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The joint venture of BESIX Watpac and John Holland has been selected as the sole finalist to negotiate the contract for building the new 63,000-seat Brisbane Olympic stadium at Victoria Park. The $3.6 billion project, part of the broader $7.1 billion infrastructure plan for the 2032 Games, will serve as the home ground for the Brisbane Lions AFL team and cricket's Brisbane Heat and Queensland Bulls after the events conclude.
An early artist's impressions of the new Brisbane Stadium at Victoria Park. The joint venture of BESIX Watpac and John Holland is the sole finalist to build the Games Victoria Park stadiumWhat next?
A consortium has been selected as the only bidder to progress to the final stage of contract negotiations to build Brisbane's Olympic 63,000-seat stadium. The site at Victoria Park was handed over to the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority in June, with earthworks underway ahead of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Today, the joint venture of BESIX Watpac and John Holland has been announced as the sole builder to move to the next stage of contract negotiations.
Together the companies have delivered a host of stadiums including Lang Park, the Gabba, Melbourne's Docklands stadium and Penrith Stadium. The contract process for the stadium started in October, with the consortium to now work with the stadium's design team to finalise details and construction methodology. The stadium is slated to cost about $3.6 billion, and forms part of the $7.1 billion infrastructure plan for the 2032 Games.
After the Games, the stadium is set to become the home ground for the Brisbane Lions AFL team and cricket's Brisbane Heat and Queensland Bulls. Olympics Minister Tim Mander said while negotiations were continuing it was an important and exciting step forward.
"Now it is just a matter of trying to nut out the contracts so we can make sure there are no cost blowouts," he said. Premier David Crisafulli has previously refused to detail the cost of each project for the Games, saying the government would reveal the costs of projects once they were completed. The site at Victoria Park was handed over to the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority in June.
"They have got to continue to show value for money and the ability to build a quality product for the state, that is important," he said. Earlier this year, the government announced it had selected Australian firms Cox and Hassell to design the stadium, alongside Japanese group Azusa Sekkei.
Victoria Park has been the target of ongoing protests against the development of the stadium, which peaked earlier this year with the arrest of several activists who opposed its construction at the site because of cultural and historic ties.
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