homeshow at no cost, who else is there ex TCC paid by TCC at no cost to TCVL or the home show? Subsidies a plenty.

Posted on 25-04-2012 11:03 | By PLONKER

I doubt TECT Arena or TCVL will make a profit out of the week, the cost to operate TCVL in the 10 year plan is many millions a yer so how will TCVL make a dollar out of the week? Selling a couple of donuts?

Posted on 24-04-2012 22:02 | By RORTSCAM

Councillor Murray Guy, 2 full working days have gone by and you haven’t explained how an economic benefit accrues nor quantified it. Predictable silence on what rental Martin’s outfit pays for the use of the TECT Arena, etc. to stage the Home Show. Either you don’t know or don’t care or you can’t even find out as a TCC Councillor whose Council is TCVLs master !! . Well if you have no inkling on what is happening then butt out and don’t throw red-herrings into the ring.Your lame brain support of the bailout of the ‘technically’ insolvent Baypark Stadium and the excuses given for all and sundry are pretty unbelievable as well! Stop pingponging.

Posted on 24-04-2012 18:38 | By YOGI

The Home Show has been in Tauranga for years, to is this some kind of effort to count it again just because it relocated, sounds like double dipping? But at the end of the day the Council debt is still there!

Posted on 23-04-2012 11:23 | By wreck1080

The home show was at tect arena last year. In what way is this a new location?

Posted on 22-04-2012 22:02 | By POCO O POCO

Hang about why not use the 3 huge green sheds of 4500m2 used previously to host this little winger -didn’t TCVLS McSweeney want another one of these sheds erected for a million$ to cater for these type of events and didn’t the cash strapped Tauranga City Council turf out this arrogant try on.Have any of those involved with the Baypark facilities got any money or financial credibility these days ?

Posted on 22-04-2012 21:05 | By RORTSCAM

Got some of the info’ & confirmations I wanted * Built to accommodate short paying sports *needs significant ongoing ratepayer support (will lose millions annually) *based on false assumptions like will boost the economy. Now getting back to the Home Show CR. GUY since you seem to see yourself as a fountain of knowledge on the Arena tell the TCC ratepaying public how much rental is being paid by Martins outfit to TCVL for the use of the venue to stage the 2012 Home Show.

Posted on 22-04-2012 19:18 | By murray.guy

A $40m + new state of the art facility funded by TCC ratepayers to accommodate this sort of stuff ... Incorrect. The facility was built to accommodate our cities burgeoning indoor sports requirements, who rarely agree to meet anything like the full cost of their sport. The facility requires significant ongoing ratepayer support. The occasional commercial use of the facility (concert, home show ...) reduces the ratepayer subsidy required and provides for a variety of uses and a, not so little, boost to the economy.

Posted on 22-04-2012 18:48 | By philthrottle

The real nonsense is the endless stream of negative and ill informed rubbish that some commenters seem compelled to write.

Posted on 22-04-2012 17:47 | By RORTSCAM

A $40m + new state of the art facility funded by TCC ratepayers to accommodate this sort of stuff it is unbelievable and in the same class as troughing out & who pray will meet the cost of any damage.If it is wet the mud and slush will be dragged into the "ARENA" literally.