Outgoing mayor Phil Goff predicted three years ago that the owners of Eden Park would be back for millions of dollars from ratepayers, Newsroom says – and he has been proven right. The bid for $6.2 million from ratepayers comes three years after the council took over the Eden Park trust’s $53m bank and existing council debt and was persuaded to donate a further $9.8m for maintenance and upgrades.

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