According to The Age<\/a>, a prototype section of the roof was put over a cricket pitch at the site of the planned Macquarie Point Stadium earlier this year for a three-month trial.<\/p>\nIt was tested by cricketers, broadcasters and specialist lighting experts for factors like how light comes through, visibility and shadows on the playing surface.<\/p>\n
The selected material of the roof is ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), most used for large-span roofs and building facades. Though the Macquarie Point design has a matte finish to repel natural sunlight and shadows.<\/p>\n
Cricket Australia, who\u2019s been critical of the new stadium\u2019s roof due to how it could impact shadows over centre wicket, and Cricket Tasmania were involved in the trial. <\/p>\n
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While the stadium\u2019s overall cost blowout ahead of the Devils\u2019 planned AFL entry in 2028 has been among the biggest concerns for the 19th club, the roof has been a key hurdle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe findings have helped support the existing design of the roof and facilitated specific playability testing in simulated lighting \u2013 full and direct sunlight \u2013 conditions,\u201d Stadiums Tasmania chief executive James Avery said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt confirms that cricket can be played without shadowing impacting the players\u2019 view of the oncoming ball.\u201d<\/p>\n
Devils chief Brendon Gale last month allayed fears around the Hobart stadium \u2014 projected to be built by 2031 and a condition of the team\u2019s entry.<\/p>\n
Gale confirmed plans were on track, starting with the Significant Early Works Package Program pre-construction phase in July.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Macquarie Point Development Corporation briefed our board last month, shortlisted tenders, they\u2019re going through their whole process,\u201d he said on AFL 360.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing from them to suggest that things aren\u2019t on track.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re really excited. Anticipated completion around the back-end of 2030, that was always going to be the case.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019ll need to be commissioned, tried-and-tested and we\u2019ll be starting in 2031.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re moving ahead, we\u2019ve received nothing but encouragement from the AFL. We\u2019re really excited, we\u2019re enthused.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Scott has provided an update on a star\u2019s injury setback that looks serious. Plus Tasmania\u2019s billion-dollar stadium…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-804912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804912","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=804912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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