"You don't get many opportunities part of history, and to be in a meeting today where you're actually creating history is really special when it's your home state," he said. The CEO of the Richmond Football Club, Brendon Gale, who took part in Tuesday's meeting with club presidents and executives, said Tasmania's bid had been widely supported in the AFL community "for years". Tasmanian legend welcomes 'being part of history' "If I was Premier and had a billion dollars to spend to benefit Tasmanians, I would spend it on real priorities like improving our health system, building more housing, and lowering the cost of living." state Labor leader Rebecca White said at the weekend. Labor supports Tasmania gaining an AFL licence but do not agree that a stadium is a requirement. The AFL bid did have tripartisan support from the Liberal government, Labor and the Greens until the stadium became a feature of the bid. The plan to grow the team and the sport in the state includes a state government contribution of $144 million over 12 years for the team and $60 million to establish a high-performance centre in Hobart.ĭesign plans for the high-performance centre have been sent to the AFL but have yet to be released publicly. It'll be a while until Hobart's new stadium is ready and hosting AFL matches.
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