Organisers were unable to muster a civic mass to support the controversial stadium, which if built would be the most expensive infrastructure project in Tasmanian history. The cost of construction and debt servicing is expected to be around $3,000 per Tasmanian.
Only around eight hundred people marched to North Hobart Oval to see a much-hyped representative game compared to the two thousand who packed Parliament Lawns on 10 May. One observer told Tasmanian Times he stood and watched the marchers file past as they crossed the Brooker Highway and estimated the number at “750-1000”.