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    Tasmania Team entering 2028. VFL team 2026. Stadium will go ahead. Congrats everybody!

    Fixed investment?😂 TIL stadiums don't need upgrades every 15-20 years. The way they are built is apparently perfect and don't need to be eventually modernised. Hundreds of decades is also an interesting lifespan considering most modern stadiums have a 40-50 year lifespan. I guess we're...
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    Tasmania Team entering 2028. VFL team 2026. Stadium will go ahead. Congrats everybody!

    I've never seen any evidence of an material amount of football tourism to GC from Melbourne taking place. I acknowledge it's a longer flight but the Gold Coast has mild winter weather plus plenty of activities pre and post game that appeal to football fans. But somehow we're supposed to...
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    MCG game 2026

    I don't think it's a stretch to suggest Victoria made such a large bid that the NFL had no choice but to compromise on the stadium situation. Accor would be much more appropriate.
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    MCG game 2026

    It's obvious the Victorian government cut a much larger check than NSW and that's why Melbourne was picked. It's standard Victorian Government procedure to massively outbid other cities to bring in sporting events and yet seemingly no one in this state seems to acknowledge it.
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    Brisbane's Gabba not to be rebuilt!

    Or you could build a world class 60k stadium that is easy to fill up and not have to attempt to find these mythical events that will fill the last 20k seats in an 80k stadium a few times a year. That would line up with global stadium architecture trends in the last 15 years where it's less...
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    Mega Thread VICBias - Genuine Discussion

    It 100% should have been done. However the previous leader of Victoria was throwing money around like a drunken lunatic and it would have been incredibly stupid for the AFL to turn down a free stadium renovation at Marvel which desperately needed some love.
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    AFL Looking At 3 Gather Rounds

    Copying an idea from another league isn't what I would call "innovative" or a "new idea" but hey the SA state government is writing a large check so I guess all is well.
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    Play Nice 2024 Non AFL Crowds/Ratings and other Industry thread

    Even if NRL coverage was better on FS1 the time of the year these games are on will kill any momentum they do generate. The games take place and then very soon after March Madness is ramping up, with the women's tournament growing at a rapid rate alongside the huge men's tournament. After that...
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    Play Nice 2024 Non AFL Crowds/Ratings and other Industry thread

    It's basically been a continuation of previous years coverage. AFL has recieved slightly better coverage than the NRL on FS1/2 for a long time now. Of course as you alluded to its pretty irrelevant either way due to the time zone difference and the abysmal reach of FS2. Occasionally FS2 will...
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    Play Nice 2024 Non AFL Crowds/Ratings and other Industry thread

    V'landys is a good operator, probably the best in the country (which isn't difficult) as he has a track record of actually innovating and attempting new ideas. The AFL should be worried that RL finally has a decent operator after having idiots like David Gallop and Co. running the show this...
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    AFL to take the NRL's lead and take a game to the US?

    Right. There are pockets where rugby union has a grass roots presence like in Denver (well technically Glendale) or the 13 other cities where the Major League Rugby teams are based that probably would have made more sense from a US fan engagement perspective. But you aren't going to convince too...
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    Play Nice 2024 Non AFL Crowds/Ratings and other Industry thread

    Nowhere. You are spot on. If the NRL was actually serious about attempting to build a US audience the games would have been on at 7pm-8pm Eastern/NY time instead of 9pm Eastern. Wouldn't have made much of a difference but maximizing sport ratings is a pretty simple concept - east coast prime...
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    Tasmania Team entering 2028. VFL team 2026. Stadium will go ahead. Congrats everybody!

    What evidence is there that all these concerts are magically going to flock to the state with this stadium? Look at Blink 182 who are currently traveling through the country. 15 dates total in the country with 5 Melbourne nights but only one night in Adelaide which has a population 3x of the...
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    Tasmania Team entering 2028. VFL team 2026. Stadium will go ahead. Congrats everybody!

    Whether this stadium is built with a roof or not its pure copium to believe it will ever be profitable.
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    Expansion Tasmania Officially Granted 19th Licence

    Let's be realistic here. Outside of finals and the new SA round how much football based tourism takes place today? I don't see how a team in Tasmania is going to magically jump start regular season football tourism. During the first few years they will get a decent amount of people from...
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