RWC'11 CEO Martin Snedden is confident New Zealand will be ready when the world's best descend on the country
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Organisers are confident everything will be ready for the Rugby World Cup kick-off but a quarter of the public disagree. The New Zealand Herald reports.
"Rugby World Cup 2011 CEO Martin Snedden has "no doubt" about progress, regardless of the latest political wrangling over "party central" on Queens Wharf and no guarantees that Otago Stadium will be ready. Mr Snedden said everyone from the Prime Minister down is keen to see the World Cup go off without a hitch and reputations are at stake.
"The Government's reputation is on the line, a lot of reputations are on the line, including mine. A lot of people are motivated," Mr Snedden said. He said New Zealand world cup development is largely "greenfields" - unlike past hosts France and Australia, who also held the 1998 Football World Cup and 2000 Olympics respectively
"...Aside from the America's Cup challenges, New Zealand has not hosted an international tournament anywhere near the size of the World Cup since the 1990 Commonwealth Games. But Mr Snedden said the whole of New Zealand will be getting behind the World Cup - something that did not happen in France or Australia. "We'll create something that no one else can replicate," Mr Snedden said."
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