Gareth Morgan has come up with his own way to entice fans to
Phoenix games in Wellington by putting up a cash prize for a
fan at their remaining home games.
Morgan, who is part of the Welnix consortium which owns the
Phoenix, yesterday threatened to take more home games away
from the capital to other cities in New Zealand because of
dwindling crowd numbers at Westpac Stadium.
Today he announced a draw would be made at halftime in each
of Wellington's home games and, if there was someone sitting
in the seat, they had the choice of ether winning $1000 cash
or taking $800 themselves and donating $500 to Unicef New
Zealand. The winner will also be invited to the Chairman's
Lounge for the next home game. If the seat is not occupied,
the cash will jackpot for the next home game.
Morgan said the initiative is a way to bring two of his
passions together.
"I have been a Unicef NZ ambassador for many years now and am
very passionate about the difference they make in the lives
of children all over the world,'' he said. "The Phoenix is a
new passion of mine and this idea is a way for me to bring
these two great organisations together.''
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