Carisbrook Stadium Trust chief executive Malcolm Farry says his organisation will have done all it has been asked to do by today, when the Dunedin City Council meets to make a decision on the stadium.
"By Monday, the trust will have all the information that was requested," he said late last week, and that would allow intelligent debate among councillors so they could come to a decision.
Mr Farry said the evolution of the project in the past few days might change the perception of some, after a report to the committee from council chief executive Jim Harland that Mr Farry agreed could be seen as negative.
The trust had sold 630 lounge memberships by last Wednesday, a figure Mr Farry said was an endorsement of the stadium.
The previous figure for sales of the 1850 lounge memberships, which include a designated seat in the main south stand and access to club lounges, was 248 late in November last year.
Commercial manager Guy Hedderwick said there had been a "huge surge" in interest since the holiday period.
Mr Farry yesterday said he understood while the council had not come up with the $20 million it required to lower the cost of the stadium to ratepayers, he was not sure what the time frame for raising the money was, and whether it needed to be raised immediately.
"It may be not till the end of the project. That gives them a couple of years."
The trust had been "remarkably successful" in its work, he said.
It had a guaranteed maximum price in place, under budget, when "most of the country said that was impossible".
It had to find an additional $15 million, which was needed to service debt while it waited for contracted seating-package money to arrive.
"If the Government wanted to assist us in a difficult situation, that would be very much appreciated."
Asked what an optimum outcome would be for the trust from Monday's meeting, Mr Farry said approval of the project, "subject to a few remaining conditions".
