As has been discussed infinitum, they can’t renovate Bellerive. It’s unsuitable for a permanently located team and everything that comes with that.
You either do this properly or you don’t do it at all.
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You either do this properly or you don’t do it at all.
Surely just gold plate the 15 seats at each stadium and that,ll do it SharpshooterAgree, Ian.
Bit hypocritical of the AFL to demand a gold plated stadium when their love children teams play on the Gold Coast and Western Sydney. Maybe those licences should be withdrawn until those stadiums are also gold plated.
Correct, but it hasn't stopped money being ploughed into Kitty Litter Park. Still a bowling alley shaped dump
Precisely. And they should have knocked that thing down completely, played home games at Unmarvelous for a year, and built something brand new, ground up, during the course. I actually think they (Geelong and the AFL) tried to do that but the Vic Government and Feds wouldn't come at funding a new and 3rd modern stadium for AFL purposes in Victoria.Correct, but it hasn't stopped money being ploughed into Kitty Litter Park. Still a bowling alley shaped dump
The AFL is the Australian Football League- the league. The AFL commission and management run the league. they also run football in Australia. when they are deciding whether to include a team from Tasmania in the AFL are they doing what is in the best interests of the AFL or in the best interests of football in Australia?
With GWS and the Suns they decided on the later, but in this instance they only appear to be looking at the former.
I am not opposed to tax payers contributing to upgrades to stadiums- keeping the MCG state of the art allows Melbourne to host the cricket world cup final for example. but funding for grounds like Kardinia Park- which the Cats essentially own, with a few cricket games thrown in, when the Cats allow it, is not a good use of public money.
If Tassie gets a stadium that they will use 12 months of the year, and the AFL team only gets priority for game time, then it is probably suitable the government funds it. fair chance the AFL commission will want lots of control over the ground.
Yep. The economic equation for Tasmania isn't just simply with the cost of the new stadium, its also what having that stadium and a new team brings to the State. The economic benefits of people being employed across multiple industries both short term and long term, 100,000's of visitors to the state each year, associated industry investment and more revenue and jobs ....the list of economic benefits for Tasmania goes on and on.
It's therefore quite reasonable for the AFL to ask the State government to contribute.
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Has a stadium ever been built or upgraded without a big chunk of government money? l
For the new stadium to financially viable, there needs to be 28 events annually at the new stadium according to the PWC independent report.
There is no A-League team in Tassie, and a future A-League team will never play at this stadium. How will they get 7 NRL games and International Rugby games? They will get BBL and international cricket, they will get concerts from time to time… But for the life of me, I don’t know how they will hold enough events to make this work.
Pretty light weight extract. 6 concerts and 7 games of AFL to break even ? Do that standing on ya head !
More importantly, a new stadium with all those events also brings dozens of other revenue streams to the state. Hospitality, tourism, jobs, increased spending to name just a few. The stadium will be a precinct not just a stadium.
Where’s the data on all that ? That’s probably why the BC uses 6 and 7. Not 28.
There’s a reason governments all over the world spend money on such infrastructure, and that is, it’s an investment not a cost.
Should have knocked the dump down, sold the land, and built something halfway up the highway and made it Bulldogs home ground as well.
Pretty sure we the Tigers are getting millions of government money for a trainning ground and admin building, same as pretty much all of the Victoria teams.
I have no issue with the Tas government contributing to a new stadium for an AFL club.
The issue I have is the way the AFL refuses to contribute anything. They have a lot of form on this, the AFL just will not contribute, they expect stadia to be built for them.
I know Richmond are getting Federal and State government money for the Punt Rd upgrade. But the club will also contribute, as is reasonable since the club benefits.
It should be a jointly funded stadium, the AFL benefits and makes a contribution, other sports will be played there too so maybe they can throw in something although the AFL will be the main beneficiary, and the state of Tasmania will benefit so they throw in a substantial contribution.
I would reply to the AFL that, sure, the Tas govt will build the stadium, but that means the Tas govt retains total control over the stadium . . . unless the AFL is willing to pitch in too.
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The issue I have is the way the AFL refuses to contribute anything. They have a lot of form on this, the AFL just will not contribute, they expect stadia to be built for them.
I know Richmond are getting Federal and State government money for the Punt Rd upgrade. But the club will also contribute, as is reasonable since the club benefits.
It should be a jointly funded stadium, the AFL benefits and makes a contribution, other sports will be played there too so maybe they can throw in something although the AFL will be the main beneficiary, and the state of Tasmania will benefit so they throw in a substantial contribution.
I would reply to the AFL that, sure, the Tas govt will build the stadium, but that means the Tas govt retains total control over the stadium . . . unless the AFL is willing to pitch in too.
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The AFL is/will be making a contribution - to the tune of tens of millions of dollars per year, into perpetuity, like it already does with GC and GWS via its distribution model.
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