Jacinta Allan has been grilled on how much taxpayers forked out to secure NFL matches in Melbourne and whether Victoria can even afford to pay to have games of American football amid the state's soaring debt.
Jacinta Allan had a"shocker" of a morning on Thursday when making a major announcement, before being grilled on how much taxpayers forked out to bring the NFL to Melbourne amid Victoria's soaring debt. Jacinta Allan has been grilled on how much taxpayers forked out to secure NFL matches in Melbourne and whether Victoria can even afford to pay to have games of American football amid the state's soaring debt.
"You are bang on. This is a touchdown for Melbourne and Victoria, the NRL," Ms Allan said before quickly correcting herself and saying"the NFL" multiple times. The government managed to"secure a multi-year deal for Melbourne tohost NFL regular season games", with the first match to take place in 2026 with the Los Angeles Rams locked-in as the"home" team.
"Consistent with other arrangements for big important events like this, these arrangements are commercial in confidence because this is about making sure that we retain our competitive edge in securing big and important events like this one," she said. "This is absolutely going to support our strong economy here in Victoria. Major events like this one support jobs and that's why we're backing them," she said.
Financial concerns were the major factor in Victoria pulling out of hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games planned for Geelong, Bendigo, Shepparton, Ballarat and Gippsland.In July 2023, then premier Daniel Andrews pulled the pin on the games claiming costs had blown out to between $6 and $7 billion, well above the $2.6 billion which had been allocated in the budget, and that was"well and truly too much for a 12 day sporting event".
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