What you said about $6bn Victoria Park Olympic precinct for Brisbane 2032

A 60,000-seat stadium has been mooted for Brisbane 2032, sparking furious debate. HAVE YOUR SAY

Concept Victoria Park Olympic Stadium by Archipelago. Photo: Supplied

Brisbane’s latest stadium suggestion, a 60,000-seater one at Victoria Park for $2.6bn, has reignited the 2032 Olympic Games debate.

Global consultancy group Arcadis – which has developed business cases for other Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games venues – has released a 22-page report detailing the “hard to beat” benefits of using Victoria Park as the city’s sporting and entertainment hub in 2032.

An architectural masterplan to use Victoria Park – dubbed Brisbane Bold – was first released by Archipelago in March, but Arcadis has now investigated the benefits and cost.

How Victoria Park could be transformed for the Olympics. Picture: ARCHIPELAGO

The $6bn precinct would be built over the existing Inner City Bypass and also include Brisbane Arena and a new 18,00-seat national aquatics centre.

Analysis was undertaken by Arcadis Games and Legacy Lead Paul Allan, who said the precinct could rival Melbourne Park, London’s Wembley Park and Sydney’s Moore Park.

“Victoria Park works as a precinct whether it’s one, two or three stadiums … it makes sense,” he said.

However readers remain unconvinced, with some again questioning where funding would come from.

Others, though, said the concept was the best yet.

See what you had to say below and join the conversation >>>

WHAT YOU SAID

Get on with it

Douglas

It’s too late for procrastination. Brisbane has been awarded the 2032 Olympics whether the LNP wants it or not. We have 2 options get on with it or do a Daniel Andrews and make a fool of us again.

Ewan Mee

Common sense at last. Once built over the ICB convert the existing train washing station to a suburban station for ready access almost to the front door.

Nick

It’s great to see common sense adults decisions finally being put in place

David M

Bite the bullet and build the new stadium at Victoria Park and redevelop Centenary Pool into a world class aquatic centre

Not gonna happen

David

Where’s the money coming from? The State Government says we are about to lose AAA credit rating. Can we afford this Stadium?

Foul Quince

I have given up any hope that the chicken-hearted dunderhead we accidentally elected as Premier will show any common sense of backbone in this matter and will just fold for the shiniest object, obsessed with his own “legacy”.

Neil

Bowen bridge road traffic is a snail pace now. low lying areas flood, a major hospital next door, a long way to dine, you would just be creating a traffic nightmare for serviced vehicles and others . the noise of games and concerts would not work. we currently have three stadiums which all can be used with proper upgrades for the Olympics .

Axel

Amazing, NOT, let’s build on one of the actual green spaces left in Brisbane, as if we have an abundance of park’s bigger than a postage stamp, common sense says Boondal, easy access, rail, and Gateway, every major city now builds outside of the CBD, a field of dreams, build it and they will come ….

Go bigger

Bernice

60,000 equals still no big concerts when Sydney and Melbourne are 80-100,000.

Mark

How about NO!

Victoria Park is already half the size it was when first gazetted. Traffic would be a nightmare there around the hospital.

The Other Elizabeth

I’ve lived in Brisbane most of my life. I’ve been to Suncorp stadium over a 100 times for sport and concerts. I’ve never been to Victoria Park for anything. I’ve been to Melbourne and Sydney many times to see concerts and sport not held in Brisbane due to capacity – I’d love to have an international standard new stadium in a “park” I’ve never used

BJ

Victoria Park is perfect. It’s walking distance from the city, close to transport, no destruction of koala habitat, no destruction of a much loved school etc. Make it as impressive as the Perth Stadium and people will love it.

What a mess

Steven

So, when the golf course at Victoria Park was closed for the express purpose of providing green parkland space for everyone to use, it now seems that was just a ruse!

J

No taxes for elite sport. User pays or cancel the games. We were the only city dumb enough to bid for it. Nobody wants the games. Just build what we want not what they demand.

Lobo

Given that the Olympics spend will impact on EVERY Queenslander for decades to come, how about we put it to a state wide vote Mr Crisafulli? Are we, or are we not a democratic state?

Sue

Just do it – the idiotic to and fro among the mainly political parties is wasting time. Brisbane needs a new stadium to provide a legacy and to also support sport, music, cultural events in a larger stadium. Just do it