Should the board rubber-stamp the findings of the Commission,Queensland will continue as the sole negotiators with the IOC as they move towards an official unveiling as the 2032 hosts. That may happen as early as this year ahead of the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics but even if that IOC session is delayed,Australia now has the firm inside running on its rivals.
“The Brisbane,Queensland,candidature is following the process approved by IOC members in session in 2019,” the AOC said in a statement on Wednesday.
“We are aware that the IOC executive board will receive presentations from a number of commissions at its meeting tonight,including the Future Host Commission.
“We are not privy to that presentation but look forward to any advice in due course.”
Last month,Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner told theHerald theregion was on the verge of having ‘targeted discussions’ with the IOC as they push forward with plans to lock in a host after Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028.
“It’s very exciting. All three levels of government are on board and working feverishly. There was a lull for a period last year where there wasn’t so much talk about the Olympics,but that didn’t mean things weren’t continuing behind the scenes. Now,it’s just a matter of getting down to targeted discussions and hopefully make it a reality,” Schrinner said.
“That is something that could happen any time now. I think 2021 will be the critical year for this … I really do think that. It may not be that a decision is made this year but ... a decision could be made at any stage from now on,essentially.”