Music News - Same Old Sound At Eden Park
29 January 2004 - 0 Comments
Auckland City planners will back a bid to hold night concerts at Eden Park if artists turn down the sound gear - and pull the plug by 11pm.
The planners' clamps on noise have been accepted by the Eden Park Trust Board before its resource consent hearing on February 2.
Its last-minute gesture to angry neighbours of the housing-locked park might scare off pop concert promoters, board chief executive officer John Alexander said yesterday.
"But we want a good hearing and we have to make some concessions," he said.
"It has risks but an approval with some restrictions is better than no approval."
The 500-strong Eden Park Neighbours' Association says the changes are "superficial" and won't blunt its opposition to the board adding three summer non-sporting events to the 16 games a year that it is allowed under lights. Last year, the lights were used 11 times for games.
The board is also allowed three day-time non-sporting events.
Mr Alexander said the park needed 14 night events a year to break even. "Middle of the road" concerts would boost more use of the park in a tough competitive market among Auckland's main venues.
An independent commissioner will hear the resource consent application to the Auckland City Council which has drawn 204 submissions against and 33 for.
Senior council planner Dave Moule is recommending that the amended application be granted.
This follows advice from council consultant Nevil Hegley, who looked at the board's evidence on what noise could be expected. He says a typical musical event could involve artists such as Kiri Te Kanawa or Paul McCartney.
However, no specific restriction on the type of event was proposed so it must be assumed that a full range of artists could perform.
The last time McCartney played in New Zealand the noise levels 30m from the stage ranged from 98 decibels to 103 decibels.
The board says it can achieve a level of 70 to 75 decibels at the nearest homes.
Mr Hegley says this is a significant cut in the noise level for concerts. Limiting the number and duration of events makes the noise level reasonable, he says.
Board planning consultant Hill Young Cooper says the limits were amended in response to submissions and are more restrictive than those applied at other venues in the city.
But neighbours' association president Gayatri Jaduram said the changes were superficial. "It doesn't change the fact that you have speaker towers 50m away from where people are living."
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