ABC NEWS: Ambitious Hobart AFL stadium bid at Elwick racecourse by private developer fails to clear starting gate
by Our Place | May 25, 2024
- 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.