Canberra's Manuka Oval will soon become Australia's 10th Test cricket venue - but it means Hobart won't host a five-day match for two seasons in a row.
While Canberra missed out on securing a Test match for the upcoming summer, Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed on Wednesday it would get one when Sri Lanka visited in 2018-19 for a likely two-Test series.
But it will come at Hobart's expense with CA chief executive James Sutherland confirming there will be six Tests that summer, not seven - effectively squeezing Bellerive out of the reckoning.
India are also scheduled to tour in 2018-19, with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy traditionally decided over four Tests.
With the five state capitals all certainties to host a Test, that only leaves room for Canberra.
"They've really earned that right to host a Test match and we're really excited about the prospect," Sutherland told AAP.
"It's not just the ACT region, it's the broader region of southern NSW, but it's even not that far for people to come down from Sydney.
"We're really confident we can get a capacity crowd there for the first few days."
Hobart will not host an Ashes Test in 2017-18 either, but it will hold a limited-overs international featuring England.
The details are yet to be ironed out but Sutherland says there could be a T20 double header featuring men's and women's sides.
But it's not all bad news for Hobart.
For years, Tasmanians have longed for a Test match involving one of cricket's traditional powers - now they've got one.
Bellerive will play host to the biggest clash in the state's cricket history from November 12 when Australia face South Africa.
"We're really excited that things have fallen into place for us to play a Test match against South Africa in Hobart," Sutherland said.
"There's no threats about this, we just see it as an opportunity and in some ways, a good test to see how the public of Tasmania respond to it."
