The future of "private sector funding" for the Forsyth Barr
Stadium may be thrown into question by the shock announcement
last night the Otago Rugby Football Union (ORFU) could fold
by the end of the week.
A decision to consider spending $20,000 to allow access for
community groups to a well-used Dunedin City Council function
room sparked a second passionate debate at a council meeting
yesterday.
Access for community groups to a well-used Dunedin City
Council function room appears to have been ensured, but the
mechanism by which that takes place may change.
The head of the company in charge of Forsyth Barr Stadium and
other city venues says that community groups will be catered
for at its facilities, despite a $100,000 fund to help them
having been deferred.
Lady Gaga, Bruce
Springsteen and Radiohead are among top international acts
emerging as possible music acts to follow Elton John's
sell-out show at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium.
Steps to improve sound quality, block wind and speed up
service at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium could be in place
within months, stadium boss David Davies says.
The Otago Rugby Football Union will drop from a high of 36
staff in 2006 to a small core group next year, and move from
Carisbrook to an office at Forsyth Barr Stadium, as its
non-rugby responsibilities go to Dunedin Venues Management
Ltd.
