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Feds put Gabba’s Olympic revamp on a sticky wicket
The estimated price tag was $1 billion to increase the capacity from about 36,000 to 50,000.
Ms Palaszczuk said legislation was being drafted to set up an independent agency that would spearhead infrastructure projects once the Olympics was awarded.
“Honestly, the Gabba is a no-brainer and that will absolutely go ahead,” she said.
An artist’s impression of the proposed Woolloongabba underground rail station as part of Cross River Rail.Credit:
“It is linked in with our transport, Cross River Rail, it makes sense and will be utilised for decades to come for Queenslanders and Australians to enjoy sporting matches after the Olympics.”
But Mr O’Brien said the federal government did not yet have a view about the Gabba as an Olympic…
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