Stadium

Dunedin businessmen say jobs will be on the line after an audiovisual contract at Forsyth Barr Stadium was awarded to a recently formed, out-of-town company with links to a former Australian bankrupt.

This is the match few, including it seems the Otago Rugby Football Union, expected.

Dunedin's newest market opened under cover yesterday.

Stallholders at the first market in Forsyth Barr Stadium on Sunday will include some Dunedin pupils fundraising to volunteer at an orphanage in Southeast Asia.

Former Dunedin Venues Management Ltd chief executive David Davies is winging his way back to England after firing some parting shots in the Forsyth Barr Stadium debate. He gave his final interview to reporter Chris Morris.

A circling seagull caught on camera searching for a way out of the spotlight inside Forsyth Barr Stadium is not the only one with ruffled feathers.

Moves to bring top-level rugby league to Forsyth Barr Stadium appear poised to pay off, after Brisbane Broncos commercial operations manager Terry Reader reportedly visited Dunedin recently.

The size of the challenge ahead is not lost on Darren Burden as he prepares to become the next man to run the Forsyth Barr Stadium.

In the non-stop world of sport sometimes it is is hard to find something special.

Darren Burden, the next man to run the Forsyth Barr Stadium, has again defended his role in a controversial contract.