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Hobart Stadium: $750 million cost
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The sun roof looks really nice, but the exterior has the vibe of a public library
Better than a water tank or an office block.
WTF is a LIBARY!!! Is that an Adelaide thing?
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How much will it cost later to upgrade from 23000 to 31000, and tourism should work harder to attract more then 5000 visitors. I think that number is too low.
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It won't cost the federal government anything. They won't be paying for it, not their problem.
The state government can much more easily commit to it "later" (even if it requires $200m) when the stadium has proven itself as an asset, as seen recently with the Marvel Stadium upgrade. They can't do it now because they said all along they'll only pay 50% max for the initial build.
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I would expect the AFL to pay some of the costs to any upgrade.
Do NRL, Aleague, NBL, Tennis, swimming or any pay for stadium/facility buildings or improvements?
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I did say SOME of costs of the upgrade.
Read my posts in full before commenting.
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Why would you expect it though when no other sporting body is expected to put a cent towards stadia?
The AFL contributed to the upgrades of the stadiums in Perth, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Western Sydney, Geelong, Docklands (albeit which it owns), and the initial construction costs in Hobart. It's a reasonable assumption.
Oh dear! They pay NOTHING. So why should the AFL? Its our team, our finances, our stadium, for our other uses.
they didnt pay anything to perth
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They shouldn't contribute anything until all the other bottom feeders put their hands in their pockets too.
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Qui plus financially?
Ah yep, you're right. They didn't. There was talk of it early on though.
I guess the difference is most sports aren't in a position to do so, whereas the AFL is. And in this Hobart instance it's actively putting requirements, not requests, on the government in the construction of the stadium.
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Not true. It was the Tasmanian government's own taskforce in 2019 which actively declared a new CBD-based roofed stadium would be required. The AFL accepted the declaration, indicative of the passive party.
Furthermore, the topic of funding came up in relation to who would pay for a future expansion to 30k seats. The AFL in no way, actively or passively, will ever require such an upgrade.
So that includes swimming & tennis does it?
There's a reason why I used the word generally in that sentence.So that includes swimming & tennis does it?
There's always exceptions and in those cases it's the Olympics and hosting a grand slam. There's nothing fancy about our tennis facilities outside of Melbourne.
