Although Lennon subsequently retired in May, the responsibility of steering the bid went to Economic Development Minister Paula Wriedt.
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Thus Tasmanian bids to enter the AFL were rejected in both 1995 and 1997, when Fremantle and Port Adelaide respectively were admitted instead.
1995 AFL season | AFL-CIO | Tasmanian House of Assembly | Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music | AFL Grand Final | 2011 AFL Rising Star | Tasmanian Greens | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | bid | AFL Rising Star | Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | Tasmanian Football League | American Football League (AFL) | 2010 AFL Rising Star | Tasmanian Legislative Council | Baku bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics | AFL Premiership 2006 | AFL Cairns | 2012 AFL Rising Star | 2009 AFL season | 2000 AFL Rising Star | 1995 AFL Rising Star | 1994 AFL Rising Star | Tasmanian Scrubwren | Tasmanian Government Railways X class | Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame | Tasmanian devil | Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics | Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2007 Pan American Games | London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics |
Between 1996 and 1998 a bid was prepared that involved the construction of a 30,000-capacity stadium in the Hobart showgrounds in Glenorchy, at the cost of $34 million.