BRISBANE are pursuing a rich Singapore sling with the club in preliminary talks to take a home game abroad.

The Lions are $12 million in debt and are exploring all possible revenue streams to drag the club out of the red.

A number of AFL teams sell home games away from their traditional grounds and states with government bodies paying clubs around $500,000 per match.

The Lions would want at least that amount to take a premiership match from the Gabba to the state-of-the art Singapore National Stadium in 2017.

Brisbane have had talks with Singapore Tourism but the proposal remains very much a work-in-progress.

“It’s very early days but we are exploring the option,’’ Lions CEO Greg Swann said.

“We’ve had some initial meetings but we are still working on it and we still have to get approval from the AFL.

“We are still renegotiating our deal at the Gabba. That’s got to be done.’’

The likely opponent would be a club that has a small fan base in Brisbane and traditionally draws poorly at the Gabba.

Instead of breaking even on a low-key game, the club hopes to cash a six-figure sum for going offshore.

The proposed timing of the match would be before a bye for both Brisbane and their opponents to minimise the impact of travelling to Singapore.

The Singapore government has been keen to lure international sport to its new stadium that took four years to build and cost in excess of $1.7 billion.

It has hosted soccer and rugby internationals and can also be configured to host cricket matches which makes it compatible for Australian Football.

It has a capacity of 52,000 spectators when it is configured for cricket.

The Japanese Super Rugby team will play one match per season out of the Kallang-based stadium which has a spectacular retractable roof.

Swann first investigated the possibility to taking an AFL match to Singapore when he was Carlton CEO.

Richmond played three games against Gold Coast in Cairns from 2011-2013. The Western Bulldogs now play their ‘home’ game against the Suns in Cairns.

Hawthorn (Launceston), North Melbourne (Hobart) and Melbourne (Darwin) also take home games away from Melbourne.

St Kilda has hosted games in New Zealand the last three Anzac Days.