Why Tasmania’s politicians couldn’t say no to a once-in-a-century AFL opportunity

By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney

It is now (almost) official: Tasmania will finally take its place in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Tasmania, a foundation state of the nation’s homegrown game of Australian rules football, has trod a tortuous route, with great drama, over its plan for a 23,000-seat indoor stadium precinct at Macquarie Point on Hobart’s picturesque waterfront.

The state is now on the cusp of realising a dream many footy-loving Tasmanians had long hoped for.

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