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Brisbane enters the 2020 summer Olympics bidding process.

BRISBANE (Queensland, Australia), June 29th. - The City of Brisbane is proud to announce her entry into the Australian bidding process to host the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020.

The bidding committee has named his CEO by mutual agreement during his first meeting this morning at Brisbane City Hall. DamC made his inaugural address during the press conference that followed the meeting :

" We've started to work on this bid in last January and we are now ready to take up this challenge. We know that a lot of Australian cities are already in the race and that we have big competitors. We're getting ahead by being the first to unveil our visual identity."

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More about Brisbane 2020’s venue plan.

BRISBANE (Queensland, Australia) July, 10th

Brisbane 2020’s venue plan is now finalized. The venues will be situated in four areas around the city. The center point of the games will be in Eagle Farms, just next to the Gateway Bridge, it will made up of the Athletes Village, the Olympic Stadium and six others sports venues. This area will be considered as Brisbane Olympic Park.

- Carless games.

Our attention is focused on the use of both existing and new public transport infrastructure. Three clusters will be situated next to a CityTrain station and the fourth will be connected to the others with electric powered express buses.

- A blend of existing, new, temporary and permanent venues.

No useless expense will be made for the Brisbane Olympics. Existing venues like Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Suncorp Stadium, The Gabba or Sleeman Sports Complex will be used during the games. New permanent venues will also be built for the games, like a new flagship Olympic Stadium, an Olympic Arena and minor sports arena but, a strong legacy plan will allow the venues to have a post-games utility.

- Four areas

The four areas will be in Eagle Farms, Chandler, Boondall and Brisbane’s CBD. All the areas are situated within a 20 minutes travel by public transports from the Athletes Village and a 30 minutes travel from the IBC/MPC.

- A Flagship Stadium

The proposed Olympic Stadium will be in Eagle Farms and will have 70,000 seats during the games and 50,000 in legacy mode. It will be the most versatile stadium in Queensland even in Australia. Both rectangular (Football, Rugby and union) and oval (Cricket and Australian Football) sports will be able to be played in the stadium as well as athletics and concerts thanks to retractable seating. Like Stade de France or Wembley Stadium, the Olympic Stadium will not have permanent tenant but we already have negotiations with some professional sports teams based in Brisbane to make Olympic Stadium their new home. The stadium will contain a convention centre, restaurants, shops and a museum of Olympics to allow his year-round utility.

If Brisbane hosts the Olympics, the city will bid to host the first southern hemisphere IAAF Diamond League southern hemisphere meeting and for an IRB Sevens World Series tournament in the stadium. The aim is to have 25 events every year in the stadium.

Moreover, the Olympic Stadium will replace QSAC as Queensland’s main venue for athletics.

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oh boy. the new stadium in the QSAC location? -10 points.

No ! in Eagle Farm, between the airport and the CBD. The new stattion will replace the QSAC as the main athletics venue in Brisbane but not at the same location.

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Brisbane 2020 unveils his venue plan.

BRISBANE (Queensland, Australia) July, 11th – A total of 31 venues will be used during the Brisbane Olympics. 27 of them will be in the Brisbane metropolitan area and 3 in others cities of South-East Queensland. Furthermore, 5 cities around Australia will host both women and men football tournaments. Let’s take a look at the proposed venue plan.

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Olympic Park Cluster in Eagle Farm

Olympic Stadium

New venue

Olympic capacity: more than 70,000 seats

Events : Opening and Closing Ceremonies, Athletics (including Marathon finish and Walking events) [47], Football (men and women’s finals) [2].

Legacy : The stadium will become a state-of-the-art multi-purpose facility able to host Athletics, Australian Football, Cricket, Rugby, Football as well as Concerts. A possible new Brisbane-based AFL team may play her home matches in the Olympic Stadium. It will be possible thanks to retractable seating that will make the stadium oval or rectangular according to the event. The adjacent training track will be become a permanent athletics stadium for the community.

Legacy capacity : 50,000

Olympic Arena

New venue

Olympic capacity: 16,000 seats

Events: Gymnastics Artistic [14], Trampoline [2], Basketball (from ¼ finals to finals) [2].

Legacy: The Arena will become Brisbane’s premier indoor venue suitable for Basketball, Netball, Ice Skating, Ice Hockey, Handball, Concerts, Trade Shows and other events.

Legacy capacity : 16,000

Olympic Sports and Recreation Centre

New venue

Olympic capacity: Volleyball Arena = 15,000 seats, Wrestling Arena = 8,000 seats, Judo/Taekwondo Arena = 8,000 seats.

Events: Volleyball [2], Wrestling [18], Judo [14], Taekwondo [8]

Legacy: The Olympic Sports and Recreation Centre (OSRC)will be transformed as a large community centre with a full range of activities. Volleyball Arena capacity will be reduced to 3,000 for local sports teams and small scale events. The two others arenas will be temporary and only the external structure of the buildings will remain after the Olympics. The cleared space will be used to create new sports facilities like Netball and Basketball Courts, a combat sports centre for Judo, Wrestling, Taekwondo, etc., a Boxing gymnasium, Table Tennis facilities… With this centre, the Brisbane population will be able to try and to exercise Olympic sports. The ORSC will also contain cafés, restaurants, a fitness centre, shops, a 1,000 seats theater and a community hall that will hosts some arts exhibitions, meetings…

Olympic Park Aquatics Centre

New venue

Olympic capacity: 5,000 seats.

Events: Water Polo [2]

Legacy: The stands and the roof will be removed and the centre will become an outdoor Olympic-sized swimming next to the OSRC.

Royal Queensland Golf Club

Existing Venue, no work needed

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Olympic Capacity: standing viewers only

Events: Golf [2]

Legacy: Golf Club will return as Queensland’s premier venue for this sport

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Can I ask why you have water polo at the Olympic Park and other aquatic events at Sleeman? I don't know much about the aquatic facilities at the existing centre.

Sleeman Centre has 1 50 metres-pool and a diving facility. For schedule reasons, we have to build a second swimming pool for Water Polo, I choosed to put it into Olympic park because it's closer from the Olympic Village and Media facilities and it will become a permanent pool for the local community next to the OSRC.

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Sleeman Centre has 1 50 metres-pool and a diving facility. For schedule reasons, we have to build a second swimming pool for Water Polo, I choosed to put it into Olympic park because it's closer from the Olympic Village and Media facilities and it will become a permanent pool for the local community next to the OSRC.

I guess my question was more along this lines. Given the Sleeman Centre has quite a small capacity, why not use it for water polo and have a new Aquatics Centre constructed at the Eagle Farm Park?

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I guess my question was more along this lines. Given the Sleeman Centre has quite a small capacity, why not use it for water polo and have a new Aquatics Centre constructed at the Eagle Farm Park?

I'd propose that a reconfiguration of the Sleeman Centre to just a lone 50m Olympic size pool with stands at the ends to bring it to 5,000+ could be used for say Water Polo prelims and synchronised swimming. The new aquatics centre could serve the main swimming and diving.

The Sleeman Centre could be reverted back or have the end stands removed for office space etc.

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I'd propose that a reconfiguration of the Sleeman Centre to just a lone 50m Olympic size pool with stands at the ends to bring it to 5,000+ could be used for say Water Polo prelims and synchronised swimming. The new aquatics centre could serve the main swimming and diving.

The Sleeman Centre could be reverted back or have the end stands removed for office space etc.

That's what was hinting at.

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Ah guys, Its his bid!! He has decided to design it this way... It sort of defeats the purpose of having a bid competition of who can design the best bid when others are trying to tell them what to do with their bid :)

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In facts, I already studied this option and I prefered upgrading the existing centre and building a temporary little one for Water Polo because the diving facility is already here. But, building a larger temporary pool at Eagle Farm and a little upgrade of Sleeman's without expanding the building would be a cheaper option. I'll try to fit 5,000 in the existing building to see if it's possible.

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For the moment, let's continue the list of the venues :

Central Brisbane Area venues

South Brisbane Cluster

Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC)

Existing venue, temporary work required.

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Olympic Capacity : Badminton/Gymnastics Rhythmic Hall = 5,000, Table Tennis Hall = 5,000, Boxing Hall = 6,000, Weightlifting Hall = 5,000, Fencing Hall = 4,000.

Events : Badminton [5], Gymnastics Rhythmic [2], Table Tennis [4], Boxing [13], Weightlifting [15], Fencing [10]

Legacy : BCEC will return as Brisbane's main exhibition and convention centre

South Bank Parklands

Temporary venue

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Olympic Capacity : 3,000

Events : Triathlon [2]

Legacy : The SouthBanks will continue to entertain and to educate thousands of people with its full range of leisure and cultural facilities.

Other Venues

Lang Park

Existing Venue, no work needed

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Olympic Capacity : 53,000

Events : Football [2]

Legacy : NRL's Brisbane Broncos, A-league's Brisbane Roars and Super 14's Queensland Reds will still have their home matches at Lang Park.

The Gabba (Brisbane Cricket Ground)

Existing Venue, no work needed

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Olympic Capacity : 42,000

Events : Rugby Sevens [2]

Legacy : The Gabba will stay as the mythic cricket and aussie football venue of Brisbane, home of the Brisbane Lions and the Queensland Bulls.

Brisbane City Botanic Gardens

Temporary venue

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Olympic Capacity : 16,000

Events : Beach Volleyball [2]

Legacy : Volleyball Stadium will be remove and the gardens will return at its original state.

Brisbane Exhibition Ground

Existing venue, temporary work required.

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Olympic Capacity : 5,000

Events : Archery [4]

Legacy : Part of the RNA Showground, the Brisbane Exhibition Ground will continue to host Queensland's largest annual event : the 'Ekka' as well as other events. After the games, Archery installations and temporary stands will be removed.

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Whats with the collaborating and helpful ideas being given to rival bids, I agree with Lachie, it defeats the purpose of a bid competition. Plus providing too much information on the threads, means that i feel as if most of the information has been given already, will the bid books just repeat what has already been posted here. My approach has always been to post details here that wont be in the bid book such as logos, themes, mascots, official songs, speeches, bid videos, and keep the technical details of the bid for the Bid Books, which make them more interesting to read.

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Plus providing too much information on the threads, means that i feel as if most of the information has been given already, will the bid books just repeat what has already been posted here.

Sure, my bid book will have more detailled informations about the venues, in this thread there is only a first look a the venue plan.

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Boondall Cluster venues

Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Existing venue

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Olympic Capacity : 11,000

Events : Basketball (first round)[2], Handball (from 1/4 to finals) [2]

Legacy : Brisbane Entertainment Centre will continue to host various entertainment and sports events along the years.

Queensland Olympic Shooting Centre

New venue

Olympic Capacity : to be determined

Events : Shooting [15]

Legacy : The venue will become a permanent training and competition centre for shooting.

Queensland Olympic Hockey Centre

New venue

Olympic Capacity : Field 1 = 15,000, Field 2 = 5,000.

Events : Field Hockey [2]

Legacy : The Hockey Centre will become a permanent hockey facility, the best in Queensland, with 2 fields able to host international competitions.

Legacy Capacity : Field 1 = 3,000 (expandable to 15,000), Field 2 = 0 (expandable to 5,000)

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Chandler Area

Sleeman Sports Complex

Brisbane Aquatic Centre

Existing venue, permanent work needed

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Olympic Capacity : 15,000

Events : Swimming [34], Diving [8], Synchronised Swimming [2], Modern Pentathlon (Swimming) [2]

Legacy : The Aquatic Centre will stay as an international aquatics capacity, that will also be open for the local population and clubs.

Legacy Capacity : more than 5,000

Chandler Arena

Existing venue, permanent work needed

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Olympic Capacity : 8,000

Events : Handball (first round) [2], Modern Pentathlon (Fencing) [2]

Legacy : The venue will continue to host regional and national sports events.

Legacy capacity : 3,000

Chandler Velodrome

New venue (new indoor velodrome to replace the existing outdoor track)

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Olympic Capacity : 6,000.

Events : Track Cycling [10]

Legacy : The facility will become a state-of-the-art indoor velodrome for training and competitions and will also fit an indoor athletics track inside the wooden cycling track.

Legacy Capacity : 3,000 (expandable to 6,000)

BMX Arena

New venue.

Olympic Capacity : 6,000.

Events : BMX [2]

Legacy : The stands will be removed and the BMX circuit will be accessible to the population that will be able to try this young olympic sport. It will also be a training facility for the BMX champions.

Olympic White Water Centre

New venue.

Olympic Capacity : 8,000

Events : Canoe/Kayak (Slalom) [4]

Legacy : The centre will be become a permanent training and competition centre for slalom Canoe and Kayak.

Chandler Stadium

Temporary venue.

Olympic Capacity : 13,000

Events : Equestrian [6],Modern Pentathlon (Equestrian and Combined Event) [2]

Legacy : The stands and the Equestrian facilities will be removed. A new parkland will be created within the Sleeman Sports Complex.

Other venues

Tingalpa Reservoir

Existing venue, permanent work needed.

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Olympic Capacity : 10,000

Events : Canoe/Kayak (Slalom) [12], Rowing [14]

Legacy : The reservoir will become a permanent training centre for Rowing, Canoe/Kayak and other nautical sports along with the White Water Centre. The stands (built on temporary floating platforms) will be removed after the games.

Non-clustered venues

Queensland Tennis Centre

Existing venue, permanent work needed.

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Olympic Capacity : Olympic Centre Court = 10,000, Pat Rafter Arena = 7,500, Court N°1 = 1,000, Courts 3 to 8 = 200.

Events : Tennis [5]

Legacy : The Tennis Centre will still host the Brisbane International men and women tournament. We will bid to move the tournament to a higher category in ATP (from ATP 250 to ATP 500) and WTA (from International Tournaments to Premier Tournaments) calendars.

Legacy Capacity : Olympic Centre Court = 7,000 (expandable to 10,000), Pat Rafter Arena = 5,000 (expandable to 7,500), Court N°1 = 2,000 (expandable to 3,000).

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Brisbane 2020 launches his promotionnal campaign

BRISBANE (Queensland, Australia), July 30th. - The bidding committee launched the Brisbane 2020 promotional campaign yesterday night in City Hall. The committee revealed the official bid poster, the TV 30 seconds commercial to be broadcast on Queensland local channels and the exceptional billboard that will be the City Hall.

Every night until the election of the host city, the building's frontage will be lit in the bid's colours.

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The frontage of Brisbane City Hall

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Official bid poster

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A few issues witrh the suggested venue plan for a Brisbane Olympics:

* Sports and capacities of Olympic Park Pool and Brisbane Aquatics Centre can be swapped.

* Tingalpa Reservoir hosts sprint canoeing, not slalom (Error).

* Olympic Arena has trampoline events, while the Convention/Exhibition Centre hosts rhythmic gymnastics.

* Sailing venue to be determined (not listed in plans).

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