The public price tag for hosting the next America's Cup will be in excess of $200 million.
It is a hefty sum, and many communities and interest groups, especially outside Auckland, will be wondering why a sport with limited global participation gets rewarded with public funds ahead of other claimants.
For a start the plan for the Cup bases is not without risk. Work will need to get cracking if deadlines are to be met. The $212m budget is a lot, and that was reached after $50m had been sliced from a competing plan.
Taxpayers and ratepayers will want the agreed project to be managed efficiently and transparently. They will not want the job to become a bottomless pit of expenditure.
The version settled by the parties sees Emirates Team New Zealand, the defender, move into the Viaduct Events Centre and Luna Rossa occupy the end of Hobson Wharf. Space will be created on Wynyard Wharf for the other challenging syndicates.