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“Then the government will consider it,and as we have indicated,we release it to everybody – and the government response – on the 25th of March,” he said.

Bleijie said he would take his recommendations to the state cabinet a day earlier,on March 24.

“Then we’ll release it,together with the report,” he said,

“So Queenslanders will see the final report on the Games,and then they’ll also see the government response on the 25th of March.

“Then we will get on with it.”

GIICA wasconvened in November andstarted taking public submissions for its 100-day reviewthe following month;about 5000 were received.

Olympic planning had stalled after Steven Miles replaced Annastacia Palaszczuk as premier and immediately called a halt to the Gabba rebuild,while former lord mayor Graham Quirk conducted a 60-day review.

That reviewrecommended a new stadium at Victoria Park – a recommendation Milespromptly rejected in favour ofa no-frills option at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre on the southside.

The most mentioned topic among the submissions was the debate about Brisbane’s new centrepiece stadium,with suggestionsfor andagainst Victoria Park,along with a proposal for a new Gabba West stadium.

There were also many submissions about the locations of other major and minor venues,including aswimming centre at Mount Coot-tha orVictoria Park,and asecondary rectangular stadium at Perry Park to complement the larger Suncorp Stadium.

Bleijie received adraft of the review late last month and on Friday remained coy on its contents.

“I’m not sure because I don’t get the report ’til tomorrow,” he said,when asked if he was happy with the recommendations.

Nine News has reported that Victoria Park had received the nod as the main Olympic stadium,while there have also been reports the planned Brisbane Arena may end up at the old Go Print site at Woolloongabba.

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