With a final vote just two weeks away, the proposed Macquarie Point stadium still has a range of moving parts — and how it is paid for is just one of them.
As the years have gone by, it has increased from $715 million in 2022, to $775 million in 2024, then to $945 million, before landing at $1.13 billion in September this year.
To get in front of this, Premier Jeremy Rockliff promised in 2024 that the Tasmanian government would cap its capital spend at $375 million, “not a red cent more”.
“We will open private sector investment options for the Macquarie Point Precinct to ensure the government’s contribution to the project is capped,” he said at the time.