Plans for Eden Park revamp

The Eden Park Trust Board says it has to be prepared for the future as it seeks the ability to create a major development on the site including a hotel and apartment, Radio New Zealand reports.

The full extent of what the trust board wants to be allowed to do with the site has been revealed in its submission on the Auckland Council's long-term Unitary Plan.

The board had already indicated it wants to be able to build on the existing cricket ground if its main tenant, Auckland Cricket, ever leaves.

In its submission, the board says it wants provisions for residential, hotel and office buildings up to nine floors high on the Number 2 cricket ground, as well as parks, plazas and kiosks.

The board says Eden Park is facing significant uncertainty and higher costs because the activities allowed there are unduly restricted. The board also wants to host concerts and more night-time games at the stadium.

The board's chief executive, David Kennedy, told Radio New Zealand's Morning Report programme it needs to be prepared Auckland Cricket ever decided to pull out of the ground.