Brisbane 2032

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Paceway In Peril As Olympic Planners Eye Site - 11Nov21 - The Urban Developer
 

“A Brisbane inner-city harness racing track will make way for a 12-court indoor arena for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.”

“The Brisbane City Council has confirmed an indoor arena will be built on the site of the Albion Park Paceway, on Yulestar Street in Albion, to host Olympic basketball games.”

“Brisbane City Councillor Krista Adams, chair of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Committee, said the new Brisbane Indoor Sports Centre would include 12 indoor courts for basketball and volleyball, and would be on Racing Queensland-owned land at Albion.”

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Brisbane 2032: Lake Wyralong - Flatwater Rowing and Canoe (Sprint)

Source: Rowing Queensland works take shape at Wyaralong - Invest Scenic Rim
“Lake Wyaralong is well on track to become a world-class rowing mecca, with the construction of permanent amenities set to be complete before the end of the year.”
“Rowing Queensland, which has a license agreement with Seqwater to use Lake Wyaralong as a rowing facility, started works on the headland in May and hopes to complete the project by early November.”
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What roles will Lake Wyaralong and new Ipswich stadium in the 2032 Olympics - 24Jul21 - Fassifern Guardian

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Qld to set up Brisbane Olympics committee - 27Oct21 - Canberra Times

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Grand old Brisbane building touted as new Olympics base - 27Oct21 - Brisbane Times

Grand old Brisbane building touted as new Olympics base

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Sports prepare for great migration north ahead of Brisbane 2032 Games - 4Nov21 - Brisbane Times

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Wheels turn for 2032 Olympics and Paralympics to be ‘car-free Games’ - 5Nov21 - Brisbane Times

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Swimming Australia keen to host FINA world championships, Eugenie Buckley’s grand plans - 6Nov21 Herald Sun

“Swimming Australia’s newly-appointed chief executive officer Eugenie Buckley has been quick off the blocks in reopening talks about bringing the biggest events to Australia in the build up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics.”
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Australia has previously hosted the FINA World Aquatics Championships three times in:

• 2007 Melbourne - Rod Laver Arena
• 1998 Perth - Challenge Stadium (also when a 15yo Ian Thorpe first burst onto the world scene as the youngest ever world swimming champion)
• 1991 Perth - Challenge Stadium

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Brisbane losing tennis courts and expected to make do for the Olympics - 7Nov21 - Brisbane Times

“The Queensland Tennis Centre at Tennyson – built in 2009 for $82 million – will not be upgraded or expanded for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Queensland government has confirmed.”

”That means international tennis at the Olympics will be played at a 23-year-old centre that only has one stadium – capacity 5500 seats – and two smaller outside show courts with extra temporary seating.”

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Gold Coast boutique stadium: locations revealed for new music and sports venues - 9Nov21 Gold Coast Bulletin
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“Southport Sharks has unveiled a masterplan for its Olsen Ave base to be transformed into a giant sports and entertainment precinct, complete with hotel and residential towers and a stadium capable of hosting 8000-10,000 people.”

“At Bundall, the Gold Coast City Council is well-advanced in planning its own 10,000-12,000-seat stadium.”

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Brisbane Olympics 2032: Six-point plan to make Games a success - 11Nov21 - Courier Mail

“With the right planning and policies in place, Brisbane 2032 could even top the Sydney Games, writes Gina Rinehart. Here’s how.”

“Never before has Queensland hosted an event so big and so important as the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympic Games, which will have billions of viewers watching from around the world.”

“South East Queensland has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to really shine on the world stage, and to put this very friendly and beautiful state on the world map.”

“Many in Australia recall the Sydney 2000 Olympics as the pinnacle.”

“We certainly should learn from their successes, one of which in my view was the large number of well-trained, enthusiastic volunteers who greeted and welcomed visitors and knowledgeably helped with their questions.”

“Another was that the Games featured the athletes and was not used for political propaganda and agendas.”

“And, with the right policy settings in place to encourage investment, lessening restrictive government tape, we could even top the Sydney Olympics.”

“I am delighted the Queensland Government took the initiative and won the rights to host the 2032 Olympics.”

“In my view, the Government needs to now be part of meetings to:
 

1. “Engage with industry, investors and stakeholders to define what is possible and how we achieve it.”
2. “Cut and streamline government tape to make investment and construction welcome and allow Queensland to shine, enabling facilities for Queenslanders and other visitors, to enjoy for many years.”
3. “Plan for and co-ordinate significant infrastructure such as transport, accommodation, hospitals, airports, tourism and more.”
4. “Encourage social/hospitality infrastructure like marinas, without deterring high end too, safe swimming places, entertainment precincts.”
5. “Identify and copy the best planning and experiences from other Olympics (like the volunteers in Sydney).”
6. “Create an outstanding pro-Queensland theme, devoid of political agendas, but instead with experiences for people to remember, and treasure for years to come.”

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Softball Australia and Baseball Australia join calls for Los Angeles 2028, Brisbane 2032 inclusion - 20Oct21 - Inside the Games

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The puppets and puppetmasters behind the 2032 Olympics and how your $5 billion will be spent - 22Oct21 - ABC News Australia

Key points:

• Exclusive documents reveal how the Brisbane 2032 organising committee will be formed
• Queensland and Commonwealth government are locked in negotiations over legislation
• Federal Sport Minister Richard Colbeck has indicated costs will rise above the stated $5 billion

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Brisbane Announced as Host City for 2032 Olympic & Paralympic Games - Brisbane Development

The winner is… Brisbane! The International Olympic Committee has voted in Tokyo and Brisbane has officially secured the right to host the world’s largest event, the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032.

Seven years ago when the bid planning officially commenced by the SEQ Council of Mayors, the bid was largely seen as a long shot. Brisbane’s Lord Mayor at the time Graham Quirk took a stab in the dark by tabling the idea and it ended up paying off, massively.

In 2014, a Brisbane 2032 games taskforce met with the IOC president Thomas Batch in Sydney and discussed the opportunity for Brisbane to be the centre of a regional South East Queensland Olympic bid. They told the IOC that it would be far from the traditional big spending games that the world has become accustomed to, but rather a more sustainable approach whereby existing sporting infrastructure throughout the region would be used, around 84% to be precise.

Much to their dismay, the IOC were also working out how to transform the games to become more sustainable and less of a financial burden on their host cities. After numerous ‘high budget’ Olympic Games had left host cities with financial scars and abandoned sporting infrastructure, the IOC recognised things needed to change, and the Brisbane bid was there at the right place and the right time, it was the solution to the IOC’s problem.

Governed by new rules the IOC put in place to limit unnecessary waste that cities spent on Olympic bids, Brisbane was given preference by the IOC and all other interested city bids parked for future consideration.

The Brisbane games will be the first of this new sustainable approach. A benchmark of a more grounded games that not only diligently uses existing infrastructure but only invests in projects that the city will benefit from long term.

The Brisbane Olympics will also substantially benefit from having over a decade to plan, stage and construct long term infrastructure required. Society wise, similar to counting down the days left before a holiday that has been planned well in advance, South East Queenslanders will have eleven years of something to look forward to.