Chris Paterson

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I think we've definitely outdone Elle in terms of the design we've done for this venue.

Populous in particular has a long track record working in New Zealand and we're very proud of what we've done here and I think this venue is going to be fantastic for Canterbury and Christchurch.

I think I can start with almost my personal journey.

I actually started working on this after the earthquake itself.

So I think I've been on it for 15 years.

And what was really wonderful about the process is that we worked with all the key stakeholders.

I was actually there presenting to the community itself.

We got a lot of input into that.

So I think everyone's actually bought into this.

taken those sort of key ideas, people wanted comfort, they wanted to be close to the action, and they wanted something that's really multi-purpose.

And that's what we've built here.

You are.

I mean, to back up what Al's saying, I think we're in the business of fun in terms of our job.

And also really understand the huge responsibility we've got in doing these venues.

So we take that very, very seriously.

But this is about...

I like to use the word, it's a factory of memories.