Stop the Stadium Inc financial members since July 2008:
The Objectives of the Stop the Stadium Inc are:
- To ensure through effective action that the construction of a publicly funded stadium at Awatea Street is prevented from happening
- To ensure that the views of the members of the Society are communicated effectively through all means at the Society’s disposal to the wider community
- To provide an asset base for associated research and communication in line with the Society’s aims.
» Join Stop the Stadium online or download a membership form from our membership page. As a member you will receive occasional newsletters advising you of upcoming events and achievements.
» Follow the current Plan Change Hearing: Proposed Plan Change 8: Stadium (PC-2007-4) and Harbour Arterial: Notice of Requirement (DIS-2008-3)
» Stop Press. Newsletter of Stop the Stadium. Download October Issue. 
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» FREE! “Stop the Stadium” bumper stickers. Collect yours from Bev Butler (ph 477-6861) in Dunedin and Carol Sawyer (ph 489-3270) in Mosgiel or posted free by emailing sales@twangtown.co.nz.
» Otago’s New Stadium Bev Butler says the Carisbrook Stadium Trust has misread the mood of the public. (duration: 11:25)
» Bev Butler on The Panel, Afternoons with Jim Moira, 4 Nov 2008.
» Heritage matters: Art student Elizabeth Gordon’s reaction to rate-payer money being spent on a new stadium: Dunedin is full of heritage gems but I doubt that the people who designed the proposed new rugby stadium were interested in integrating it into the character of the city as it looks like an overgrown oyster. A lot of people, even supporters of the stadium, are against council plans to provide tens of millions of dollars of rate-payers money for a new stadium. That includes me. I think the reputation of ‘ the House of Pain’ should be built on, not squandered and I would prefer to see Carisbrook Stadium spruced up. Read about the work on Elizabeth Gordon’s website.
» Finance & Strategy Committee meeting on 20 Oct 2008 at 2pm. Check the agenda and download the various reports about the proposed Awatea St stadium. 
» Progress or die! DCC unveils models.
» Peter Entwisle’s assessment of the proposed stadium design: Worse still, a stadium would drain the kitty
» Opinion: Why I don’t support the stadium - Part 11: Trust Us… We’re the Experts. In view of the touted concerts to be held at the proposed Awatea St stadium, Ian Smith explains the role played by acoustics in the best possible presentation of music: I think it is fair to say, in spite of claims to the contrary, that no-one involved with its design must have the faintest inkling of whether the edifice will wind up with superb acoustics, or be a total ‘bummer’. Read more…
» Our message to the Dunedin City Council from our protest march and rally Saturday 2 August:
Be sure to join Stop the Stadium and help us stop the public funding of the proposed Awatea Stadium. It’s not a ‘done deal!’
» Check out the Opinion page for a good laugh. We extend our thanks to the contributors.
