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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Kelly Burke

‘No precedent in the world’: Hobart concert hall opposes ‘noisy’ AFL stadium being built 170 metres from its stage

Caroline Sharpen, the CEO of Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, in front of the TSO Concert Hall
Caroline Sharpen, head of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, fears the TSO Concert Hall in Hobart could suffer if the new sports stadium is built. Photograph: Remi Chauvin/The Guardian

The $775m bid to bring an AFL team to Tasmania will place the state’s symphony orchestra in an unenviable world-first position, which could threaten its future existence.

The plan to build a home for the newly formed Tasmania Devils AFL team will see a 23,000-seat sports and music stadium constructed on a historic Hobart foreshore site just 40 metres from the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra’s purpose-built performing and recording headquarters, the Federation Concert Hall.

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