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AFL hubs set to cost league $60 million as 2020 season hits game’s bottom line – Wide World of Sports
League forks out millions to keep game alive
The crippling cost of keeping the AFL’s interstate hubs has been revealed with the league paying the cost for Melbourne’s second wave of COVID-19.
The AFL’s bill for maintaining the hubs has hit the league’s hip pocket to the tune of $4-5 million a week as the overall cost is set to eclipse $60 million.
The league has had to fork out more than $5 million for COVID-19 testing and has already conducted 51,000 tests while planning for thousands more in the lead-up to the October 24 Grand Final at…
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