New Brisbane Stadium (2032 Olympics)

[magpiemaniac44]

And the Victoria Park Stadium is dead already:

New direction for Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games sports venues has community sport at its heart

Statement by the government on which recommendations it accepts or rejects:

• Miles Government accepts 27 of 30 recommendations from the independent Sport Venue Review for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• Go ahead for new Brisbane Arena in a different location at Roma St precinct.
• Upgrades planned for the Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre (QSAC) and Suncorp Stadium, subject to due diligence and consultation with games partners.
• Exploring legacy transport opportunities to link QSAC, QEII hospital, and Griffith University with connected precincts in the city.
• Proposed new stadium for Victoria Park ruled out.
• Gabba rebuild will not proceed.

Bad result for AFL/cricket

Doesn't change the fact that the Gabba is going to have to undergo regular refurbishments just to keep to an acceptable standard

 

[acm21]

Bad result for AFL/cricket

Doesn't change the fact that the Gabba is going to have to undergo regular refurbishments just to keep to an acceptable standard

There is only so many refurbishments you can do before you needto upgrade or rebuild.

 

[FreoRicci]

What’s the ongoing costs for Gabba going to be up to 2032?
Bet will be over 1-2 billion.

Politicians never stop being clones of each other even from hundred years ago. What’s good for short term but in the end costs more in the long term- that’s the politicians’ unofficial slogan.

 

[acm21]

What’s the ongoing costs for Gabba going to be up to 2032?
Bet will be over 1-2 billion.

Politicians never stop being clones of each other even from hundred years ago. What’s good for short term but in the end costs more in the long term- that’s the politicians’ unofficial slogan.

People don't like the idea of the upfront cost of things, whether it's better todo it straight away or not. At the end of the day qld Labor are on the brink and one of the best ways to avoid the public backlash or spending 3 billion is to not do it

 

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People don't like the idea of the upfront cost of things, whether it's better todo it straight away or not. At the end of the day qld Labor are on the brink and one of the best ways to avoid the public backlash or spending 3 billion is to not do it

They’re on the brink because they don’t have ambition or foresight.

 

[Tandy]

This is all very confusing to follow. I was on here a few hours ago and thought a new stadium was being built. Now I've got no clue what's happening.

 

[3207]

This is all very confusing to follow. I was on here a few hours ago and thought a new stadium was being built. Now I've got no clue what's happening.

Straight out of Utopia.

Pay a think tank to come up with a report of what should happen.

Revert to Plan A because the recommendations were too expensive.

Only for the cost of Plan A to exceed budget and for the end result of the project to be redundant basically the time it is renovated (built)

Absolute Cluster Fk this.

 

[FreoRicci]

People don't like the idea of the upfront cost of things, whether it's better todo it straight away or not. At the end of the day qld Labor are on the brink and one of the best ways to avoid the public backlash or spending 3 billion is to not do it

Pissweak.
It’ll end up costing 4+ billion having to liven up Brisbane anyway.

Suncorp stadium v LA Olympic stadium. Horrific

 

[Tandy]

They should never have went for thee Olympics if they're not willing to spend money. What a disaster and an embarrassment really. I suppose, atleast that Old premier was having a crack. Would have got this done

 

[Roogal]

As I earlier stated once in this thread when the Games were awarded, the costs would start spiralling quickly once the "Keeping up with the Jones' " factor creeps in. Perhaps many of you can now see how no modern Olympic host city has ever gotten out of hosting the games for anything less than $12 billion since 2012. Premier Anastasia promised that the Games could be held for $5.5 billion. I certainly knew that that was crap at the time, and time has proven me right. But at least Premier Steven Miles (despite my opinion that he is a smug, goose of a human being) is making a realistic decision to contain the blow outs, even if it is only being politically forced upon him. Queensland already has a perfectly good purpose built athletics complex with two running tracks which seats some 50,000. Yes the QE2 is old, dating as far back as 1978. He has proposed to do a $1.6 billion makeover of that facility. That is still a very considerable amount of money considering that Perth Stadium didn't cost that much to build, and $1.6 billion should virtually transform the old QE2 into a genuine 45-50,000 capacity show piece. Brisbane needs to put her vanity aside and to do what is practical and affordable for those paying for the Games. The Games are still going to cost billions so they need to explore every aspect of where money can be spent as effectively and efficiently as possible. Backing out of or cancelling the Olympics is not an option. It's easy enough for these arse-clowns to propose spending upwards of $3.6 billion to put a new stadium in Brisbane or totally re-build the Gabba, but it's our money that they are proposing to fritter away. it's too easy to spend lavishly when its other people's money when you are a government official.

Let's face it, if they can't transform the QEII sports centre for $1.6 billion, then somebody is seriously either on the take or taking the piss out of tax payers:

In so many ways, this is history repeating itself. Between 1949-53 Melbourne dithered it's way around trying to decide where to host the Olympics. There was a three way public brawl between the Victorian Agricultural Society, Athletics Victoria and the Victorian Football League over who would get the stadium and where it would be built. The matter was finally settled with the intervention of the State Premier John Cain (Senior) who told everybody that the Games would be held at the MCG whether the Melbourne Cricket Club bloody well liked it or not. In those days the MCG was very archaic but at least it was already built and it was large. For a relatively modest upgrade they built the Olympic Stand and gave everything else a fresh lick of paint. In the end nobody complained that the MCG was unsuitable or that the stands didn't match or look modern. It was all about the sport after all. Once competition gets underway all people are interested in is the events and how well they are organised and conducted. As long as the athletes and officials get where they need to go on time and they are happy and comfortable in their digs then the host city gets a big thumbs up from the IOC and the international community.

Let Brisbane and its people showcase itself in 2032 as Melbourne did during the 1956 Games. With exception of the Olympic Pool none of Melbourne's venues were a showcase, but everybody still talks of Melbourne's Olympics as the "Friendly Games" where the city and its people carried the day, not the venues.

For the record, let's have a quick look back at the grandiose proposals for Melbourne between 1949-53:

The VFL's 1953 proposal for the 56' Olympic Stadium at Princess Park:

The Victorian Agricultural Society's preferred plan for the Showgrounds:

Athletics Victoria's original proposal for Olympic Park 1949:

... And what Melbourne finally got:

MCG 1952



Below: Welcoming Queen Elizabeth 1954 just before it's transformation for the Olympics began

A 1954 model of the original proposed Olympic Stand to makeover the MCG (Below) was hastily put together to salve the visiting IOC President Avery Brundage who was angry with Melbourne for its squabbling and who was publicly threatening to take the Games away from Melbourne and award them to Philadelphia:

1956 and the Games only months away and the new Olympic Stand getting its finishing touches:

... And after its 1956 Games makeover: The old girl looked as pretty as a picture despite the old grandstands it would have been teaming with atmosphere at the time.

 

[Section 5]

Maybe add The Gabba in brackets to the title as the LNP and ALP have both stated there will be no new stadium.
Or amalgamate the two threads.

The Queensland Premier Miles latest quote.
"Continue to invest there (Gabba)"
"New plan to do more incremental upgrades." in regard to The Gabba.

The LNP has committed to another Olympic review in October if elected.
But they have stated no new stadium will be built.