The prospect of an incoming LNP state government starting Games venues planning from scratch has loomed over the International Olympic Committee co-ordination commission’s second meeting for Brisbane 2032 in Switzerland overnight.
A controversial Brisbane 2032 venue plan may not be finalised for another 12 months but Olympic powerbrokers insist there is “no reason to start panicking”.
The boss of Cricket Australia says Queensland sports fans deserve a long-term solution for the Gabba,as an architecture firm releases its vision for the famed ground.
Albion Park was going to have an Olympic stadium,then an indoor sport centre,but will at least keep its racetrack under a planned redevelopment of the inner-city site.
IOC president Thomas Bach is confident Brisbane remains committed to hosting the 2032 Olympics as the fallout from Queensland’s stadium pivot continues.
QSAC would be the smallest Olympic stadium since the Amsterdam Games of 1928 – more than a century ago.
After a state government denial that it sought advice on scrapping the Games,Andrew Liveris said Qld had to get on with “delivering the best and biggest event on earth”.
Hate to say I told you so,but the scaled-down Games plan for Queensland’s stadiums was the only decision that could be made.
Premier Steven Miles has picked the worst of the available Olympic stadium options – and it’s not going to save taxpayers a whole lot of money.
While the Brisbane Lions await more details on the latest Gabba plan,cricket bosses are already looking forward to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The only proposed inner-Brisbane venue to survive Monday’s Games turnaround is a 17,000-seat entertainment centre that will transform the western CBD.