Tasmania's divisive stadium - and by extension the state's AFL dream - has copped a potentially fatal hit from a damning report that recommended the project not go ahead.

The state's planning commission on Wednesday released its final report into the Macquarie Point 23,000-seat roofed venue, a condition for Tasmania entering the AFL and AFLW in 2028.

"In very simple terms, the stadium is too big for the site and the benefits it will bring are significantly outweighed by the disbenefits it creates," it read.

Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff, who signed the stadium deal, has vowed to push ahead with trying to obtain parliamentary approval for the project.

But the Labor opposition has softened its stadium support, saying it needed "time to digest all the information thoroughly and give it

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