Events are being held all over the State.
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The WA Government last week announced it would commit $3.8 million to redevelop Leederville Oval in Perth, allowing it to host AFL and AFLW matches.
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I wonder if it would be worth West Coast moving their AFLW home games to Leederville next year? The RAC Derby in Week 8 is being held there this season, so it will be interesting to see what crowds they get!
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That would be the point of the League-level upgrade. That and maybe for future Gather Round pitches?
Queenslandâs blockbuster calendar of events has sparked a new attendance record, with data revealing a record-breaking 5.8m people flooded through the gates of the stateâs major venues.
Stadiums Queensland data, released exclusive to the Courier-Mail, also revealed the NRLâs Magic Round â set to return to Brisbane until at least 2027 â poured a staggering $47.8m into the stateâs economy.
This was $7m more than predicted according to the state government. Magic Round also delivering a combined 148,000 attendees over the four day event, with about half the crowd coming from interstate.
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Crystal Palace fans celebrated 100 years at Selhurst Park which was opened on 30th August 1924 with a Division Two match between Crystal Palace and Sheffield Wednesday.
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The Macquarie Point Development Corporation has lodged its application with the Tasmanian Planning Commission as part of the state governmentâs Project of State Significance process.
The application puts the cost of the build at $775 million, up from the $715 million cost previously flagged by the government.
The state government says it will still cap its contribution to the project at $375 million, with any shortfall needing to come from private sector investment.
The federal government has also committed $240 million for the Macquarie Point precinct, with the AFL chipping in $15 million for the stadium.
UPDAT 23/9
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Penrith Stadium is the subject of a land claim from the Deerubbin Local Aboriginal Land Council (DLALC) which was first lodged in 2009.
In April this year the NSW government formally refused the claim prompting the DLALC to appeal the decision, reported The Saturday Telegraph.
The initial land claim from 2009 incorporated the whole of Penrith Park including BlueBet Stadium, Howell Oval and a football training facility.
The appeal lodged on August 30 in the NSW Land and Environment Court covers only BlueBet Stadium and its playing field.
The claim is reportedly set to be heard in November with the $300million redevelopment left hanging in the balance.
The government rejected the claim earlier this year, arguing that the site had been used and occupied by local sporting clubs for years and was also partially used by an essential public road.
Both of these are reasons under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 which would make the claim to the iconic sports stadium invalid.
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The plan to build a home for the newly formed Tasmania Devils AFL team will see a 23,000-seat sports and music stadium constructed on a historic Hobart foreshore site just 40 metres from the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestraâs purpose-built performing and recording headquarters, the Federation Concert Hall.
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You have to give them props for consistently coming up with reasons why they shouldnât build it lol
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Tasmania seems to take this to the next level lol.
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I honestly canât believe the amount of trouble this is becoming and there are some really clear political interference links with things too especially with the RSL for this one. Iâm so disappointed that we are going to lose or at least have a significantly underperforming plan because of the selfishness and self interests of a few.
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Iâm fairly new to this Tasmanian stadium fiasco but Iâm just trying to work out what the rationale behind this is supposed to be.
Sure, Tasmania gets a Footy team which is good but then what? The cost of this is astronomical for an island state and when this money could be used for literally anything else that is more essential than a stadium. If they were smart theyâd reinvigorate or rebuild Blundstone Arena and make that the main hub.
Unless if it was something the AFL came up with as a prerequisite, thereâs just no good reason for the State government and the Federal government to support this. Weâve seen stadium promises sink governments before (cough SA cough) so itâs pretty bold theyâre still going ahead with it.
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Blundstone Arena is terrible and canât expand any further. They canât get any more seating in and the traffic is shocking once more than 500 people turn up to an event.
York Park canât host the whole team and all the games because it will saturate the market and also limit the timeslots available for games to be able to attract decent crowds.
The stadium plan can be an iconic piece of Tasmanian infrastructure for many decades to come and will bring significant spending and investment to the state. Get a deal for the Gather Round for a few years happening and that will kick start things and there are bands already expressing interest and if a little town like Forth near Devonport can bring some big names here Iâm sure that we can get some other good gigs.
Or we can throw the money into the disappearing pit of several billions of dollars where nothing is getting fixed or changed and keeps getting worse because of many tiers of management and multiple advisers and reports.
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It was a condition the AFL insisted on for a Tasmanian team.
The 23,000-seat roofed stadium planned for the Hobart waterfront site is a condition of Tasmaniaâs entry into the AFL, slated for 2028.
Not to mention the fact that Tasmaniaâs population is spread out across the state.
What the stadium will do is it will attract some more sporting events to Tasmania, therefore people will go out or trave to Hobart, and spend money in the local, and state economy.
As for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, itâs only four years of construction, and Iâm sure that it wonât be disruptive for the majority of the time (i.e. maybe a few hours each day, or a couple weeks or months at most).
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Perhaps in that case they could build the new stadium and make it multi-functional whilst they can demolish Blundstone arena and use that for other purposes. It seems a bit of a waste to have 3 stadiums of different sizes in a small city like Hobart when the new stadium could serve as a multi-purpose one along with York Park.
I mean Adelaide really only has the Adelaide Oval (and maybe Coopers Stadium) anyway and weâve got a bigger population. Get rid of the least favourable one and use the site for something else like housing infrastructure for example.
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Where is the third one - there is going to be Blundstone, and the new stadium?
Also, Blundstone is owned by Tasmania Cricket, so I guess they would use it for all year operations (i.e. winter cricket training, Sheffield shield, etc) since AFL would be moving to the new stadium - similar to what WA Cricket has with the WACCA.
AFL team would also need a space to train over the cricket months, though they could maybe use York Park (since itâs owned by AFL Tasmania).
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Perhaps stadium isnât the right term but in terms of sports ground, I was referring to Blundstone, York Park and the new one.
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I think Blundstone Arena can still expand - replace the grassy mound and the big Tasmania sign on the eastern side with a permanent seating stand.
But would expanding it create more traffic issues though?
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