New figures from MBIE show a 156 million dollar loss from the 36th America's Cup held in Auckland over summer.
The cost benefit analysis identified costs of $744.2 million against benefits of $588.1 million.
In other words, for every dollar spent, New Zealand only made 79 cents.
Was the America's Cup a waste of money?
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