New Brisbane Stadium (2032 Olympics)

[RedV3x]

it's simply logical to build a new stadium that can serve the dual purpose of being both the Olympic stadium and the stadium for AFL and cricket post-Olympics.

Remember Perth Stadium is a hybrid stadium It's NOT just about AFL and cricket.That was the government's aim from the beginning - to attract as much revenue as possible. So. AFL, WAFL, soccer, rugby, S.O.O. concerts and every assortment of events.

 

[wizardwaffle]

The same sort of debate went on with the Perth Stadium (except for the temporary stadium bit)
Perth Stadium was completed at a then horrendous cost.
Perth Stadium nearly became a white elephant because the AFL was happy with a profitable Subiaco situation.
Commonsense prevailed and a more reasonable rent was charged for the major tenant
and the stadium has gone on to be a vibrant attraction to the city of Perth.

Lessons to be learnt from the Perth Stadium experience.
1. Get the design right w.r.t.capacity and cost.
2. Get the transport infrastructure right w.r.t. access and cost.
3. Minimize the potential for high ongoing costs.
4. Maximize the potential for revenue by attracting the most sports and events.

Perth Stadium was successful because of the Adelaide Oval. Because of the situation that was caused by the the agreement between the South Australian Cricket Association and the South Australian National Football League and the AFL, the Western Australians where shown how they should go, share in the creation of a major new stadium.

Perth Stadium was created with having athletics hosted at the venue.

The designs for a new Subiaco Oval had been released.

Yep.

It's fine to question why the hell Brisbane wanted and eventually won the Olympics before confirmation about their stadium situation.

It's fine to question how we get to the $3.6 billion dollar amount specifically and whether the build can be cheaper.

Be that as it may, given that they have the Olympics, and given that the Gabba is both at its end of life and has a too small capacity for the Brisbane Lions and insufficient for Ashes and India tests etc. (as much as people want to debate the point and claim that somehow crowd figures from 2014 and not 2024 is more relevant for future attendance estimate), it's simply logical to build a new stadium that can serve the dual purpose of being both the Olympic stadium and the stadium for AFL and cricket post-Olympics.

Queensland anti-AFL political interests pretended on a Gabba rebuild (without having to make it legally confirmed) to placate the AFL interests in the midst of the bid, won the bid, and are subsequently trying to sideline the AFL and cricket post the confirmation of the bid, trying to sidestep the inevitability that the Olympics require an oval stadium and that the AFL also plays in an oval stadium. May the AFL benefit without contributing themselves? Sure. But that's a by-product of wanting the Olympics. Qld political interests wanting their cake and eating it too, to the wasteful expense of billions of dollars of taxpayer money, many of which that taxpayer money would be cricket and/or Brisbane Lions fans, FWIW.

The location of the Melbourne Olympic Stadium had not been decided upon when vote was made.

A few different location were chosen.

There was Princes Park.

There was the Showgrounds.

Melbourne could have lost the Olympics before the MCG was chosen.

The GABBA has not always looked like it does now. Here is how it looked in 1989.

 

[threenewpadlocks]

The location of the Melbourne Olympic Stadium had not been decided upon when vote was made.

I cannot believe I'm saying this, but the politics and economics of building a stadium and hosting the Olympics are so dissimilar from the 1950's to the 2020's to be an almost meaningless comparison.