Services for Sport and Entertainment Facility Owners & Operators

Horwath HTL's directors have developed strong expertise in relation to a range of sport and entertainment facilities including outdoor stadia and indoor sport and entertainment centres.  We have worked on many of New Zealand's pre-eminent venues and take pride in the value we add to our clients through our comprehensively researched and robustly analysed outputs.

Our service lines include:

• Feasibility studies / Business case analysis
  We have undertaken feasibility studies and business case studies for a diverse range of outdoor stadia and indoor sport and entertainment centres throughout New Zealand including both new-build and expansion.  The break-even nature of many of these assets and the high level of public sector investment that is often associated demands highly transparent analysis of a robust nature that is easily understood by all stakeholders.  We will tailor our scope of work to meet our client's specific requirements but key steps will often include: critical analysis of the proposed development and assessment of the likely range of activities that will be attracted, primary market research (if appropriate), secondary market research amongst key industry informants, analysis of recent spectator trends and relevant benchmark analysis, projections of likely number of annual events, average attendance size, and spend per attendee, projections of variable costs including non-recoverable event day costs, projections of overhead costs.
• Economic impact analysis
  We have undertaken numerous economic impact analyses for venue owners and proponents including as part of comprehensive business case analyses or as part of resource consent hearings.  These analyses typically estimate the future economic impact that will arise in the local economy as a result of future events that are projected to be staged in the venue.  Our comprehensive knowledge of stadium operations combined with our economic impact expertise ensures we can provide rigourous assessments for our clients.
• Catering services
  We have assisted a number of venue owners and operators in relation to caterers including performance reviews and independent management of tender processes.
• Peer Review
  We have drawn on our industry knowledge to assist clients with peer reviews of feasibility studies and business case analyses.  In many cases these initial peer reviews have resulted in our on-going involvement leading to significant changes to the project, which have helped protect the client's long-term position.