What you said about plans for a $6bn Olympic mega precinct

Plans have been revealed for a $6bn Olympic mega precinct – including a 60,000 seat waterfront stadium – tipped as the solution to Brisbane’s 2032 Games planning debacle. HAVE YOUR SAY

A group of globally renowned architects have a bold plan to solve Brisbane’s 2032 Olympic Games stadium dilemma.

An Olympic mega precinct with a stunning 60,000-seat waterfront stadium would be built on the Brisbane River.

An artists impression of Brisbane Northshore.

The $6bn proposal has been put forward to solve the 2032 Games planning debacle – and it won’t cost taxpayers an extra cent.

The architects include those behind some of the best stadiums in the world such as Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium and the Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

The stadium would be the centrepiece of the precinct, which would include a hotel overlooking the venue, a 2500-apartment athletes’ village, pedestrian walkways along the river, an aquatic and wavepool centre as well as a retail and restaurant hub.

The plan has been in the works for six months and talks undertaken with private enterprise, landowners and government departments – while the state government stubbornly continues to back a controversial $1.6bn QSAC upgrade at Mount Gravatt.

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

WHAT YOU SAID

Andrew

60,000 seats just isn’t big enough, Melbourne built 100,000 seat stadium, MCG, 50 years ago, Brisbane need to at least equal that.

John

With a riverside stadium comes lots of community infrastructure including pathways and gardens, have you been to Perth, a big yes from me. Also fantastic river cat access for events and maybe even room for a drone arrival air base.

Cameron

Yes. Looks fantastic something unique. That is never seen before. I think Queenslanders should vote for this and I think better getting started now u have 8 years left.

Steven

A Big Yes but we need to make it the best games ever with new infrastructure the cost is what it is, we want regret it and after it’s built we would be saying we should have started it earlier.

Northshore waterfront, from the Brisbane Design Alliance – Artwork Supplied

Glenn

You would have to seriously explore this concept. Could save a lot of money on non future worthy projects. Gabba should still be upgraded and used

Craig

Not much thought has gone into this from a spectator, player or maintenance perspective. A stadium on an apparent east-west alignment with high rise to the north and a gap to the west. The grass will be in the shade for most of the time during winter. The western sun in the afternoon will come blaring in through the gap in the stadium where the view to the city is. A typical architect’s dream with no practicality.

Natavan

No. We can’t afford it. We have too many homeless and too much debt.

Keith

Great idea, hurry up and fast track this so it can be built and tested before the games actually start.

Peter

Just build a new stadium at Victoria Park. Great central location, transport including rail already in place and the land is in public ownership. And start right now.

I’m Woke and Far from Broke!

Sounds and looks terrific but it is a minefield for government (of any persuasion). Private industry getting involved in mega projects is dangerous. When the cost blowouts inevitably happen, the contractors walk away if huge subsidies aren’t readily made available.

William

A privately owned stadium with no links to the AFL or NRL or Cricket Australia …. Not sure how that would work going forward. Could be a white elephant waiting to happen …

Not Happy David what's ya name.

As I’ve posted previously, no definite decision will be made till post election, neither party have the intestinal fortitude to say we will build a new purpose stadium like what’s been planned for at Victoria Park, just watch the backflips once the election is declared, David what’s his name has already said give me 100 days to investigate the proposal, to me that’s say we will build a new stadium, Miles will backflip now we are still in government we’ve had a rethink, the winner is Victoria Park, it has to be Victoria Park close to the CBD, transportation is already there, rail & busway, it’s an blank canvas, the proposal there planning they will land bridge over the rail & road to join up too the existing parkland on the Gregory Tce side, so for me The Winner is Victoria Park.

Brisbane Northshore vision – stadium interior view

Nigel

They only ask for 15ha of prime real estate. Without cost. And public transport infrastructure to service the high end tenants and residents who will occupy the mega site after the couple of weeks it is used for the Olympics.

Peter

A 60 000 stadium will be a temporary fix. Brisbane will need an 80 000 seat stadium.

Ken

A commonsense approach with private backing. It’s a no-brainer but I guess the stubborn QLD Government won’t go with it because well they didn’t think of it. They’d rather rehash an old tired stadium and showcase it to the world. That way the taxpayer foots the bill.

Brian

I think it’s obvious we need private sector involvement. That’s how Sydney delivered their Olympic Stadium so why not? I think it’s also obvious the current Labor government won’t go this way, they will insist on the taxpayer footing the bill for the inferior QSAC option. The only way something like this will happen is if the LNP are elected and give the Games the reset they so desperately need.

James

Looks ambitious. But will never happen. Australia can’t even manage roads and rail let alone build new stadiums.

Nicholas

Pretty good idea with a river that already floods regularly. And an already congested overpopulated city. Victoria Park is the solution.

David

A private consortium on Brisbane north bank precinct, Hamilton, where the old eats was. I like it, great location.

Andrew

Like the idea. Much better than upgrading QSAC (although that’s not hard). I’m wondering if any consideration has been given to the fact that the airport’s runways are only a few kilometres away and pointing right at it. I just have this image of the Olympic president giving a speech at the opening ceremony or a minutes silence happening before an AFL game and suddenly a jet roars overhead. Victoria Park is till my preferred, but this would be my second.

Shirley

On paper might look like a good idea. A lot of sporting grounds were built on land that flooded or old rubbish tips. These were often just small grounds not something as important as the Olympics. A bit hard to stop mother nature if she decides to have a cyclone and the rain starts and so might flooding. Reading some of the comments the people who are putting this forward have know idea about are weather or anything else.

Electrolytic Lad

As long as no tax payers money is used, I say great, go for it.