Beckham and his LA Galaxy Team played an Oceania All Stars team on December 6 at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland.
The match drew limited support and fewer than 17,000 people attended. Many of those had free tickets after the organisers gave them away when response was so poor.
Two ARC senior executives quit yesterday in the aftermath of the inquiry into the match and financial losses which caused widespread outrage in Auckland.
Parks general manager Lance Vervoort and Mt Smart Stadium group manager John Lynch had been on extended leave since an internal review began.
ARC chairman Mike Lee also called in the auditor-general to investigate the event after the stadium departed from its normal role as venue operator by charging a fee to act also as event promoter and underwriter, the New Zealand Herald reported today.
Neither of the men who had resigned would comment last night on the game.
"It's time for me to move on," said Mr Vervoort, 46, who has been with the ARC for 15 years -- the last nine running the parks department, which has a staff of 137.
Mr Lynch, 43, said he was "feeling a bit homesick" for a family lifestyle in Palmerston North where he headed the redevelopment of the Arena Manawatu sports complex before taking on the Mt Smart role two years ago, the newspaper reported.
The newspaper also said the Auckland City Council had played a role in the event. Council officials secured $80,000 in cash sponsorship and $70,000 in services, and the council's contribution was $128,000.
