The Christchurch City Council is going to reconsider the decision it made on reducing the size of the city's new multi-use arena.
It comes after documents were released revealing their initial blowout figure was wrong; they had said 5000 extra seats would cost $88 million but that's reportedly not the case.
It's not quite a U-turn, but the stadium debate is still not at the finish line.
Councillors are turning up the heat to reverse the reduced capacity arena, cut from 30,000 to 25,000.
"The uproar in the community has been monumental and I think in my four terms in council I've never seen people, and quite rightly so, so alarmed that the council would make such a short-sighted decision," councillor James Gough told Newshub.
They are arguing size does matter and have forced a second vote which will take place next week.
Council leaders have just admitted their costings were wrong and the extra capacity will cost $ 20 million less than first thought
"A cynical person might say that they were trying to lead the council down to make one particular decision," Gough said.
Many business owners who invested in the city are furious not only about the reduced capacity but the ongoing delays, says Annabel Turley from the Central City Business Association.
"Everyone is so angry about the delay, in the initial blueprint we were promised a stadium in 2017," she said.
Turley will be at the crucial council meeting alongside other business leaders.
"A large proportion of our members are actually small businesses like myself and so people like us, little people we don't actually have a voice so it's really important that we get our voice to the big people at the council."
Not a single person Newshub spoke with on Friday was in favour of the reduced size.
"We should be building something as big as we possibly can, we should be building something for all events in Christchurch," one local said.
"If we can't host all blacks games, it's a waste of time," another said.
"What's the use of building a stadium that's already too small for a city that's growing exponentially?" one person questioned.
Mayor Lianne Dalziel wouldn't talk to Newshub but in a statement said a decision has to be made next week so as to get on and build the arena without burdening ratepayers further.
She's annoyed with the councillors who filed the motion for a new vote saying this is just more delay and more cost and has given staff little time to prepare ahead of Thursday.
All Blacks captain Sam Whitelock said he just hopes to play a test again on his home turf.
"It would be awesome, not sure how long it will take to build so hopefully I'm around if it is," he said.
The dust is yet to settle on the finalised stadium which at the moment is still just dust.
