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Burke's Boot wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:16 am Should be going to a thriving and bustling metropolis like Sydney or Melbourne. Will they knock down that stadium in the south i wonder which hosted the Commonwealth Games once and build a new one.

Thomas wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:18 am

Burke's Boot wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:16 am Should be going to a thriving and bustling metropolis like Sydney or Melbourne. Will they knock down that stadium in the south i wonder which hosted the Commonwealth Games once and build a new one.

It's 1.2km from my house so that's a yes from me.

But this will never happen.

Kiwias wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:04 am

Thomas wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:18 am

Burke's Boot wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:16 am Should be going to a thriving and bustling metropolis like Sydney or Melbourne. Will they knock down that stadium in the south i wonder which hosted the Commonwealth Games once and build a new one.

It's 1.2km from my house so that's a yes from me.

But this will never happen.

If Tokyo is cancelled as is looking increasingly likely, the word is that they will get the 2032 Games.

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:15 am Much to learn from Sydney re stadium fiasco(s) but they already have good stadiums, use QE2 and get a transport line by rail/light rail out there.
Looking forward to watching the 10m platform street dancing

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:39 am

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:15 am Much to learn from Sydney re stadium fiasco(s) but they already have good stadiums, use QE2 and get a transport line by rail/light rail out there.
Looking forward to watching the 10m platform street dancing

They'll finally build a decent mid-size ground that the Reds and Roar can use (possibly a Perry Park update). It's something that's obviously missing and would be well used.

mojo wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:44 am

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:39 am

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:15 am Much to learn from Sydney re stadium fiasco(s) but they already have good stadiums, use QE2 and get a transport line by rail/light rail out there.
Looking forward to watching the 10m platform street dancing

They'll finally build a decent mid-size ground that the Reds and Roar can use (possibly a Perry Park update). It's something that's obviously missing and would be well used.

Aren't they supposed to be updating Ballymore for the Reds?

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:15 am Much to learn from Sydney re stadium fiasco(s) but they already have good stadiums, use QE2 and get a transport line by rail/light rail out there.
Looking forward to watching the 10m platform street dancing

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:39 am

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:15 am Much to learn from Sydney re stadium fiasco(s) but they already have good stadiums, use QE2 and get a transport line by rail/light rail out there.
Looking forward to watching the 10m platform street dancing

They'll finally build a decent mid-size ground that the Reds and Roar can use (possibly a Perry Park update). It's something that's obviously missing and would be well used.

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:17 am

Kiwias wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:04 am

Thomas wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:18 am

Burke's Boot wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:16 am Should be going to a thriving and bustling metropolis like Sydney or Melbourne. Will they knock down that stadium in the south i wonder which hosted the Commonwealth Games once and build a new one.

It's 1.2km from my house so that's a yes from me.

But this will never happen.

If Tokyo is cancelled as is looking increasingly likely, the word is that they will get the 2032 Games.

Brisbane was announced as the only preferred candidate today. Seems a little unlikely that Tokyo is in fact the real selection.

mojo wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:44 am

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:39 am

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:15 am Much to learn from Sydney re stadium fiasco(s) but they already have good stadiums, use QE2 and get a transport line by rail/light rail out there.
Looking forward to watching the 10m platform street dancing

They'll finally build a decent mid-size ground that the Reds and Roar can use (possibly a Perry Park update). It's something that's obviously missing and would be well used.

Aren't they supposed to be updating Ballymore for the Reds?

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:39 am

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:15 am Much to learn from Sydney re stadium fiasco(s) but they already have good stadiums, use QE2 and get a transport line by rail/light rail out there.
Looking forward to watching the 10m platform street dancing

They'll finally build a decent mid-size ground that the Reds and Roar can use (possibly a Perry Park update). It's something that's obviously missing and would be well used.

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:33 am

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:39 am

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:15 am Much to learn from Sydney re stadium fiasco(s) but they already have good stadiums, use QE2 and get a transport line by rail/light rail out there.
Looking forward to watching the 10m platform street dancing

They'll finally build a decent mid-size ground that the Reds and Roar can use (possibly a Perry Park update). It's something that's obviously missing and would be well used.

Is Perry pk and surrounds able to be adequately developed? Close to city but I was so underwhelmed when I went past last time in Brisbane, unless you mean a 15k size ground with not all the bells and whistles.

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:59 am

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:33 am

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:39 am

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:15 am Much to learn from Sydney re stadium fiasco(s) but they already have good stadiums, use QE2 and get a transport line by rail/light rail out there.
Looking forward to watching the 10m platform street dancing

They'll finally build a decent mid-size ground that the Reds and Roar can use (possibly a Perry Park update). It's something that's obviously missing and would be well used.

Is Perry pk and surrounds able to be adequately developed? Close to city but I was so underwhelmed when I went past last time in Brisbane, unless you mean a 15k size ground with not all the bells and whistles.

Exactly that. 15-20K. Already have Suncorp and The Gabba as beg stadiums. The is no mid-sized rectangle stadium.

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:59 am

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:33 am

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:39 am

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:15 am Much to learn from Sydney re stadium fiasco(s) but they already have good stadiums, use QE2 and get a transport line by rail/light rail out there.
Looking forward to watching the 10m platform street dancing

They'll finally build a decent mid-size ground that the Reds and Roar can use (possibly a Perry Park update). It's something that's obviously missing and would be well used.

Is Perry pk and surrounds able to be adequately developed? Close to city but I was so underwhelmed when I went past last time in Brisbane, unless you mean a 15k size ground with not all the bells and whistles.

Exactly that. 15-20K. Already have Suncorp and The Gabba as beg stadiums. The is no mid-sized rectangle stadium.

Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:25 am

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:59 am

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:33 am

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:39 am

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:15 am Much to learn from Sydney re stadium fiasco(s) but they already have good stadiums, use QE2 and get a transport line by rail/light rail out there.
Looking forward to watching the 10m platform street dancing

They'll finally build a decent mid-size ground that the Reds and Roar can use (possibly a Perry Park update). It's something that's obviously missing and would be well used.

Is Perry pk and surrounds able to be adequately developed? Close to city but I was so underwhelmed when I went past last time in Brisbane, unless you mean a 15k size ground with not all the bells and whistles.

Exactly that. 15-20K. Already have Suncorp and The Gabba as beg stadiums. The is no mid-sized rectangle stadium.

CBus Super Stadium is an hour from the centre of Brisbane.

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:31 am

Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:25 am

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:59 am

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:33 am

Bindi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:39 am

They'll finally build a decent mid-size ground that the Reds and Roar can use (possibly a Perry Park update). It's something that's obviously missing and would be well used.

Is Perry pk and surrounds able to be adequately developed? Close to city but I was so underwhelmed when I went past last time in Brisbane, unless you mean a 15k size ground with not all the bells and whistles.

Exactly that. 15-20K. Already have Suncorp and The Gabba as beg stadiums. The is no mid-sized rectangle stadium.

CBus Super Stadium is an hour from the centre of Brisbane.

Even Gold Coast people dont go there.

Brisbane is close to being formally confirmed as the host of the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics next month after its “irresistible” bid was unanimously approved by the International Olympic Committee’s executive.

The decision still needs to be put to a vote of IOC members in Tokyo on 21 July, but with no other cities left in contention it will almost certainly be a rubber-stamping exercise. If confirmed it will be the third time an Australian city has hosted the Olympic Games after Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.

The IOC president, Thomas Bach, said Brisbane had impressed his organisation because it presented a “clear vision for a sustainable and feasible Olympic Games” which was fully aligned with the IOC’s vision. Bach also cited its climate in July and August as well as the “great support from the public and across the political spectrum”.

“All these together made it somehow irresistible for the future host commission as well as for the executive board,” Bach said. “But we are not there yet. It’s in the hands of the IOC members to vote on 21st of July.”

Several countries had expressed an interest in the 2032 Games, including Hungary, China, Qatar and Germany. But in a new process which no longer openly pits cities against each other, Brisbane took the box seat in February when it became the IOC’s preferred bidder.

The bid, which plans to use 84% existing and temporary venues to cut down on costs, also benefited from a pledge from Australia’s prime minister, Scott Morrison, that the federal government would cover half the costs, adding contributions from state and local governments.

“The Brisbane 2032 Olympic project shows how forward-thinking leaders recognise the power of sport as a way to achieve lasting legacies for their communities,” Bach added.

However, he rejected claims that the IOC had not been transparent in awarding the Games, and denied that there had been a conflict of interest given his vice-president, John Coates, is from Australia. “There are very strict rules in the IOC, and these rules are closely monitored by our chief compliance and ethics officer,” Bach said. “And as a result of this, John Coates has not taken part in any discussion or any decision.”

Auckman wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:44 pm Anyway, what’s this talk of a new stadium? I thought they were using a spoofed-up GABBA?

grievous wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:15 am Much to learn from Sydney re stadium fiasco(s) but they already have good stadiums, use QE2 and get a transport line by rail/light rail out there.
Looking forward to watching the 10m platform street dancing

towny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:41 pmIn the unlikely event that Brisbane was awarded the Olympics there is a 100% guarantee that it would need a new stadium.

Mr Mike wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:19 pm

towny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:41 pmIn the unlikely event that Brisbane was awarded the Olympics there is a 100% guarantee that it would need a new stadium.

Aren't they the only bidder? Bold call to decide to just skip 2032 instead.

towny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 5:03 pm

Mr Mike wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:19 pm

towny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:41 pmIn the unlikely event that Brisbane was awarded the Olympics there is a 100% guarantee that it would need a new stadium.

Aren't they the only bidder? Bold call to decide to just skip 2032 instead.

I’m sure someone else will put their hand up. I love Brisbane - grew up there. It has 17 hotel rooms and not enough people to justify the required infrastructure. It’d be like having it in Auckland or Dublin.

towny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:41 pm QEII has poor public transport, is miles from the centre and is easily the worst stadium ever built by anyone. In the unlikely event that Brisbane was awarded the Olympics there is a 100% guarantee that it would need a new stadium.

towny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:41 pm Olympics shouldn’t go to cities like Brisbane. It’s a really dumb idea.

kiap wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 6:22 pm

towny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:41 pm QEII has poor public transport, is miles from the centre and is easily the worst stadium ever built by anyone. In the unlikely event that Brisbane was awarded the Olympics there is a 100% guarantee that it would need a new stadium.

Think they'll throw coupla bob at the Gabba rather than QEII

towny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:41 pm Olympics shouldn’t go to cities like Brisbane. It’s a really dumb idea.

What the Olympics is trying to avoid now =>Co$ts far above ten or eleven figures:



Rio is not on there. But whatever their total was, Brasil couldn't afford it...



Athens hastened the Greeks' slide into the Abyss.

towny wrote:
When was the last time an Olympic stadium didn’t have a train station? The Gabba is half the size of the next smallest Olympic stadium since 200BC. It doesn’t even have a decent sized car park. It’s in a suburb and it couldn’t be made any bigger. Maybe they can have the judo there.

The Chandler Aquatic centre holds about 5000 people. I was last there 30 years ago and it looked like a tired old place. No trains, but maybe 100,000 rental cars will be sent to Brissie.

Bindi wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:32 pm

towny wrote:
When was the last time an Olympic stadium didn’t have a train station? The Gabba is half the size of the next smallest Olympic stadium since 200BC. It doesn’t even have a decent sized car park. It’s in a suburb and it couldn’t be made any bigger. Maybe they can have the judo there.

The Chandler Aquatic centre holds about 5000 people. I was last there 30 years ago and it looked like a tired old place. No trains, but maybe 100,000 rental cars will be sent to Brissie.

If only there were some sort of cross-river rail infrastructure currently being built that services the Gabba.

https://crossriverrail.qld.gov.au/

towny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:12 pm When was the last time an Olympic stadium didn’t have a train station? The Gabba is half the size of the next smallest Olympic stadium since 200BC. It doesn’t even have a decent sized car park.

towny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:12 pm It’s in a suburb and it couldn’t be made any bigger. Maybe they can have the judo there.

towny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:12 pm The Chandler Aquatic centre holds about 5000 people. I was last there 30 years ago and it looked like a tired old place. No trains, but maybe 100,000 rental cars will be sent to Brissie.

Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:56 pm Brisbane is a great choice for the Olympics, and if they get the games it will be a great event.

Towny, I agree with you that there isn't a surplus of hotel accommodation in Brisbane, but there is lots on the Gold Coast which is 100km away from the centre of Brisbane. I disagree with you on everything else. How many cities do you lay claim to? Perth, Townsville, Darwin, Stockholm? Where else? Brisbane has changed a lot since you were sneaking into Whisky A Go Go's with fake ID in your teens. It's a proper, grown up city and between itself and Gold Coast there is a stack of infrastructure already in place. Of course, part of bidding for the Olympics is building new infrastructure and that's what the QLD state govt will do.

towny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:06 pm

Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:56 pm Brisbane is a great choice for the Olympics, and if they get the games it will be a great event.

Towny, I agree with you that there isn't a surplus of hotel accommodation in Brisbane, but there is lots on the Gold Coast which is 100km away from the centre of Brisbane. I disagree with you on everything else. How many cities do you lay claim to? Perth, Townsville, Darwin, Stockholm? Where else? Brisbane has changed a lot since you were sneaking into Whisky A Go Go's with fake ID in your teens. It's a proper, grown up city and between itself and Gold Coast there is a stack of infrastructure already in place. Of course, part of bidding for the Olympics is building new infrastructure and that's what the QLD state govt will do.

I’m coming around to the idea. The map had impact - the Gold Coast is perfect! I think half the apartments in Brisbane CBD are empty anyway.

I love the place - The Pineapple Hotel was my regular for a while.

But the Gabba will have to be torn down and rebuilt.