It will take much more than major events to make a hotel at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium viable, hotel operators say. Dunedin Distinction Hotel general manager Andrew Duncan said market conditions did not appear to be conducive to establishing a new hotel. Dunedin City Holdings Ltd chairman Keith Cooper said there were no plans to use ratepayer money for the venture. The Distinction group had recently bought Dunedin Leisure Lodge, which is within walking distance of Forsyth Barr Stadium. The University of Otago has several facilities at or near Forsyth Barr Stadium, including a gymnasium.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 04, 2021 16:30 UTC