RWC in Christchurch

Vernon Small writes:

There is nothing kind about being cruel to a city so battered. I will be glad to be wrong, but there is a growing inevitability Christchurch will not be ready to host the Rugby World Cup games. …

If the final report on AMI stadium, due by March 15, is negative, or public liability insurance is refused, it will make life easier for Mr Key and the rugby tsars. Because at the next level the decisions are more subjective and therefore more politically fraught.

I don’t think it is inevitable Christchurch will not host RWC matches. I think it is all about the stadium. If the stadium can be made ready and safe in time for the RWC, then all the other problems (accomodation etc) are solveable. If the stadium can’t be made ready and safe in time, then that is the one problem you can’t solve.