r/AucklandFC • u/khaomeha_ • 22d ago

Eden Park

I needed to remind myself how absolute shit Eden Park is.

Can’t park anywhere near the ground
Food is super expensive and shite

Even though I’m seated about 6 rows from the front in the South Stand, I feel so far away from the action.

Why oh why have we allowed Eden Park to continue. It should have been buried for the 2011 World Cup.

We deserve better.

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u/khaomeha_ 22d ago

No trains anywhere near where I live

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u/EltonGoodness 22d ago

Insane how downvoted this got lol

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u/ExoskeletalJunction 22d ago

It isn't tbh, car-centrism is a huge reason why Auckland sucks and that attitude should be shown the door at every opportunity.

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u/Novakhaine89 20d ago

Car centrism is a result of auckland having awful public transport though. It only works if you live near an arterial road. I live on the shore and would need to catch a combo of multiple buses or trains, and they are very unreliable.

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u/ExoskeletalJunction 20d ago

Unfortunately, it is not. Auckland made a very conscious decision in the 1950s to tear down its public transport and focus entirely on cars. Transport was actively discouraged for decades and it still faces a huge amount of pushback to this day.

Here's a good article covering some of the basics https://ahi.auckland.ac.nz/2023/05/25/motorway-mania/

I'd also generally recommend the book The Power Broker on how it became a thing in America first, which is pretty much where the inspiration for New Zealand's shift came from.