Thread: Brisbane to be voted as 2032 Olympic host.

Originally Posted by Saitch

C'mon you blokes. Don't be so negative. I'm in training, you know!

Marbles?

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

The Olympic Games program is part of a plan to grow Brisbane into a city to rival Sydney and Melbourne.
Huge infrastructure upgrades are part of the plan. This maximises the public benefits of the spending, to avoid creating white elephants.
The Games themselves are expected to cost about $5b, and 85% of the Games venues already exist, and will be upgraded.
There is a lot of other important infrastructure proposed over the next 11 years. Motorways, rail links etc. The Coomera Connector was mentioned. There is also a new motorway planned from Bracken Ridge to Redlands. High speed rail to the Gold and Sunshine Coasts and the Cross River Rail into the city.
The athletes village in Brisbane will become a major river front urban apartment precinct. Smaller athletes villages are planned for the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. Remember how the Commonwealth Games athletes village became student accommodation for Griffith Uni on the Gold Coast?
Costs are being shared 50:50 between the state and Commonwealth.
Brisbane and surrounds are expected to grow by 1.4 million by 2040.

Brisbane's 2032 Olympic Games venues will be a mix of new and old. Here's how it will look
Brisbane'''s 2032 Olympic Games venues will be a mix of new and old. Here'''s how it will look - ABC News

They definitely have some work to do.That’s more than has been done in the last 20 yrs.

The road upgrades can’t come quick enough,they are so far behind it’s rediculous.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

If Queenslanders want to pay for this and do their doh that is fine by me but I suppose the rest of us are going to have to chip in as well.

The costs will blow out for sure,that’s a given.

Yes you will be joining us all paying it off,no doubt..

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Marbles?

Given the recent issue with nibbler debris, it is likely not tiddly winks.

Originally Posted by Saitch

FYI.

My favourite is the Olympic sweeping competition. Janitors unite!

Originally Posted by scarry

The costs will blow out for sure,that’s a given.

Yes you will be joining us all paying it off,no doubt..

This gives the story of the genesis of the Olympics bid. The future belongs to those who plan for it.;

Secrets behind our bid: The future belongs to those who plan for it (inqld.com.au)

And according to Madonna King, today is not the day for naysayers.So naysayers , stop naying , and join in the games.

We need this ray of hope on our distant horizon – today is not a day for naysayers (inqld.com.au)

Infrastructure spending is substantially labour cost directly or indirectly. Govt gets 1/4 to 1/3 of labour cost back with income tax, add on the multiplier effect of the other 2/3 of income spent which also becomes someone’s wages which is taxed again, rinse and repeat this 3 or 4 times as each person spends and pays income taxes. Then throw 10% GST income on top of that.

Add on visitor/tourist dollars, rinse and repeat income tax on these dollars and add GST to govt income.

How much does it really cost Govt? In reality not the simple infrastructure build cost.