Basically if a vote of no confidence succeeds today are they saying if Labour get in power they won't help fund the stadium and if that happens, the AFL will either cave in and not make it a must have for the team or they'll scrap it all together?
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Essentially yes. It will become who blinks first.
The AFL want a team in Tassie, it's always been clear to me they've used them (the devils) as means to try and get an new venue which is mostly paid for by other parties (state and federal government's).
They'll definitely cave IF the stadium falls through, take it to the bank.
It just means they'll work with governments and sponsors to "do up" Bellrieve...or less likely North Hobart Oval.
They'll definitely cave IF the stadium falls through, take it to the bank.
It just means they'll work with governments and sponsors to "do up" Bellrieve...or less likely North Hobart Oval.
This was set up to fail.
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The concept is massively flawed. It's really a Hobart team, not a Tassie club.
Holding the electorate to ransom could backfire massively, the whole saga reminds me of the east/west link debacle.
Afl arrogance at its worst
Holding the electorate to ransom could backfire massively, the whole saga reminds me of the east/west link debacle.
Afl arrogance at its worst
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Does Tasmania really need a stadium with a roof?
It really doesn't ay, they just need to be smart with the scheduling of fixtures (day games in the middles months of the season, night games at the start and ends of the season).
The conditions will be a unique but so is Qld, so is Perth, so is Darwin so is kardinia park.
The unique conditions could eventually become a real advantage for a Tassie side.
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NGL part of me wants this to fall over just to see what happens.
If you want test cricket there, I feel absolutely.
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Why?
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The Greens have moved an amendment to the no-confidence motion in Premier Jeremy Rockliff, to insert that the state's budget problems are "compounded" by the proposed Macquarie Point stadium
Labor is supportive of a stadium however, so the amendment is unlikely to succeed — but it will at least add a bit of time to the length of the debate.
Labor is supportive of a stadium however, so the amendment is unlikely to succeed — but it will at least add a bit of time to the length of the debate.
Was thinking the same this morning, considering Tas were pulling the money for the North/Hawthorn games unless they got a team would they be left in the wilderness and AFL leave the state?
Ultimately I think this still gets done, but it's who caves that's going to be interesting
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I imagine a stadium with a roof can be used for so much more than AFL, e.g., basketball, concerts.
I don't thin Cricket Australia should have any say unless they are chipping in? One test a year if lucky.
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The idea they need a new stadium to exist is absurd. The new proposed stadium is only promising 4500 more seats then Ninja Stadium holds anyway.... If the stadium is fine for Hawthorn, its fine for any Tasmanian team too
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Tas Lib and Labor are two sides of the same coin. This is all just piss and wind.
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Is that such a bad thing? Believe Oval has the same capacity as Sydney Showgrounds and Carrara so it matches 2 current AFL team home grounds. A lick of paint and a few touch ups and you’ve got a permanent AFL stadium for the fraction of the price of a completely new one.
A brand new stadium that was only going to be used 3hrs a day on 12 days of the year is not worth selling off multiple state assets for.
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Yeah, and the location is shit.
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Somehow they have managed to play cricket in Tasmania for a long time.
If it falls over, your team is the most likely to get relocated if the option becomes more viable. You should probably hope it doesn't fall over..
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It is unlikely the binary is a new team and new stadium with a roof, or relocated team at an existing venue.
Certainly not saying it's a bad thing, not a good thing.
I'm pretty neutral on the whole.issue tbh, I just want a team in Tassie
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