“Madness”, one called it. A “body blow” said another. Their parties are political rivals but the Games venue suggestion has united these ex-mayors.
Five former Brisbane lord mayors from opposing political parties back the Queensland government’s decision not to build a $3.4 billion stadium in Victoria Park for the 2032 Olympics.Odd man out: Tim Quinn, Jim Soorley and Campbell Newman oppose the suggestion by Graham Quirk for a Victoria Park stadium.
Five previous lord mayors support retaining Brisbane’s Victoria Park as the city’s equivalent to New York’s Central Park or Sydney’s Domain. In addition, a town-planning expert has advised that the adjacent Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital would make a 35,000-seat venue “untenable”.
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