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Don't piss off old people
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Re: Tassie guernsey/name etc
I don't get the wood. Surely there are stronger, lighter metals with a zillion times the longevity?Comment
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Re: Tassie guernsey/name etc
There is now merch available for the team too. I think it looks goodWestern Bulldogs: 2016 PremiersComment
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Mitch Cleary
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The Devils are slated to enter in 2028. The new stadium due for 2029. But the proposed site remains vacant. They’ll call Bellerive (and Launceston) home for at least 12 months. But for how much longer
I've been following some discussions today regarding the new Tasmanian team and there is still a heap to get do just to get the work started
There also appears to be some real doubt on the project costs not blowing out.Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"Comment
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It’s becoming a joke. The area where the stadium will be just looks like an oversized car park. The costs they reckon will go from the 778 million proposed, to over 1 billion. And playing at Bellerive and Launceston til the stadium is built is farcical.
It would not surprise me if the whole thing fell on its arse and the team imploded.
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I do really like the idea of a Tassie team but at the moment it's no sure thing to get that new ground built and even if it does get built you can back it in that it's going over budget by a long, long way.
It really wouldn't take much to get the Launceston ground up to standard and given most of the draftees in recent years have come from the Launceston area they'd probably be more successful at attracting players back to their home town.
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Good god, a massive blowout in cost projection already.
Would they get more bang for their buck with a 200M upgrade at Launceston?
Fears for Tassie stadium after panel finds massive cost blowout
The panel assessing the potential home of the Tasmania Devils AFL club has raised a predicted enormous blowout in construction costs.
The price tag of Tasmania’s proposed AFL stadium has been underestimated by hundreds of millions of dollars by the state government, the panel assessing the proposal has found.
The Tasmanian Planning Commission has released its draft integrated assessment, which details the estimated cost of the Tasmania Devils’ potential home at Macquarie Point.
The government estimated the project would cost $775m, but the panel’s estimate is $992m.
It also found that once the cost of footpaths, transport infrastructure, a sewer realignment and other infrastructure were factored in, the total cost would be $1.196bn.
“The panel finds that the costs of the project are approximately double its estimated benefits,” the report said.
“The panel finds that under its central scenario, construction of the project would require the state to borrow – or otherwise finance at the same or greater cost – approximately $992m.
“At the end of 10 years of operation, the additional debt directly associated with the project’s construction and operation would be approximately $1.86bn.”
The panel revealed the capacity of the stadium would be 24,500 for sporting events and 39,000 for concerts.
A 24,500 capacity is 5000 more than both of Tasmania’s major stadiums in Launceston and Hobart.
The construction phase would create between 1510 and 3299 jobs, while the operational phase would create 238.
But the panel found that the benefits of the stadium had been overstated.
“There is very limited evidence of a positive trickle-down or inspiration effect from watching elite sport at a stadium to greater participation in sports,” it said.
“Multiple research articles from 2002-2021 across the globe found that there is no evidence supporting the concept that elite sport increases physical activity or sports participation in the general population.
“Equally, there is little to no research evidence of stadiums and their associated major events increasing grassroots participation or physical activity health outcomes.”
The panel was direct in its review of the stadium’s stature and how it would imbalance Hobart’s landscape.
It said “the stadium’s form would be contrary” to Hobart’s strategic design principles.
“The panel considers that the stadium’s form does not respect the natural layered landform of Hobart between Kunanyi/Mount Wellington and Timtumili Minanya/River Derwent, with the Cove as the centre of the amphitheatre,” it said.
“The panel considers that the stadium’s form would not emphasise or expose ‘the fall’ between the city and the Cove, as it obscures the intended form of the natural headland of the Cenotaph.
“The Central Hobart Plan (a plan for the development of the central city blocks of Hobart) encourages buildings with greater heights to be sited in the topographically lower ‘basin’ area of the city, with a reduction in scale towards the Queens Domain, the Domain Headlands (Cenotaph), Battery Point headland and the natural rise to the Barracks.
“The panel considers that the stadium’s form would be contrary to these strategic principles.”
The public has until May 8 to respond to the draft report. The panel will then assess comments and release a final report on September 17.
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Don't know what qualifications that Panel has. Have they properly costed out the whole build, or just making comments on some of the perceived short falls.
I know Cricket Australia is not happy with the roof as it will cast shadows over the wicket - so that needs to be looked at.FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Why do they need a new stadium?
That's an obscene amount of money for 24k seats.
BT COME BACK!
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