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    Hobart Stadium: $750 million cost

    The stadium has been subject to a P90 costing by an independent quantity surveyor, as of late last year. The estimate was $1.13b which included all the “under the line” items that weren’t previously considered in earlier estimates. It also has $150m of contingency built in. There’s of course a...
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    Mac Point Construction Progress

    It can absolutely be built within the current estimate. The $1.13b estimate was an official P90 estimate, and included $147m for escalation, and about $300m for development, consultancies and contingencies. The actual 'construction' cost was about $650m from memory. As above, if it drifts...
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    Mac Point Construction Progress

    People need to understand that this is a Design and Construct build. It isn't a case of a builder walking in and quoting the job at whatever price they want, and then being forced to pay it. We have two builders fighting for the contract, in order to drive the cost as low as possible. For a D...
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    List Mgmt. 2026-27 List Management Discussion

    It's not really. Tassie is going to have an extra $5 million in salary cap in its first two seasons, meaning a Tassie $1m per season offer is equivalent to about 800k from another club, which for a Beau McCreery is about standard freight, maybe a smidge overs. Add to that that in 2029, 2030...
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    Hobart Stadium: $750 million cost

    The stadium is expandable to at least 30k Per Mac Point CEO Anne Beach in December: "So the current capacity is 23,000 seated. And then there's another 1,500 positions that are called structured standing, where you can sort of stand with a group of friends. So that gets us to 24,500 from day...
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    Mac Point Stadium! - "Tas Says Yes!"

    Yep. 7 AFL games with 4 in Laucenston can be spread in such a way that allows for decent sized gaps at particular times You might get 3 Launceston games in a row through June-July for instance, and when factoring in away games thats a 6 week block that Mac Point isn't being used for footy which...
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    Mac Point Stadium! - "Tas Says Yes!"

    It is about $200m. But removing it doesn’t save $200m, as you still need partial roofing structure and all that comes with that. My understanding is you might save $50m-$100m. Yep you’d save some cash and lower the height, but you’d do real damage to the long term operating model which has...
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    Mac Point Stadium! - "Tas Says Yes!"

    The key is that either way, the parliament will vote. The outcome of the POSS doesnt determine the fate of the stadium. It may help guide the decision, but ultimately its the parliament that decides. Personally, I think this is all a bit of a blessing in disguise. The POSS hearings were...
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    Mac Point Stadium! - "Tas Says Yes!"

    What on gods green earth are you talking about? They don’t have an architect? Pardon? This animation was submitted as part of planning commission hearings today, that the planning commission insisted continue despite Mac Point Dec Corp requesting they be postponed due to the election. The...
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    Mac Point Stadium! - "Tas Says Yes!"

    You are assuming that because the currently designed roof costs 200m then by simply removing it you save 200m. Thats not how it works. You still need a roof/covering of some kind, and to add one you’d be transferring a bulk of the material to make it happen. The stadium will cost $945m. If you...
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    Mac Point Stadium! - "Tas Says Yes!"

    Not much of this is correct. No roof definitely doesn’t reduce the cost by 20-30 percent. It’s more like 10-15 percent, because while you’d be getting rid of the dome, you’d just be replacing it with something else to cover the seats and transferring the self supporting structure from the dome...
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    Mac Point Stadium! - "Tas Says Yes!"

    I really don't understand what getting rid of a roof would solve. It makes the stadium less tall, and saves a bit of money (but nowhere near as much as people might think). Conversely, no roof worsens the business case for the stadium. Even Gruen modelled a no roof scenario and found that...
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    Mac Point Stadium! - "Tas Says Yes!"

    Gee, I'd like to know the thinking there! The Libs top out at 13-14 seats I think. I cant see them retaining 14, and then adding 2. Having said that, I cant see Labor winning any more than 14 either. Fun times!
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    Mac Point Stadium! - "Tas Says Yes!"

    Kinda. 2.0 would be a PPP. From what I hear though, the financials are not even close to good for the state. I’m talking a more than billion dollar outlay, but with the consortium reaping the lion’s share of the benefits which undermines the football club. It would also have majority control...
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    Mac Point Stadium! - "Tas Says Yes!"

    Do you think a stadium survives, firstly, an election, and secondly, a new parliament? It's really hard to see.
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