The Stadium Tasmania Cannot Afford to Build – Yet Cannot Refuse
Tasmania is preparing to borrow close to a billion dollars to build a stadium the state will not own, on recycled land it does not control, for a league it cannot negotiate with, to host little more than a dozen games a year.
This is not infrastructure. It is tribute. The AFL has made it clear: build a brand new stadium or forget ever joining the competition. The message could have arrived in a brown paper envelope stapled to a horse’s head.
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