Tasmania Football Club training and administration facility

Nothing, they are the same thing. They are just referred to by different names.

• The Tasmanian AFL high performance centre will be the home of the Tasmania Football Club (Tasmania Devils) and will play a critical role in setting the Club up for success from the outset.
• It is the headquarters of the Club and the base for a variety of community and other complementary activities.
• It will be the home of the Tasmania Football Academy.
• The vision for the facility is to provide the Club with every opportunity to be successful, both on and off the field and to allow the community to engage in that journey for their benefit along the way.
• It is where all staff work day-to-day
• It is the location where the Club's athletes prepare and train to compete

• 2x full sized playing ovals (to cater for the Club's six teams and academy athletes)
• A large indoor training area
• Strength & Conditioning areas
• Locker rooms
• Medical, physio and treatment facilities
• Wet recovery facilities
• Football and administrative staff office facilities
• Player/staff breakout and lounge facilities
• Academy facilities
• Meeting rooms
• Café
• Multi-purpose space
• Equipment storage
• Car Parking

• Athletes in the club's AFL, AFLW, VFL, VFLW and Talent Academy
• On and off-field staff including coaches and support staff, as well as administration staff
• It is expected that approximately 150 staff will work at the site plus players/athletes will work/train at the site.
• The facility will also provide opportunities for community groups to access the facility for various purposes such as community programs offered by the Club

Tasmania Football Club has nominated its current preferred location for the training and administration facility as Rosny Parklands (also known as the former Rosny Golf Course). This would include both ovals and the training and administration centre being located in the Rosny Parklands, former Rosny Golf Course.

This decision would also allow Charles Hand Park to remain untouched, avoid the proposed skate park removal and significantly reduce the number of trees potentially required to be removed.

Tasmania Football Club is currently awaiting results of further detailed site information on its preferred location and two other sites to better understand the suitability of the sites. This includes information from geotechnical, environmental and heritage testing. It is expected that this information will allow the Tasmania Football Club to finalise its site preference.

This site was selected as the preferred location for the Tasmania Football Club training and administration facility following an assessment against a number of criteria.

Further investigative work is currently being undertaken to ensure that the required facility can be developed on that site.

The Department of State Growth engaged SGS Economic and Planning in September 2023 to assess the regional economic impacts generated by the training and administration facility over the course of its construction and operation. The construction is estimated to result in a positive local economic impact of $63.5M and an estimated regional valued added of $19.3M.

SGS Economics concluded that the project would create approximately 250 direct and indirect jobs throughout its construction and operation.

The Club will employ approximately 150 administration and support staff, and approximately 100 players and coaches. Once the facility is operating at full capacity, it is expected that all workers will be present at the facility throughout the course of a normal week, including playing and non-playing staff. These employees will contribute to the local economy by spending money in local cafes, restaurants, supermarkets, childcare, public transport, real estate and entertainment.

Overall, the positive impact that will flow in the economy as a result of club operating expenditures is estimated to be $55M per annum once the facility is operational.

The training and administration facility will be the heart and soul of Tasmania Football Club.

Most AFL club training facilities across the country allow for a level of public access to the main training ground and indoor training area outside of scheduled club use and will have facilities that are accessible to the community.

AFL clubs with two training grounds generally incorporate public access and shared use on the secondary field.

Tasmania Football Club's training and administration facility will be planned and designed to ensure that elite and community use can be achieved.

The ability to further develop community partnerships and programs is a crucial element of the vision for the facility. This approach is consistent with how our Club has acted since inception.

The Tasmanian Government

The Club is working with Tasmanian Government as a member of the Project Control Group and Project Steering Committee as the future user/operator of the facility.

In December 2023 the Tasmanian Government announced Rosny Parklands and Charles Hand Park as the preferred site for the training and administration facility. This site was chosen by the Project Steering Committee following an assessment process which was led by Department of State Growth.

At the time, Twin Ovals at Kingborough was also deemed as a suitable and shortlisted site.

The preferred location status of Rosny Parklands and Charles Hand Park is subject to further due diligence investigations to determine the suitability of the site. That detailed due diligence is currently being undertaken by the Tasmanian Government and is also occurring at the Kingborough site. This process is typical of projects of this nature.

Once the due diligence work is completed, the Tasmania Football Club in consultation with the Tasmanian Government, will be able to provide its final position on the preferred site.

The training and administration facility is a critical piece of infrastructure for our Club.

As with all decisions made sing the Club's inception, we are taking the required time with the very best of information to get the location decision right.

The Club maintains its position that Rosny Parklands/former Rosny Golf Course site is our preferred location for this development, and that the detailed due diligence work that is being undertaken is an important step to ensuring that the facility can be developed at that site, again noting that Twin Ovals at Kingborough was also determined as a suitable and shortlisted site.

The Club is working with the Tasmanian Government to have all of the required information to finalise our position as soon as practical, noting some of this work is technical in nature and takes time.

The Club will take the required time needed to ensure we have the best information to base our decision on.