What you said about Brisbane 2032 potentially losing tennis to Melbourne

Queenslanders have jumped quickly to slam the state of Brisbane 2032 as embarrassing and laid the blame on former premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. HAVE YOUR SAY

The stage for the Brisbane International at Pat Rafter Arena. Picture: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

• Brisbane could lose tennis to Melbourne

The Olympic tennis tournament at Brisbane 2032 could be played in Melbourne with plans for a crucial update of the Queensland Tennis Centre hanging in the balance.

The Courier-Mail revealed today that senior Queensland tennis officials fear the Tennyson centre cannot deliver the traditional Olympic Games requirements of 10,000, 5000 and 3000 seat arenas.

It’s understood private discussions have been had regarding tennis being played out of Melbourne’s Australian Open venue if Brisbane does not come up to scratch.

It comes amid a huge poaching raid from the Gold Coast who is actively attempting to steal the flagship swimming events from Brisbane.

Readers were left shocked and jumped quickly to slam the state of Brisbane 2032 as embarrassing and laid the blame on former premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

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

WHAT YOU SAID

Austin

2032 is shaping up to be an organisational disaster, a world class embarrassment.

Will 

Fair to say the 2032 Olympics shaping up as an unmitigated disaster.

Curious

The whole Olympic fiasco was nothing more than a feel good moment for Anna and her mates.

Boswoz

Ask Palaszczuk, she was the only one looking for a “look at me” moment by putting in a bid for the Games. She must have had this all worked out. Or, we could just can the tennis, it never used to be an Olympic sport, it was only introduced through greed.

Queensland Tennis Centre - proposed site plan, Pat Rafter Arena, Tennyson.

Been gagged

What a clown show we are.

Aileen

Ridiculous- visitors flying into Brisbane from overseas, why go to Melbourne to watch a game of tennis - airfares from Brisbane to Melbourne will definitely increase and the accommodation prices will be risen for the duration.

Mav#1

At the rate this schmozzle has progressed under Palaszczuk and Miles, tennis will be a stand alone event, because Pat Rafter Arena will be the only thing built. Tenders haven’t been called, if we have any construction companies still solvent, to build the stadiums. Not a hope in Hades, Brisbane will have showpiece Olympic venues in place by Olympic build deadlines

Sandi 

Just another ‘oopsie’ moment for Annastacia. She had multitudes of those after she was accidentally cast into the role of Qlder’s Premier.

Jackie

This is Anna’s legacy that is going to break this state we need hospitals roads dams schools, not more and more and more stadiums. As for the Bris tennis centre, how many times a year does this get used? Just another expensive white elephant.

Joy

How about we give Melbourne all of it. Then we can use the money for what it’s actually needed for. Housing, hospitals and better infrastructure. The olympics we “won” from nobody else, that the Qld public never got a say in. All to stroke Palaszczuk massive ego. And now the LNP government waste so much time and money trying to sort this mess out.

Queensland Tennis Centre - proposed site plan.

Other readers questioned why Melbourne deserved it after the state pulled out of hosting the Commonwealth Games.

Mr Fibble

If giving it to Melbourne, it will end up in Glasgow

Mark

Don’t trust Melbourne. We will pull out and pay for it to be played in Scotland

Is it even an Olympic sport?

Valerie

Tennis should not even be an Olympic sport they have tournaments throughout the year. Time to cull some sports from the Olympic Games.

Commonsense

Tennis like golf should not be in the olympics - just get rid of those sports

Mark

Tennis is one of a number of sports that shouldn’t be in the Olympics. Couldn’t care less if it went to Melbourne.

Originally published as What you said about Brisbane 2032 potentially losing tennis to Melbourne