The Gabba Games – State’s $1b plan to turn stadium into sporting Mecca for 2032

Tuesday April 20, 2021

The Palaszczuk government will push ahead with a redevelopment of the ‘Gabba as the centrepiece of its 2032 Olympic Games bid.

An artist’s impression of the redeveloped Gabba stadium (right) linked by pedestrian plaza to the Cross River Rail station (left) at Woolloongabba. (Supplied)

The government has rejected lacklustre sites near Bowen Hills and instead gone across the river to Queensland’s major AFL and cricket venue at Woolloongabba. If the plan goes ahead, the Gabba will become a building site for five years – it is normally used around 40 weeks a…

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