The Otago Polytechnic Students Association (OPSA) has warned construction of the $198 million Otago stadium will lead to more behavioural problems for students in North Dunedin.
The OPSA claim was made in a submission to the Dunedin City Council's annual plan hearings committee, presented by OPSA president Mark Baxter and vice-president David Coxon yesterday.
Mr Coxon said the council needed to plan for the behavioural problems that would inevitably result from the stadium's location.
"Building a new stadium in the proposed location creates this predictable situation and does not help achieve a safe city.
"To be blunt, OPSA will be firmly placing blame with the DCC after the first of many street riots occurs," the submission read.
Mr Baxter urged councillors to make progress on a management plan, which had been raised in previous OPSA submissions, for the expected behavioural problems.
"I want to know how you are going to manage it," he told councillors.
Also yesterday, Mr Coxon said a lack of home insulation was a continuing problem for student flats in North Dunedin, in some cases leading to serious illness.
He knew of two people who required hospital treatment for illness related to their living conditions.
Both men also urged councillors to consider extra car parks as a condition of any North Dunedin development, to help ease growing pressure on parking spaces, and to promote public transport, including free bus fares.