A grieving ex-Wellingtonian of three weeks duration offers a thought on the great stadium name debate.

It's not hard to understand why the trustees of the WestpacTrust Stadium in Wellington are upset at the derogatory remarks being made about their new facility.

After years having no defence to claims that Athletic Park was well past its use by date, they quite rightly feel their masterpiece is entitled to be regarded as little more than 'The Cake Tin'.

Before we go any further, let's just clarify the idiocy of this description being given Wellington's waterfront structure.

Where in the kitchen do you find a cake tin with circular corrugations that are represented by the aluminium on the outside of the stadium? How many of these people making these cake tin claims have ever been in a kitchen?

The closest thing to corrugations in baking are those found on the paper cups that used to be the container in which cup cakes were baked, and those corrugations ran up and down, not around.

And the modern muffin has done away with the necessity for cup cakes.

So fair call to the stadium trustees for their efforts to rid the stadium of the 'Cake Tin' label.

For those who have gone through the whole stadium process, from the days when no-one seemed to be able to decide what was best for Wellington's needs, there is a sense of much satisfaction at the facility that is now available.

It deserves better treatment than that being given by 'commentators' far removed from the action.

It also deserves better than to be just 'the stadium.'

The obvious name, for more than one reason, has been there all along.

It should be "The Round-house."

For a start, it is round.

Secondly, it is on what was railway land. Round-houses used to be part of railroad terminology. A round-house was a circular building for housing and switching trains.

It was also a nautica l term according to my trusty dictionary, meaning a cabin on the quarterdeck. That ties in nicely with its proximity to the harbour.

Thirdly, and probably most suitably, 'Roundhouse' was a hit tune for that all-time great Wellington pop group of the early 1970s, Quincy Conserve. So not only do you have a name, you have a ready-made theme tune that still stands up well.

Fourthly, round-house is a type of punch, not entirely accurate or successful and is generally the sort non-pugilistically trained rugby players are most wont to throw.

Forget the debate, it's a round-house, why not call it that?

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