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Rejected: Major setback in Devils' bid for AFL license
SEN • September 17th, 2025 12:29 pm
The Devils have been slapped with a major setback after the Tasmanian Planning Commission advised against building a stadium at Hobart’s Macquarie Point.
The Commission has rejected the application to build citing size as one issue, a lack of benefits and the fact it threatens to plunge the state $1.8bn into debt.
“The Panel has concluded that the benefits are outweighed by the disbenefits,” a report said.
“Proceeding with the Project will give rise to irrevocable and unacceptable adverse impacts on Hobart’s spatial and landscape character, urban form and historic cultural heritage,” it says.
“In addition, the Project represents a significant net cost and will diminish the economic welfare of Tasmanians as a whole, and it offers almost no scope for the site to become a vibrant active place that is attractive to visit outside of major event mode.
“In very simple terms, the stadium is too big for the site and the benefits it will bring are significantly outweighed by the disbenefits it creates.”
Building the 23,000 seat stadium is a condition of entry into the AFL and AFLW, without it a license will not be granted.
More to come.
