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Yes you can almost fit two nfl fields in an afl oval. NFL field is a lot narrower than a soccer or rugby pitch. Anything like that basketball game in a cricket/afl oval will be worthless. I’m also concerned at how that nfl game in the mcg will play out, there will be so much space between spectators and the pitch.
 
a) That'd be ~1/4 of Hobart's population.

b) An American football ground is muchsmaller than an AFL ground.
You'd have maybe a third of the existing seats be useful (behind the goals, and out onto the flanks), many of which would be pretty ordinary from a viewing perspective and a small, temp stand on the open side....Maybe 10,000 crowd, including a lot of crappy seats, for which you'd probably need to charge premium prices (setting this up wouldn't be cheap/easy, and it'd knock the grass around enough to put it out of action for a few weeks, so ground management would factor that into the cost).
Yep, you’ve nicely explained the differences between the picture I found as a demonstration vs the capacity and shape for Hobart.
 
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I've said before and I'll say again, the right answer was rebuilding KGV Oval into a bigger stadium and building a public transport system from there to the CBD along the old rail corridor, perhaps as a bus rapid transit system which is cheaper to implement than light rail. Rebuilding an existing stadium would have been cheaper. Not going to happen now of course, they wanted their CBD stadium too badly.
 

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I've said before and I'll say again, the right answer was rebuilding KGV Oval into a bigger stadium and building a public transport system from there to the CBD along the old rail corridor, perhaps as a bus rapid transit system which is cheaper to implement than light rail. Rebuilding an existing stadium would have been cheaper. Not going to happen now of course, they wanted their CBD stadium too badly.
I was more in favour of building it where the race course is and relocating racing to Brighton, so having basketball, cricket and footy in the one location. Hospitality giants don’t want that.
 
I was more in favour of building it where the race course is and relocating racing to Brighton, so having basketball, cricket and footy in the one location. Hospitality giants don’t want that.
Gotta have the stadium where the hotels, bars, restaurants are.
 
Yes, its part of the reason they claim so many events. This venue will automatically become the largest capacity function centre of any kind in Tasmania - and the second largest capacity roofed venue in the country.

  • Marvel Stadium (Melb) 56,000 (up to 70k for concerts)
  • MacPoint (Hob) 23,000 (30-38,000 for concerts)
  • Qudos Bank Arena (Syd) 18,000
  • RAC Arena (Per) 15,500
  • Rod Laver (Mel) 14,800
  • BEC (Bris) 11,000
  • AEC (Adel) 10,000
I have no doubt the venue will be a success. To all those who have been complaining about it, they will eventually accept it, lol.
 

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it’s very funny comparing the age difference between the pro and anti stadium crowds.
I truly hope I don’t become so miserable as I age.
yeah, if I mention that on Facebook, they tell me off lol . surely the government won’t stuff this one up.
 
it’s very funny comparing the age difference between the pro and anti stadium crowds.
I truly hope I don’t become so miserable as I age.
I don't think it's misery, it's literally just face value politics.

I'm old and I want my miserable life to be extended and marginally higher quality with a bit more mainlander dollars spent on my healthcare. There is a reasonable chance I will be dead before the Stadium even is completed.

vs.

I'm a young, working proud Tasmanian who wants to see Tasmania thrive for the rest of my 50+ years living in Tasmania, I'm happy to spend our public debt and my tax dollars into something that we can have cultural pride in, with the added benefit that the stadium will probably improve economic outcomes for all in an intergenerational sense through tourism, events, indirect public health through sports participation, addressing higher education brain drain, etc.
 

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