By almost every measure the AFL has had a sterling year, with attendance, membership, participation and television viewing reaching unprecedented numbers. Attendance Attendance is the AFLs bread and butter, and I doubt theres anyone who seriously believes that they have a serious rival in crowd terms. A record 8.29 million people attended the entire season…
News Limited and the Guardian have both reported on the Tasmania Symphony Orchestras opposition to the location of the new stadium. The TSO has commissioned two independent acoustic reports in the past 12 months. Both reports, seen by Guardian Australia, warn greater measures will be needed to address the potential for sound spill and reverberation…
The ABC reports that RSL Tasmania wants a museum, special naming of grandstands – “such as a Cenotaph end and veteran’s end”, and naming sections of the arena after Tasmanian Victoria Cross winners – and a “recognition of service at the start of every event” as part of the Macquarie Point stadium precinct, should the…
The Mercury reports that the schedule for building the Tasmania Devils’ $70m High Performance Centre has been blown out of the water by the state government’s failure to announce whether it will be located at Rosny or Kingston. Rosny Parklands was announced as the site in December beating out a bid from KIngborogh Council, however…