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The revised plan for the Brisbane Arena saw the indoor stadium moved to the northern end of Roma Street Parklands.

Residents join Greens in opposing Roma Street arena

It’s the least controversial of Brisbane 2032’s two major venues, but Brisbane Arena is facing stiff opposition from Roma Street residents.

  • Cameron Atfield

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The Miles government’s revised plan for the Brisbane Arena moved the planned indoor stadium to the northern end of Roma Street Parklands.

LNP claims $500m Brisbane Arena blowout was hidden from voters

The new government’s claims about the major Olympic venue led to counterclaims of a “petty political ploy”.

  • Cameron Atfield
Brisbane’s ‘awkward island’ between Roma and George streets near the Transcontinental Hotel will be reduced in size and a new walkway built to new pedestrian crossing on Roma Street to improve access to the under-constuction, new Roma Street Station.

A path or two and a kangaroo: New plan to keep the CBD moving

An isolated traffic island in one of Brisbane’s busiest intersections will be redesigned, and a street closed off, to help people take public transport.

  • Tony Moore
An artist’s impression of the Brisbane Live entertainment centre, now known as Brisbane Arena and set to be built for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Arena to bring life to precinct between Suncorp Stadium and CBD

The only proposed inner-Brisbane venue to survive Monday’s Games turnaround is a 17,000-seat entertainment centre that will transform the western CBD.

  • Sean Parnell
Time is ticking in countdown to the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games.

Forget Quirk’s 60-day review into Olympic venues. I did mine in 60 minutes

Graham Quirk might be more qualified to conduct a review, but it ain’t rocket science, so with the clock ticking down to 2032, I’ve done one in a fraction of the time.

  • Cameron Atfield
Deputy Premier Steven Miles has launched his promised review of venue planning for the Brisbane 2032 Games.

‘It has become divisive’: Back to the start for 2032 Olympics review

Premier Steven Miles has asked former lord mayor Graham Quirk – one of the first to advocate the use of existing venues for the Games – to review the plan for 2032.

  • Sean Parnell
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The current concept for the Brisbane Arena may be prohibitively expensive.

Whatever the Olympic review finds, an inner-city arena is a must

If plans to build the Brisbane Arena above the railway tracks at Roma Street prove prohibitively expensive, perhaps some out-of-the-box thinking is required.

  • Cameron Atfield
The Brisbane Entertainment Centre site at Boondall could be repurposed post-Games, once the Brisbane Arena was built.

Developers circle as Brisbane Entertainment Centre nears its end

The much-maligned Boondall venue will host Olympic handball in 2032, but after that, its future is anyone’s guess.

  • Cameron Atfield
At $2.7 billion, the Gabba will be the third-most expensive stadium in the world.

The $2.7 billion Gabba, and what bang other stadiums got for their buck

The Gabba will be the third-most expensive stadium in the world, but what will Brisbane have to show for it?

  • Cameron Atfield
The Live Nation/Oak View Group/Plenery consortium’s design for Brisbane Arena in Olympic swimming mode.

Brisbane Arena rivals circle as project goes to market

The Queensland government will shortly conduct market soundings to determine the shape of the Brisbane Arena project on Roma Street.

  • Cameron Atfield and Tony Moore

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