{"id":532086,"date":"2026-07-18T09:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/532086\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T09:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T09:43:12","slug":"net-benefit-auckland-prepares-for-three-sports-events-in-one-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/532086\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Net benefit’: Auckland prepares for three sports events in one night"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three sporting spectacles are being hosted in Auckland tonight \u2013 in an evening set to have a \u201cdirect impact\u201d on the economics of the supercity.<\/p>\n

At Spark Arena, 3000 people will gather to watch one of basketball\u2019s greatest entertainers, the Harlem Globetrotters from 6pm.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, it\u2019s a sell-out at Mt Smart, with more than 24,000 preparing to see the New Zealand Warriors take on the Dragons at 7.35pm.<\/a><\/p>\n

Eden Park will also be at capacity as the All Blacks look to extend their 32-year unbeaten record at the hallowed turf by defeating Ireland with a kick off at 7.10pm.<\/a><\/p>\n

T\u0101taki Auckland Unlimited chief executive Nick Hill said: “We know an All Black game will return about $3 million GDP.”<\/p>\n

\"Tātaki<\/p>\n

T\u0101taki Auckland Unlimited chief executive Nick Hill. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s like [a] net benefit to the city\u2026 hotel occupancy is up at about 85%. That\u2019s 18% more than this time last year. So it really does have a direct impact on the economics of the city\u201d.<\/p>\n

More trains and buses are running tonight to cope with the extra demand.<\/p>\n

A fire this morning did shut down some train services, but they had resumed by lunchtime<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where the transport system may get stretched is after the game, where train stations and bus stops could get clogged with people wanting to leave straight away.<\/p>\n

The advice from officials is for people to take their time, and maybe go and have a drink or something to eat nearby.<\/p>\n

\"Auckland<\/p>\n

Auckland Transport event planning lead Todd Hurley. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Auckland Transport event planning lead Todd Hurley said: \u201cPlease be patient, stick around to join the atmosphere, soak it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur teams will be work as hard as they possibly can to get you home as quickly and safely as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three sporting spectacles are being hosted in Auckland tonight \u2013 in an evening set to have a \u201cdirect…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[51,138,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-532086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-auckland","tag-business","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}