November 25th and 26th 2010 - Mt. Smart Stadium - Auckland

[wendynz]

The floor was being laid yesterday and it has been reported that the lads will arrive over the weekend and rehearsals start Monday. I am over near the stadium on Thurday so will post some photos then.

 

[Purplereign]

i am going to be rockin' in the Bris 2, and PErth 1 3 & 3 parties!

. . . I admire your reserve . . .

cathay pacific 747 freighter just landed in auckland. not a regular visitor. i know some of my assumptions about what they're doing this tour have been proven wrong compared to previous tours, but i wonder if something time sensitive like, oh, i don't know, sound and video equipment are still being flown over water.

i hope so! first excursion to mt smart tomorrow too.

The floor was being laid yesterday and it has been reported that the lads will arrive over the weekend and rehearsals start Monday. I am over near the stadium on Thurday so will post some photos then.

can't wait

 

[bazza]

The floor was being laid yesterday and it has been reported that the lads will arrive over the weekend and rehearsals start Monday. I am over near the stadium on Thurday so will post some photos then.

thanks - such a massive logistics exercise to move those things arond...

 

[coolian2]

been to mt smart today. nothing to see, really. a few people wearing u2 crew hi-vis vests, but mainly people are there putting the finishing touches on more temporary seating and the access ways. walked in like i owned the place and spoke to one person who said that each of the temporary stands individually are bigger than the ones used at the world rowing championships a few weeks ago. they're also putting matting down on the field to protect it, but that was really all there was to see.

 

[coolian2]

also found this on the outer oval/athletics venue, presumably where the band will hang out pre-concert.

guess there won't be any school athletics meets in the next 10 days!

 

[bazza]

Cool thanks guys keep em coming !!!

 

[Purplereign]

so wishing i had bit the (credit card) bullet and shelled out for tickets to these upcoming nz shows . . . the grounds are so teeny tiny looking every flipping seat in the house will be incredible

thanks for the piccies . . . and in case i forget to say it in the delirium of the U2 induced haze that is about to overtake . . . enjoy enjoy enjoy enjoy

 

[quadcaster]

Livenation reports on twitter that the claw has 'apparently' arrived in Auck

 

[ramblin rose]

The claw arriving in Auckland.

 

[bazza]

 

[coolian2]

makes sense, the only containers or anything like it at mt smart yesterday were for temporary seats.

 

[MissVelvetDress_75]

wow, that is a small stadium!

 

[corianderstem]

It looks like my high school's football field.

 

[coolian2]

It looks like my high school's football field.

your high school had a 23,000 seat* stadium? holy shit jealous



*that's the regular capacity, i'm no expert but there's probably another 8-10,000 temporary seats in there now.

 

[corianderstem]

Uhhh ... no. Apparently my perspective is way off. It's obviously a lot bigger than it looks!

Don't mind me.

 

[coolian2]

Uhhh ... no. Apparently my perspective is way off. It's obviously a lot bigger than it looks!

Don't mind me.

just giving you a hard time

it is pretty tight though, and the perspective from that photo is a bit funny. despite my camera usually making everything seem further away, it actually caught the scale alright for once.

shame i can't work in a line about how the stadium was built into a volcano, so i'll just leave it at that.

 

[quadcaster]

8 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

U2 in Auckland is going to be AWESOME, as is U2 in MELB and BRIS and SYD and Perth!

 

[cobl04]

cool pictures, but when i saw them my first thought was that it looks like smaller than my primary school oval.

 

[quadcaster]

When you're in there for a show it's actually pretty big!

 

[wendynz]

I think the stadium had 45,000 capacity for Vertigo and that has been increased to 60,000 for 360.

 

[coolian2]

I think the stadium had 45,000 capacity for Vertigo and that has been increased to 60,000 for 360.

god, it takes over an hour to get away from warriors games when the crowd goes above 15,000.

 

[Purplereign]

8 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

U2 in Auckland is going to be AWESOME, as is U2 in MELB and BRIS and SYD and Perth!

*set list parties*

 

[wendynz]

The claw is now rising at Mt Smart Stadium... it looks huge in our small stadium. Check out U2fanz.com for the photos. I will attempt to get some for myself when I go out later this morning.

 

[cobl04]

are you the person who asked Livenation on fb for access inside the stadium?

 

[coolian2]

reckon i might go for a drive soon

 

[wendynz]

are you the person who asked Livenation on fb for access inside the stadium?

Sure did. No harm in asking is there.

 

[wendynz]

Just came back from a visit to the stadium. No such luck at both gates, security wouldn't let me through. The four cranes are up and it is a hive of activity. Saw sections of the claw being transported into the stadium.

Once I work out how to post the photos I will post them. Can you post jpg files directly or do you have to go through something like photobucket?

 

[cobl04]

you have to use photobucket and

tags.

 

[wendynz]

 

[wendynz]

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