I can only echo the sentiments of Priority One's Nigel Tutt in his last Weekend Sun column (March 5, page 12), and offer up some sympathy for the many Bay businesses that were left counting the cost of last weekend's sporting cancellations.

I dread to think how many food trucks, bars and cafés filled up on supplies, only to see both the international cricket and netball events moved and what should have been one of the biggest weekends of the year in the city abandoned.

There's no doubting the reasons behind the decision to move the cricket to Wellington and the netball to Christchurch – they are well-documented and completely understandable from a public safety perspective.

But spare a thought for those left out of pocket last weekend, who most likely had March 6-7 circled on their calendars as the weekend they made up for lost time and a bit of lost revenue.

Don Lawson, Tauranga.