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There is an Allan Border statue outside the Gabba.Unlikely, they will honour a Cricket player before an AFL player.
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There is an Allan Border statue outside the Gabba.Unlikely, they will honour a Cricket player before an AFL player.
Some company named Tetris Capital
Hope they use the right building blocks
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Having a new stadium would be great, I just worry if it's in the hands of private equity, they're going to charge the club much more to play there than the government would.Report in The Australian that private equity firms lining up to build new Brisbane stadium
As long as they don’t initially knock the Gabba down, both AFL and Cricket do have some form of negotiation in place where we can threaten to stay where we are and send them broke.Having a new stadium would be great, I just worry if it's in the hands of private equity, they're going to charge the club much more to play there than the government would.
Isn’t that basically what is already there?From Brisbane times - picture of the new QSAC stadium
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/na...o-frills-olympic-stadium-20240711-p5jsvt.html
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First look at Brisbane’s no-frills Olympic stadium
By Cameron Atfield
July 23, 2024 — 5.01am
The first image of Brisbane’s planned Olympic stadium – the smallest since Amsterdam 1928 – can now be revealed.
The photocopied image of the Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre, obtained by this masthead through the Right to Information Act, shows a single permanent covered grandstand, with most of the crowd exposed to the elements in uncovered temporary seating.
Unusually for a summer Olympics, Brisbane 2032 will be held in the middle of winter.
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An artists’ render of QSAC in Olympics mode, designed by Populous and obtained through the Right to Information Act.CREDIT:RTI - QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT
The no-frills QSAC Olympic stadium, designed by architecture firm Populous, would hold just 40,000 spectators and be downsized to 14,000 after the Games. Populous also designed the Suncorp Stadium rebuild in the early 2000s.
QSAC was sensationally chosen as Brisbane’s main Olympic stadium in March, when the planned $2.7 billion rebuild of the Gabba was formally abandoned.
In choosing QSAC, Premier Steven Miles rejected the signature recommendation of the Olympic venues review, which he commissioned, to determine the best site for the main Brisbane 2032 stadium.
That review was led by Graham Quirk, a former Brisbane lord mayor, who recommended a new stadium be built at Victoria Park at an estimated cost of $3.4 billion.
Instead, Miles took Australian Olympic supremo John Coates’ advice and announced QSAC.
The Quirk review estimated the cost of building a mostly temporary Olympic stadium at QSAC at about $1.6 billion, but Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said at least a further $400 million would be required to provide adequate public transport to the venue, which is a 3.1-kilometre walk from the nearest train station, Banoon.
In answers to a federal inquiry into Brisbane’s preparedness to host the Games, the Queensland government confirmed the $2.7 billion that would have been spent on the Gabba rebuild would instead be spent on QSAC and two other venues.
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“The Queensland government provided funding which, prior to the [Quirk-led] Sport Venue Review, was to be the $2.7 billion upgrade to the Gabba, which will now support investments to be made in QSAC, Suncorp Stadium and the Gabba,” the state government told the inquiry.
Business leaders have continued to pressure the Miles government – and the David Crisafulli-led opposition – to reconsider their opposition to the Victoria Park proposal.
Local community groups, meanwhile, remain vehemently opposed to a stadium occupying any part of the expansive inner-city green space.
Comment was sought from Infrastructure Minister Grace Grace, who had oversight of Olympic planning.
Tuesday’s date marks eight years until Brisbane 2032 is set to begin, the event scheduled to run July 23 to August 8, 2032.
Yep. Basically will just be reverted back to just the Grandstand post-2032.Isn’t that basically what is already there?
Populous would hate having their name attached to that, I know I would!
Such a poor long term choice for Qld.Yep. Basically will just be reverted back to just the Grandstand post-2032.
looks like the replay/video screen is attached to a temporary stand. I guess that will disappear as well after the games.Yep. Basically will just be reverted back to just the Grandstand post-2032.
See I’d be appalled if Miles was a local Mayor or Manager of the local Aldi let alone Premier of Queensland. The bar is really really really low of all the clowns in politics and Grace Grace; my lord, she’d bugger up my coffee order at the local footy ground canteen.Lets hope the election in October results in the swift ousting of the Steven Miles regime.
Then fingers crossed the next government has some vision re this issue.
The nerve of the Premier, honestly. Trying to claim that the LNPs proposal to build a new stadium is less expensive than the Qld ALP plan [temp QSAC, Gabba upgrades, Suncorp upgrades]. Meanwhile under the Qld ALP plan, their own State Dev/Infrastructure Minister admits Brisbane will still a need new oval stadium post-2032 anyway.From Brisbane times - picture of the new QSAC stadium
The T20 World Cup has started, and Eisenhower Park held 34,024 for the India v Pakistan match.
Instead of spending $1.6 billion on QSAC this is all Brisbane needs for a 1-month Olympic event.
Costs US$30 million, full construction time 6 months. No lighting which Brisbane would need.
QSAC only needs two ends constructed and not much ground preparation.
Corporate stands on the right.
Players dressing rooms, media and corporates on the left that are mostly obscured. Similar size to the right structure.
Both these structures have 3 levels.
Banners hide the ugly scaffolding. Sell advertising for this space.
Not an issue in my opinion as the TV broadcast will focus on the athletics events and the crowd.
They could have temporary roof cover for the first 15 rows at an extra cost and would have a better look.
No concrete used in this project.
Everything gets dismantled when the T20 World Cup is over. I can't find the costing for this part of the project.
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Banners covering the outside scaffolding
Not the greatest image but you get the idea
I brought up Hamilton a few months ago and people didn't like it. However, I still think that Victoria Park is going to be too big a political minefield for even the LNP to touch, and the people hoping Crisafulli will end up picking it are unfortunately building up false hope. I think they'll either stay with QSAC or maybe pick Hamilton as it won't annoy many people.The sooner we **** this Labor Government off and build a new Stadium at Hamilton the better.
I brought up Hamilton a few months ago and people didn't like it. However, I still think that Victoria Park is going to be too big a political minefield for even the LNP to touch, and the people hoping Crisafulli will end up picking it are unfortunately building up false hope. I think they'll either stay with QSAC or maybe pick Hamilton as it won't annoy many people.
It didn't do its job. The idea was to keep tournament costs to a tight budget, but the temporary New York stadium was such a failure financially that livid ICC board members have launched a review.Just to give this post a bump in light of the new QSAC drawings.
I know lots on here said the T20 cricket world cup venue in New York looks bad for a Brisbane Olympic venue to do something similar
It would be an embarrassment to Brisbane etc, etc.
However, it did its job
It would be the easiest place to build a stadium as it is flat and clear land. A simple extension of the current train line in the area would solve the transport issue. It could be turned into a great riverside precinct. It is also close to the Athletes VillageI brought up Hamilton a few months ago and people didn't like it. However, I still think that Victoria Park is going to be too big a political minefield for even the LNP to touch, and the people hoping Crisafulli will end up picking it are unfortunately building up false hope. I think they'll either stay with QSAC or maybe pick Hamilton as it won't annoy many people.
It'd do for the medium term (including the Olympics) but after that the state would probably need to dust off the plan for an underground railway line between the CBD and Hamilton.It would be the easiest place to build a stadium as it is flat and clear land. A simple extension of the current train line in the area would solve the transport issue. It could be turned into a great riverside precinct. It is also close to the Athletes Village
I really disagree in the bolded.It didn't do its job. The idea was to keep tournament costs to a tight budget, but the temporary New York stadium was such a failure financially that livid ICC board members have launched a review.
Pouring money into a (supposedly cheap) build with no legacy value all but ensured the ICC (who were asked for an extra $20m at the 11th hour to finish building the crappy stands) would lose money on the US leg.