Forsyth Barr Stadium will shift to Dunedin Venues Management control this week as the project managers who oversaw its construction hand over control.
The construction of the stadium was complete, meeting the August 1 date for the handover.
Communications manager Jo Scully said the formal handover process started yesterday, but would take a few days. It required going room by room through the stadium and finishing off uncompleted work.
The handover would be completed by Friday in time for the official opening ceremony and first game on the new turf.
"We're concentrating on making those events as successful as we can."
The company's operation team was already on site preparing for the weekend.
"The rest of the team will gradually move down there."
