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Stadium cost blowout latest threat to newest AFL team

Zoe Samios

The future home of the AFL’s newest team, the Tasmania Devils, is facing a multimillion-dollar cost blowout that would require millions of dollars in funding and could delay or potentially thwart its arrival in the league.

A draft assessment from the Tasmanian Planning Commission, released late on Monday, says construction of the Macquarie Point Stadium in Hobart will cost $992.5 million if it wants to be fit for purpose.

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Zoe Samios covers wagering and the business of sport from the AFR's Sydney newsroom. She was previously the media and telecommunications reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and covered media at The Australian. Connect with Zoe on Twitter. Email Zoe at zoe.samios@afr.com

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