Anti-stadium leaders slam AFL's 'reckless overreach'

Anti-stadium leaders are taking a last minute punt at convincing the AFL to abandon its push for Hobart's waterfront stadium.

The fate of the contentious $1.13 billion new build, which the AFL has made a precondition of granting the Tasmania Devils' license, will be decided in parliament in December.

Ahead of the vote, an 18-strong grouping of MPs and mayors released an open letter to the AFL pleading for a meeting at the end of the month.

"The AFL's ongoing insistence that Tasmania builds the proposed Macquarie Point Stadium, against an expert planning recommendation, represents reckless and unacceptable corporate overreach into state responsibilities," it reads.

The group is likely to be left disappointed.

A previous effort to get a meeting with chief executive Andrew Dillon in June