Stadium

Forsyth Barr Stadium is to be renamed for Otago's first defence of the Ranfurly Shield against Hawkes Bay on Sunday.

Heads will not roll over the Forsyth Barr Stadium budget blowout, but the total bill could rise again to more than $260 million, it has been revealed.

The temperature is rising in Dunedin's mayoral race as incumbent Dave Cull and one of his fiercest rivals go head-to-head over credit for slashing the Forsyth Barr Stadium interest bills by $128 million.

The organisers of today's inaugural Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival are confident it will be a success and expect a crowd of about 2500.

Another national first is being staged at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.

The Forsyth Barr Stadium crowd is diversifying, but the punters still love their beer and chips, the company running the venue says.

The former boss of Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium has swapped one thorny stadium debate for another.

The promoter of a Fleetwood Mac concert scheduled for Dunedin later this year is angry at being charged a $50,000 fee after the cancellation of the concert.

A spaceship from the 1970s called Aerosmith berthed in Dunedin last night.

More events, more members, reductions in overhead costs and staff cuts contributed to a significant cut in losses in the first six months of this financial year for Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium, its operator reports.

Down by the foreshore, across from the university, there sits a structure which has divided the Dunedin community like none other in many a year. It is, of course, Forsyth Barr Stadium.

The stage is set for the biggest concert to be held in Dunedin since Elton John played to a sellout crowd in November 2011.

Aerosmith and Paul Simon might be coming to Dunedin, but details of how well tickets are selling - and the deals used to lure the artists here - remain under wraps.

Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler's 40-year career has had its fair share of highs and lows. As his band prepares for a one-off New Zealand concert in Dunedin next month, the self-proclaimed Demon of Screamin' discusses fame, family, feuds and falling down a few holes with Shane Gilchrist.

The Otago Daily Times is offering readers the inside track for securing tickets to Aerosmith's first concert in New Zealand.

A record crowd of up to 40,000 fans could pack Forsyth Barr Stadium when Aerosmith headlines a major rock event in Dunedin.