Unbelievably, Tauranga City Mayor Stuart Crosby, sporting the thick end of three-decade council track record, is suddenly having this brain explosion about a new Tauranga Domain-sited stadium.

Yes, certainly, a stadium should have been there right from the outset instead of forking out $12 million to developer Bob Clarkson, which now has likely cost $20-$30 million with accumulated losses.

Despite being warned not to purchase Baypark, Crosby and Co drove that aberration through, lacking due diligence, robust business case or a main income stream - and Tauranga City Council ratepayers are paying very dearly.

Now Mr Crosby has an even wackier solution; let's gloss over existing debt to build
another white elephant.

Not surprisingly, the pillagers of city council ratepayer funds will support this fiscal madness.

And it's known new rugby stadiums cannot survive financially.

I endorse Terry (Horibop) Leeming's initiative to convert ASB Baypark by removing the Speedway track and installing a low-level tiered seating and shipping the non-performing and non-conforming speedway off to TECT All Terrain Park, where noise is not an issue.

As Einstein surmised: 'Insanity [financial] is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.

About 2030, when the wood and steel Baypark Stadium snuffs it, let's then go about revisiting the other venues for their suitability for such a facility.

R Paterson, Matapihi.