Could a hotel, gym, wellness centre or even an on-site student hostel be the key to rejuvenating our largest stadium?

Eden Park chief executive Nick Sautner has just returned from the UK where he was awarded Executive of the Year at the Stadium Business Awards in Manchester – and picked up a few ideas that could help in his ongoing attempts to turnaround the sporting venue he manages and bolster arguments for initiatives he already has underway.

Sautner’s itinerary also included a trip to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which opened in April this year.

Spurs’ new home sits snug against local housing, but will also host concerts and events beyond football – a point that Sautner is quick to highlight, given it mirrors Eden Park’s location and controversy in some quarters over whether Mt Smart in light-industrial Penrose is better suited to host bands, and early-stage proposals for a stadium on the waterfront.

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