Macquarie Point Stadium 2.0 Consortia reaches agreement with council

The alternate design for the proposed Hobart’s AFL stadium has hit a major milestone, earning in-principle support of the Hobart City Council.

On Monday night, the council voted to provide in-principle support for the transfer of land to Stadia Precinct Consortia, the group behind the second design for the Macquarie Point Stadium.

The decision means the council is open to the possibility of signing over land it owns at Regatta Point, should the state government agree to proceed with the stadium option.

Designed by Melbourne-based Tasmanian Dean Coleman, the precinct would be funded by the commercial sector and would be half-built into the Regatta Point hillside, with a 5000-car subterranean carpark, public transport and freight access.

The other half would project into the Derwent and include an outer wall made up of 450 private apartments, a hotel and convention centre, restaurants, retail space and a private hospital.

The Macquarie Point Stadium 2.0 design can seat 23,000 spectators, with an additional 4,000 seats able to be added without structural changes.

It’s understood the council will consider the option further in February.