{"id":263956,"date":"2025-11-05T09:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263956\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:09:11","slug":"tasmanias-afl-stadium-proposal-facing-d-day-as-wild-new-model-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263956\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasmania\u2019s AFL stadium proposal facing D-Day as wild new model emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tasmanian Government will vote next month on the new AFL<\/a> stadium going ahead in what will be a crucial turning point in the future of the state\u2019s proposed footy team.<\/p>\n

However, if that stadium plan falls over, a private investment group is pushing an alternative proposal they claim is superior in every way.<\/p>\n

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MAC 2.0 is pitching an entirely different precinct that would transform the Macquarie and Regatta Point area with far more than just a football stadium.<\/p>\n

The ambitious proposal includes a private hospital that would bolster the Tasmanian healthcare system, affordable housing to aid workers in the area, plus a hotel, hundreds of apartments, a convention centre and a bigger car park.<\/p>\n

Remarkably, the investors say this expanded development would cost the same as the current stadium proposal.<\/p>\n

\"PrivatePrivate investors believe they can build MAC 2.0 faster. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can build it quicker. The disruption to Hobart and Tasmania is far more minimal,\u201d stadium precinct director Dean Coleman told 7NEWS.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have all these streams of income which the other players don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tassie\u2019s AFL dream continues to drag on by the stalled stadium.<\/p>\n

But MAC 2.0 is an entirely different precinct and, it is claimed, would transform the Macquarie and Regatta Point area.<\/p>\n

However, the government remains concerned about the environmental impact in the harbour and the long-term financial gain, and has decided to forge ahead with their original plan.<\/p>\n

Tasmania MP David O\u2019Byrne said: \u201cWhat we can guarantee is, if not 100 per cent, but 90 per cent of the revenue and the value capture will stay in Tasmania.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been quite frustrating (that it\u2019s gone on so long) but we\u2019re here now and I think in the next 4-5 weeks it will be resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n

But MAC 2.0 investors, including Coleman, believe they weren\u2019t given a fair hearing by the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t buy a dud car when you know it\u2019s a dud, but you (still buy it because) you\u2019ve already put it in your budget,\u201d Coleman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou go and test drive a couple of other ones and get the best car possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As state government funding of the stadium continues to divide opinion, the private investors say there\u2019s a better way forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to just be proven to be the viable option,\u201d Coleman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, if we\u2019re not, we\u2019ll pack up our bat and ball and go home. But we feel that we\u2019re significantly better for the Tasmanian taxpayer.\u201d<\/p>\n

The crucial vote is expected within the next 4-5 weeks.<\/p>\n

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