Tasmania's minister for sport is confident AFL club presidents will provide a "very positive" response to the state's bid for a 19th licence.
Club presidents will by Friday finalise feedback to the league about commercial and other aspects of the island state's bid.
Several club officials, including Adelaide Crows chairman John Olsen, have indicated publicly they back Tasmania's bid which was presented to clubs in mid-September.
"I expect that the presidents will come back with a very positive view of Tasmania's bid for the 19th licence," Tasmania's Minister for Sport, Nic Street, told reporters on Thursday.
"We believe it's a very strong proposal. The feedback we're getting from club presidents now is that they agree with us as well."
Street said he was unsure of the timeline post Friday's feedback deadline.
"The timing after that, as to what we get back from the AFL, is probably dependent on the AFL (and) also the AFL taskforce," he said.
Street said the state government was optimistic the federal Labor government would chip in for a new stadium, expected to carry a price-tag of some $750 million.
The state Liberal government says it will only fund half of the cost.
Street said Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff had held preliminary discussions with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
"There's obviously still a fair bit of detail to work through. We're confident the federal government will see the value of the stadium, and the whole entertainment precinct, in time," he said.
Federal funding for the stadium would put Labor at odds with their state counterparts, who are staunchly opposed to the idea.
The Tasmanian government on September 19 revealed it had slightly increased its funding commitment for a club to $12 million per year over 12 years, plus $60 million towards a high-performance and administration complex.
The Tasmanian government is undertaking a feasibility study into a new stadium and has identified Macquarie Point on the Hobart waterfront as the preferred location.
