The 60-day review of venues for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been handed to the Miles government.
As expected, former Liberal lord mayor Graham Quirk and his review panel recommend the $2.7 billion rebuild of the Gabba not proceed. We’ll expand later on the reasons why.
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The review instead recommends the government build a new stadium at Victoria Park with 50,000 seats for the Games, and more to be added later for the AFL and cricket. And, as Brisbane Times revealed on Sunday, the alternative stadium would come at a cost of around $3.4 billion – $700 million more than the government tipped for the Gabba.
Having met with 130 stakeholder groups, and inspected 28 sites, the review team expands on its findings in the 80-page report and makes 27 recommendations to the government.
“It is expected not everyone will agree with the findings of this review and community debate will continue,” the review team state.
“However, it is imperative that projects that have been recommended by the review panel can go ahead with confidence and that all focus is on delivering much needed legacy sporting venues for the Queensland community and a Games that Queensland and Australia can be proud of, and benefit from, for decades to come.”
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