• In short: Melbourne developer David Marriner has put forward an ambitious proposal to build Hobart’s proposed AFL stadium at Elwick racecourse in the city’s northern suburbs.
  • The proposal would include a suburban AFL stadium and broader precinct including facilities for cricket, soccer, indoor sports, an aquatic centre, as well as restaurants and hospitality.
  • What’s next? The state government has spiked the idea, and the AFL is unwilling to budge on the terms of its license agreement with the state government, which stipulates a stadium be built at Macquarie Point.