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The new ground is going to hold 23,000
You must be on the very outer limits of the AFL world. The AFL has demanded a 23K roofed stadium on the harbour. Cost is $715M. Tas government has agreed and is contributing more than half. Just waiting on Federal funding which is likely but may not be confirmed until May. Until there is funding, things are at a standstill.
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Would the AFL be prepared to pay a lot more money than they do now for a revamped or new ground?
I would suggest that IF a new Oval Stadium is to be built in Auckland and the AFL suggest a AFL club playing out of it i would think that the government who built it would ask for a sizeable amount from the AFL or a considerable rent, in my opinion.
It wouldn’t be the worst option to allow a team like St. Kilda a joint home-game partnership with New Zealand, which would include 9x Melbourne home games, 2x Auckland home games & 1x Christchurch/Wellington home game, as well as creating a pathway scheme for players in New Zealand to increase the player depth and pool of the AFL competitions for both counterparts in 15-20 years (min).
In my opinion it would be how much money the AFL would be prepared TO PAY FOR A NEW OVAL on rent or construction to use it.
The stadium costing already factors in inflation.
Wrong again it was budgeted with this in mind over 10% buffer going buy there report
That is the first concise clear answer I have seen in all of the many threads on this topic.You must be on the very outer limits of the AFL world. The AFL has demanded a 23K roofed stadium on the harbour. Cost is $715M. Tas government has agreed and is contributing more than half. Just waiting on Federal funding which is likely but may not be confirmed until May. Until there is funding, things are at a standstill.
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Outside of a very strong push from Tassie there's no real appetite for expansion.
I’m pretty sure the first stage of utas upgrades are starting very shortly I know they have been in the planning and design stage for a couple years it wouldn’t be to far off
OK. That is a new plan - going ahead without federal funding. Assume the project has been scaled down and the expansion to 27K has been scrapped, as the other $65M (from the Feds) is supposed to cover a new indoor arena for basketball. If so, AFL will be 23K in Hobart and a tick over 20K in Launceston.
No reason why it can’t stay at 19 teams for as long as it needs to then. I mean I don’t think Canberra next decade would be a risky investment for a 20th team but the AFL might not share that view.
That’s just the first stage it’s still planned to be 27k there still seeking funding from the federal government which will come as they won’t fund Hobart without Launceston the state government getting the ball rolling puts the pressure back on the federal government and afl I suppose. I recon they already have promise’s otherwise they wouldn’t have extended the fifo deals buy two years
I think there will be a twentieth team within ten years of Tasmania entering it makes no sense to stay at 19 the Tasmanian team pretty much pays for itself adding twenty gives the extra game each week which more then covers the cost
Doubt it - has that been mentioned anywhere today? The original proposal for $135m included a new eastern stand, with movable stands for rectangular sports and 7k extra seats, plus the 5k Indoor basketball stadium next door. With building costs up 30% - 50% since that was floated, reckon that will be it for the stadium. Where/how would you put another 6500 seats if the eastern stand is already done? The renders show a more simple, single tier stand, with no room for expansion or moveable stands.
