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People have said due to the big membership uptake which is now about 170,000 they may need consider a bigger capacity. I think 30,000 is what it really needs to be but im not sure how that works now considering the business plan is built around a smaller capacity.

Having the team based up here in Launceston is an awful idea in my opinion and I'm a Scottsdale boy.

The liberals are going to have to do deals with the Jacqui Lambi party and the Greens so a stadium is looking very rocky indeed. Surely they are not going to base the team up here in Launceston where only 100,000 people live,that would be crazy in my opinion.

I'm pretty sure cricket Tas has said houses would have to be demolished to upgrade Bellerive to standard. It definitely isn't suitable as it is because it only has 12,000 seats so they won't have seating for a lot of members. It also as a restriction on night events due to constant complaints...

The plan is to play at Blundstone and Utas the first year because the stadium isn't due to be built until 2029. If the stadium isn't built by the 2029 then the Tasmanian government is required to pay several million a year in late fees to the AFL until it's built.

The greens are also a good chance of winning 6 seats which makes things interesting for the team and stadium.

It still comes down to whether the POSS recommends the stadium for approval or not.

They are building a 23,000 all seater stadium with the option to increase capacity upto 40,000 if it's ever required.

I think 5 games is very reasonable for up here in the north and I think you would be better having more early season and late season games in Hobart because that is usually when it's at it's mildest.

It would definitely be a big loss to not get a team after all the work put in to getting it and we will most likely never get another chance.

I think people don't realise this is just about pledging your support for the team. Even if we only get 30,000 of this number signing up in year 1 it's still good numbers.

The stadium is currently going through the POSS process and they will either recommend it for approval or recommend it not to be approved sometime in 2025. It will then go to both houses to be voted on and construction most like won't start until 2026 if approved.

Definitely will see a portion of members from over here. I think if we can sign a quarter of these foundation members to season memberships we will be on a winner.

I agree with what you are saying although the stadium is going to be designed in a way so it can be expanded up to 40,000 even with a roof.

Hobart can definitely be windy at times but it definitely isn't Wellington in New Zealand for example.

Pretty impressive considering they were only The club yesterday said a majority are from Tasmania

Yes Hobarts greater city population is 252,000, just type in Hobart's metropolitan population on Google to find out

Fair enough

Adelaide"s metropolitan area is bigger than New York's city centre but if we compare metropolitan areas then Adelaide is just 3200 square kilometres compared to New Yorks metropolitan area of 34,000 sq kms.

Greater Hobart's population is 252,000 which is a little less but Hobart definitely covers a bigger area with a size of 1,700 sq km compared to Geelong's 1250 sq km.

It is in the business case and the government have recently talked about it.

I'm a northern Tasmanian and while Launceston will be getting some games the taskforce business case showed the team has to based out of Hobart to be viable long term. The new stadium in Hobart is also being designed so it can be increased to 32,000 and 40,000 down the track if numbers warrant it.

Hobart is definitely bigger than Geelong.

The higher cost will bring the numbers down significantly, but twenty to thirty thousand in year one will be a great effort.

It's all in the contract and has constantly been talked about in the media.

How many of these foundation members would likely sign up as true members in your opinion.

The plan is to play at Utas and Bellerive for the first season, but Tasmania faces penalties if it's not complete by the second season.

The big test will be when memberships are selling for hundreds of dollars but still a strong start.

They are talking years down the track and costs will be even higher. I'm sure that will go down well with lot of anti stadium people in Tasmania.

She said today she is open to a stadium once the team proves itself with sell out crowds, but she obviously doesn't understand that a stadium is going to be even more expensive 5 to 10 years down the track.