Al Baxter

Yeah, it's awesome.

Because when we see something like this on the drawing boards, we all love it, and we just hope other people do.

So one of the nicest things for us that happens when you turn up the games is to see the smile on people's faces.

And what's even nicer is knowing that this is the final piece for Christchurch.

People in Christchurch and Canterbury went through so much in the 2011 earthquakes and to know then they get this amazing stadium, which I personally think is way better than Jade Stadium, is absolutely fantastic.

Yeah, absolutely.

I genuinely think I've got the best job in the world.

I get to travel the world designing stadiums for the sport I played in and the sports I love to watch and it's a real privilege being able to do these projects that are city shaping.

This is going to shape Christchurch and it's going to shape when you have the All Blacks here, shape the country and it's going to be such a good backdrop for such good times for all the people in Christchurch and being able to be part of that is an absolute pleasure and a privilege.

There's a couple of things.

One is just to get it right so you have all those technical factors and then for it to come together for a place that people love to be in.

That's the tough one.

So you just don't know.

You want to create that emotional connection.

You want to create people so they turn up and they just love it.

And this certainly, I think, is that.

And you just fear as architects doing these kind of things.

You think, oh, has everything come together?

Is it going to be okay when people get there?

Are they going to love it?