Australian Kiwi

It is news when you've been droning on for years about the New Norm being an antidote to bloated Games organisation, and Brisbane 2032 being the poster child for change. Its turning out to be a prime example of disorganisational paralysis due to there being too many cooks in the kitchen. It also has a tap of funding (the feds) that most other Olympic cities do not have access to. Its already shaping up to be more expensive than 2000 (inflation considered) and Sydney built an entirely new Olympic Park.

Id be putting my bets on a Gabba rebuild or refurb. Vic Park is politically risky and therefore a time risk.

Imagine rallying behind a party that dogwhistled its way to the demise of the Voice referendum which hurt you so much. Over a stadium.

Actually I was quoting Antony Green.

According to ABC LNP victory now becoming "less and less certain"... interesting night if Labor do manage to hold on. Hello QSAC 2032. LOL

No certainty on location of stadium. LIkely new state government coming in who will flip the table on the current venue plan. Imagine if Atlanta abandoned fundamental parts of its plan in 1991.

Toronto should bid for the Olympics, not the CwG.

Montreal - had its stadium land secured and ready to go 10+ years before winning its bid in 1970. Challenges were construction/strike related. Athens - existing stadium (part of Athens previous bids, it was never in douhbt). Challenges were project management in construction of the roof. Rio - They used existing stadiums so i'm not sure why you've lumped them in here? Brisbane - isn't even settled on a stadium location 8 years out. That is unprecedented since 1956.

You're misunderstanding the extent of the challenges Brisbane is facing - all those cities had stadium locations decided well in advance. Brisbane is less than 8 years out of hosting and doesn't even have a suitable stadium location identified, let alone undergoing detailed design, approvals, construction, delivery, etc... they have squandered 11 years lead in.

The fact you need to rant about relying on the outcome of an election to secure some sense of security tells me things aren't good. What Olympic host in the last 50 years has faced such sheer insecurity in its planning?

Bring it on - wish they've had piped up for 2032 so we weren't stuck with Brisbane.

Same thing is playing out here in Australia with Brisbane 2032 being very pigheaded around any suggestion of using Sydney 2000 venues.

Tell me why Melbourne 2006 was "maxed out" and "over the top"? All I see is a city using existing venues.

Why would they entertain that when the multi city model is proven to be more expensive and difficult to organise? All the overheads are duplicated over and over. Multiple villages, transport networks, security plans...etc...

Alarming how poor basic reporting is these days. Melbourne was never hosting 2026 - its on par with claiming that London hosted the 2022 Games and not Birmingham (totally different cities). Anyway I am highly doubtful it can be staged without subsidy. There is next to zero commercial interest in the Games - the decline in commercial sponsorships between 2006 and 2018 was fairly significant.