Debate is set to begin on an order to green light a contentious stadium attached to a state's AFL dream.

Construction of the proposed roofed Macquarie Point stadium in Hobart is a condition of the Tasmania Devils entering the AFL and AFLW in 2028.

The stadium has split the community and drawn political battlelines amid rising budget debt and criticism the $1.13 billion venue is not the right priority.

It is required to pass both houses of parliament, with debate on an order for approval set to begin in the lower house on Thursday.

With support of Tasmania's governing minority Liberals and Labor opposition, the stadium has the numbers to pass the lower house despite crossbench opposition.

It faces a far trickier path in the upper house in December, with a handful of undecided independe

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