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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The much-maligned Boondall venue will host Olympic handball in 2032,but after that,its future is anyone’s guess.
The Gabba will be the third-most expensive stadium in the world,but what will Brisbane have to show for it?
The Queensland government will shortly conduct market soundings to determine the shape of the Brisbane Arena project on Roma Street.
With the cost of the Gabba rebuilt increasing 170 per cent before a single shovel was taken out of storage,it is little wonder the federal government sprinted Usain Bolt-style from a funding pledge.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk have detailed plans for the Gabba redevelopment and a new venue at Roma Street.
A major international entertainment and sports company has entered the race to build one of Brisbane’s main Olympic venues.