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The AFL could yet welcome crowds back in 2020 with the Northern Territory's chief minister offering to host games in the top end as COVID-19 restrictions ease.

The AFL has been thrown a lucrative offer by Northern Territory's chief minister Michael Gunner to host games in front of crowds this year.

Australian sporting codes had all but resigned hope of staging matches with spectators in 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

But with just 28 confirmed coronavirus cases in the Northern Territory, the government is already moving to ease restrictions.

This includes plans to resume competitive sport with crowds from June 5.

Gunner said the AFL should consider restarting its season in the Northern Territory - "the safest place in Australia".

"You can play a footy game, you can have a crowd," he told Sky News on Friday.

"It's the dry season up here in Darwin, it's a magic place to be.

"So for me, that's a massive attraction I would've thought to anybody, including the AFL."

The AFL is considering putting clubs into isolation hubs for up to 20 weeks to restart the season, but league boss Gillon McLachlan says that remains the "most extreme scenario".

McLachlan is awaiting key decisions from governments around Australia before making any announcement on the AFL resuming amid the pandemic.

Every state and territory has been considered for a potential Hub base during recent weeks, including the Northern Territory, but the assumption had been crowds would still be barred.

Last month, Collingwood president Eddie McGuire declared the Northern Territory should be ruled out because "we have to be very careful of our indigenous population, particularly in the remote areas of Australia".