The mind-blowing stadiums of the future Brisbane should aspire to

Brisbane, it’s time to let your imagination run wild. Our city deserves a stadium the envy of not just Australia, but the world.

The proposed King Salman Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Stadiums are no longer a rectangular venue plonked at random for sports fans to converge on.

They have evolved into the cultural centrepiece of the world’s greatest cities, and Brisbane deserves nothing less.

Populous, a global architectural design firm, have been involved in 14 summer and winter Olympic Games since 1996 and also designed the Suncorp Stadium rebuild in the early 2000s.

Now they’ve been tasked with their biggest job yet.

Last week they revealed the first glimpse of the King Salman Stadium in Saudi Arabia ahead of the 2034 FIFA World Cup.

It is set to become the largest-capacity stadium in the country, with proposed designs boasting a futuristic venue and surrounding sporting precinct which would be the envy of the world.

The King Salman Stadium will seat 92,000.

Currently scheduled to be completed in late 2029, the stadium boasts a seating capacity of more than 92,000, with amenities including a Royal Box, hospitality skyboxes and lounges, 2200 VIP seats as well as a walking path on the roof with panoramic views.

There will also be a range of facilities incorporated into the development including football training fields, fan zones, community sports park, an aquatic centre with an Olympic sized swimming pool and athletics stadium.

Aramco Stadium will also be built in Saudi Arabia and seat 47,000.

Outside of the King Salman Stadium, Populous have plans to build multiple futuristic and impressive venues ahead of the 2034 FIFA World Cup including one located off the edge of a cliff.

But it’s not just the World Cup Populous are planning for, with numerous sporting venues across the globe in the works, many of them breathtaking.

This includes the redesign of a venue in Seoul that held the 1988 Olympic Games, as well as a state-of-the-art 50,000-seat stadium and sporting complex in Hong Kong set to open in 2025.

Built on top of a 200m cliff, the Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Stadium looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. Populous has proposed it for the 2034 FIFA World Cup.

In Queensland, the State Government is undertaking a 100-day review of the 2032 Games which is expected to be the final say on how Brisbane will host the event.

The LNP Government have remained firm on the review not considering new stadiums, however, Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner and business leaders alike have urged the government to consider a stadium at Victoria Park.

It follows a three year bungle of botched plans, cost blowouts and reviews leaving Brisbane with little to no plan for the centrepiece of the games.

Take a look at the incredible designs of stadiums around the world below. Why can’t Brisbane aspire to have one as well?

Kai Tak Sports Park by Populous in Hong Kong.

Kai Tak Sports Park will hold 50,000.

Inside the proposed Aramco Stadium in Saudi Arabia.

Aramco Stadium.

Populous artist impression of the new Inter Milan Stadium.

The Populous-designed Qiddiya City Esports Arena features the largest combined total area of video screens of any esports arena in the world, as well as 4D haptic seats where visitors can sense, feel and even smell the action taking place in front of them.

Populous artist impression of the Seoul 1988 Olympic site regeneration. Jamsil Sports MICE Complex.