State-of-the-art technology will be used to better Launceston’s chances of attracting a Big Bash League match and other major events at the University of Tasmania Stadium.
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LED perimeter fence signage will be the latest upgrade in an effort to make UTAS stadium the “best venue in Tasmania” for national sports.
The City of Launceston, which owns the stadium, unanimously approved the acquisition of electronic boundary signs at Monday’s council meeting.
According to the council agenda a recent meeting between the city council and Cricket Tasmania outlined that there was “a clear requirement for LED” if a Hobart Hurricanes game was to be played in 2018.
“It seems very clear that if we are going to do things on a national stage, be it football or the Big Bash League, the requirement of stadiums now is to have updated facilities,” Alderman Hugh McKenzie said.
“There is a further ability for us to take those signs out and use them in other areas around Launceston for other things and I think they have a multi-use.”
The exact price tag associated with the installation of electronic fencing was deemed confidential but Ald McKenzie said the cost to ratepayers would be minimised by “assistance from other parties”.
The facility is the only AFL venue in the country that hosts more than two season games and does not have the LED fence signs.
The purchase of the new boundary signage was deemed to align with a number of the objectives of the York Park Master Plan 2016.
Holly Monery
Holly Monery is a journalist for The Examiner newspaper, based in Launceston, Tasmania. Her main area of focus is local government.
Holly Monery is a journalist for The Examiner newspaper, based in Launceston, Tasmania. Her main area of focus is local government.
