MEDIA STATEMENT: LORD MAYOR ADRIAN SCHRINNER
This new vision for Games venues will transform Brisbane into the sporting capital of Australia, a place where people come for the sport and concerts but stay for the sunshine.
With a world-class stadium and aquatic centre, Victoria Park will become Queensland’s centre stage; a place where green turns into gold during the four weeks of the Games.
This long-overdue new oval stadium isn’t really about the Games though.
It will be where residents and visitors go to watch the mighty Brisbane Lions and Australia take on the Poms in the Ashes for decades to come.
The decision to deliver the Brisbane Arena with private funds is a win/win – it’s a win for Brisbane and a win for taxpayers.
Queenslanders will finally get an inner-city entertainment venue to replace Boondall while freeing up Federal funding for other important projects in Brisbane.
I want to thank Premier Crisafulli for having the courage and strength of leadership to make the right decisions for Queensland today.
Hosting the Games was never about sporting venues alone, it was also about bringing forward better transport.
It was about fast-tracking important projects to deliver a lasting transport legacy for our growing region.
With Federal Government support, we’ve already invested billions of dollars into projects like Brisbane Metro, road upgrades and new bridges that will be critical to moving people around during the Games.
We’ve outlined a further 18 initiatives in our Race To Gold: Brisbane’s Games Transport Legacy plan that will deliver a lasting transport legacy.
With the plan for venues locked in, the critical next step will be delivering a proper mass transport plan.
Brisbane was declared a winner nearly four years ago when the International Olympic Committee announced we would host the 2032 Games.
Today, Queensland is a winner thanks to this strong plan for venues.
We now need all levels of government working together to deliver a transport legacy that will benefit Greater Brisbane and beyond for generations to come.
