The Queensland authorities have introduced that expressions of curiosity (EOI) are open for the preparation of an built-in masterplan for Brisbane’s Victoria Park precinct, which is able to type the center of the town’s 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Video games.
The information follows the an EOI interval for the design of 4 new and upgraded sporting venues that opened earlier this month and closed lower than every week in the past.
In a media communique, the federal government asserts that the “co-location of key 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Video games infrastructure supplies the chance to create a world-class recreation and way of life hub” at Victoria Park.
The inner-city precinct, which incorporates the Brisbane Showgrounds and surrounds, is envisioned as a spot for recreation, occasions, leisure and way of life.
At its coronary heart, the Queensland authorities notes, “The principle stadium at Victoria Park will change into the brand new, world-class, 63,000-seat dwelling to AFL and cricket in Queensland, and entice main nationwide and worldwide occasions, leaving an enduring legacy for 2032 and past.”
Through the 2032 video games, this stadium will host the opening and shutting ceremonies, in addition to athletics occasions.
Along with the neighbouring Nationwide Aquatic Centre on the Spring Hill Centenary Pool website, the primary video games stadium is a significant a part of the collectively funded $7.1 billion Video games Venue Infrastructure Program being rolled out over the subsequent seven years, through which the state and federal governments will ship 17 new and upgraded venues throughout Queensland.
The federal government’s EOI invitations Queenslanders to form the way forward for Victoria Park precinct by group session.
In its first part, the undertaking includes the event of the precinct masterplan, which is able to embrace technical website investigations, planning, and design actions to help infrastructure supply.
Alongside the primary stadium and aquatic centre, the precinct consists of the Brisbane Athlete Village on the showgrounds website, which is able to ship housing post-games.
The state authorities notes that “the masterplan will determine the key items of connectivity and public realm infrastructure required for the precinct to function each through the video games and the a long time past,” and “will give attention to world-class and iconic public and inexperienced areas.”
Deputy Premier and Minister for State Growth, Infrastructure and Planning Jarrod Bleijie emphasised that the undertaking “is a once-in-a-lifetime alternative for business leaders” to assist ship vital civic infrastructure.
“With the precinct to incorporate Brisbane Stadium in Victoria Park, the Nationwide Aquatic Centre in Spring Hill and the Brisbane Athlete Village in Brisbane Showgrounds, it is going to change into a key a part of Queensland’s Video games legacy,” Bleijie mentioned.
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The Queensland authorities notes that it’s working carefully with Brisbane Metropolis Council, the Royal Nationwide Agricultural and Industrial Affiliation of Queensland (RNA), and different key stakeholders to make sure built-in design outcomes throughout the precinct.
Based on the federal government’s communique, group suggestions on the Victoria Park Precinct Grasp Plan will play a pivotal position in shaping options corresponding to open areas, public realm enhancements and parklands.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner welcomed the chance for Brisbane residents to have their say.
“We reimagined Victoria Park from a golf course right into a vibrant, world-class precinct with extra for residents to see and do,” he commented. “We’ve delivered a pump observe, picnic shelters, an city frequent and Brisbane Metro, which already supplies direct entry to Victoria Park forward of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Video games.”
“It is a nice alternative for us and the group to have enter into the State Authorities’s imaginative and prescient for this unbelievable precinct,” Schrinner added.
The EOI for grasp planning principal contractors and sub-contractor groups may be accessed on-line, and can shut on Friday 1 August 2025, forward of a request for tender course of to shortlisted proponents.
