Tasmania Tasmania Devils, welcome to the AFL. Mens team to enter 2028. Womens team TBA. Labor declares support for Stadium 6/5

[weewilly]

Nah, only the second best. Graeme Wright is the best - and, like Gale, he’s also Tasmanian

Seriously though, I agree - Gale is a huge get and the perfect choice for the new CEO.

Brian D Cook is far and away the best and most experienced CEO in the AFL.

He helped get premierships at two clubs and turned basket case Geelong into a financial power house and over saw 3 x premierships as well there to add the the two at in his time at WC!

And he also is seeing Carton improve massively both on and off the field since he became CEO there.

 

[peetoo]

Its full steam ahead fir the Devils. Can’t wait.

Unlike the northern expansion, looks like experienced heads will be in charge

 

[Hodgey 15]

I don't trust this woman. She'd completely balls this up if Labor got in (which they won't).

 

[Professor Knowall]

Brian D Cook is far and away the best and most experienced CEO in the AFL...

But he ain’t Tasmanian.

 

[Mr Taswegian]

I don't trust this woman. She'd completely balls this up if Labor got in (which they won't).

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.

 

[cfc to aufc]

Tas Labor open to new stadium if AFL club proves itself

 

[Mr Taswegian]

Tas Labor open to new stadium if AFL club proves itself

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.

 

[peetoo]

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.

It’s a softening for sure. How would port Adelaide be if they needed to sell out footy park to prove they could fill a stadium?

 

[kalex6251]

even from my pig ignorant vantage point here on the mainland, theres a definite mood shift building in favour of the team ..... disjointed in parts perhaps but its definitely building

the afl are many things to many people - but they know how to get what they want

 

[threenewpadlocks]

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.

It's not just the cost of the stadium. The team itself needs to be able to generate revenue in an ongoing manner without being subsidised, and the only way that it can do that is through higher quality corporate facilities at a stadium. Tasmania FC can't sell thousand dollar ticket packages to corporate boxes, premium seating and stadium social facilities in an arena that doesn't have them.

In any case, I'm not exactly sure how the attendance at grounds will prove the engagement in the team above and beyond what we already know, such as the fact that the community events have been sold out in minutes.

 

[peetoo]

Tassie doesn’t have that many corporates though
New pm will define ‘team to prove itself’ according to the polling they get

 

[MisterMarcus]

Labor is basically just trying to walk both sides of the street on this issue. They must know the stadium is popular so don't want to be blanket against it....but they must also be wanting to suck up to the Greens and the anti-development Left.

So they've got the mishmash nothing of a policy that doesn't really say anything.

 

[Tandy]

Labor is basically just trying to walk both sides of the street on this issue. They must know the stadium is popular so don't want to be blanket against it....but they must also be wanting to suck up to the Greens and the anti-development Left.

So they've got the mishmash nothing of a policy that doesn't really say anything.

Politics in a nutshell. Probably why people dislike them

 

[Jazny]

Tas Labor open to new stadium if AFL club proves itself

Are they legitimately trying to throw the election? Did Rebecca White bet millions on her own party losing? This should be investigated. She has upset the anti-stadium people and the pro-stadium with this lol. How does she even talk about the "right priorities" when she is now saying she would build a stadium. Not "after fixing the homeless issue" or "fixing the health issue" but if the team proves itself? This is like a really bad blunder I think. She was better off just saying "we will renegotiate" over and over but not giving any specific details until after the election.

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Tassie doesn’t have that many corporates though
New pm will define ‘team to prove itself’ according to the polling they get

You gotta use the stadium to capture what corporates there actually is. Bellerive's corporate facilities don't exist.

 

[The Educator]

Labor is basically just trying to walk both sides of the street on this issue. They must know the stadium is popular so don't want to be blanket against it....but they must also be wanting to suck up to the Greens and the anti-development Left.

So they've got the mishmash nothing of a policy that doesn't really say anything.

I don't think it is sucking up to the Greens so much as being genuinely wedged on the issue

There is an intersect of Red - Green voters that get charged up on this issue. They genuinely think that Tasmania should be given a team based purely on moral obligation and insisting on a stadium is an outrage.

Don't get me wrong, they should have backed it in anyway and they have a made a rod for their own back by not doing so - hoisted on their own petard as they say

 

[weewilly]

Is it? Veteran suicide is her big thing but that's probably because she was in the ADF herself as much as anything.

Every time I see the bogan uneducated Lambie on shows like on the ABCs 7.30 Report and Q & A last Monday night struggling to put a decent coherent sentence together I cringe and there is no way she could/would earn $300,000 in any other job with her lack of decent communication skills!

 

[MisterMarcus]

Are they legitimately trying to throw the election? Did Rebecca White bet millions on her own party losing? This should be investigated. She has upset the anti-stadium people and the pro-stadium with this lol. How does she even talk about the "right priorities" when she is now saying she would build a stadium. Not "after fixing the homeless issue" or "fixing the health issue" but if the team proves itself? This is like a really bad blunder I think. She was better off just saying "we will renegotiate" over and over but not giving any specific details until after the election.

Their vote is stuck around 25% so I honestly think it's a bit of a Hail Mary to get Greens voters on side.

 

[Jazny]

Their vote is stuck around 25% so I honestly think it's a bit of a Hail Mary to get Greens voters on side.

Then they would say "We will not be building a stadium". Greens voters will be angry she is talking about building a stadium.

 

[nobbyiscool]

This is pretty cool that they're doing a Melbourne event. It'll be super interesting to see how many people turn up.

 

[flaps]

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This is pretty cool that they're doing a Melbourne event. It'll be super interesting to see how many people turn up.

Was thinking of going, but I'd like to know a few more details other than some corporate tie-in to the AFL patting themselves on the back a lifeless concrete cauldron.

 

[Cleavy]

Happy launch day!

 

[Xtreme]

Happy launch day!

Jumper will be green with a gold map of Tasmania on the front. And they'll be called the devils according to Chompers.

If so that's not original and playing it safe.

 

[The_Wookie]

The historic launch of the Tasmania Football Club’s name, logo, guernsey and colours will be live streamed free and exclusively via AFL.com.au and the AFL Live App on Monday, March 18.

AFL.com.au and the AFL Live App will be live streaming ‘Tasmania Revealed’ from 5.45pm AEDT on Monday, with the event to start at 6:00pm.

The Tasmanian community has rallied behind their new club and occasion. There are six club launch events taking place in Devonport, Hobart, Launceston, Oatlands, Queenstown and St Helens. Tickets for these events have been fully allocated except for Queenstown, where a small number of tickets are still available.

In addition to the launch events, there are 20 community venues opening their doors to host live stream parties across the state, from King Island to Nubeena, Smithton to Swansea.

For Melbourne-based fans, there will be a free live stream site at Marvel Stadium’s Stadium Square (Gates 2 and 3), with no ticket required.

WHAT: Tasmania Football Club name, logo, colours, guernsey launch events

WHEN: Monday, March 18, 2024

WHERE: Venues across Tasmania (more info here) and Marvel Stadium / Free and exclusive live stream via AFL.com.au and the AFL Live App

TIME: Live stream commences at 5:45pm AEDT with the events to run from 6:00pm – 7:00pm AEDT

 

[Financialpanther]

Go Turbo Chookies