{"id":329315,"date":"2025-12-05T11:36:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/329315\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T11:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:36:27","slug":"macquarie-point-stadium-legislation-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/329315\/","title":{"rendered":"Macquarie Point stadium legislation passes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tasmania joins AFL with the Tassie Devils set for 2028; legislation passed for Macquarie Point stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Tasmania is officially joining the AFL! After a marathon debate, the Legislative Council has passed the Macquarie Point stadium-precinct legislation 9-5. This milestone paves the way for the Tassie Devils Football Club to join the AFL in 2028, marking a historic moment for Tasmanian sport.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive segment of Footynomics: The Business of Sport, Professor Tim Harcourt discusses the significance of this legislation, the social and economic impact of a new AFL team, and why this process took longer than expected.<\/p>\n<p>We also explore what comes next for Tasmania, the AFL, and the broader implications for sports both in Australia and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to never miss an episode of Ticker \u2013 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@weareticker<\/p>\n<p>#TasmaniaAFL #TassieDevils #AFLExpansion #Footynomics #MacquariePoint #SportsEconomics #AustralianFootball #TickerNews<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/au\/app\/ticker-app\/id1483869120\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Download the Ticker app\" style=\"width:80%; height:auto; display:block; margin:30px auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TICKER-WEB-BANNERS-11-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Download the Ticker app\" style=\"width:80%; height:auto; display:block; margin:30px auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TICKER-WEB-BANNERS-11-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TICKER-WEB-BANNERS-11-1.jpg\" alt=\"Download the Ticker app\" style=\"width:80%; height:auto; display:block; margin:30px auto;\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tasmania joins AFL with the Tassie Devils set for 2028; legislation passed for Macquarie Point stadium. Tasmania is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,184414,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-329315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ticker-today","15":"tag-trending"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}