Olympic villages go viral. How will Brisbane avoid negative reviews at the 2032 Olymic and Paralymic Games?

RNA is kind of the perfect spot for a village IMO, albeit space constrained.

There’s plenty of event space within the existing RNA facilities which can host supporting facilities, catering etc for the games, and prime space for high density living with the new CRR and train station.

It’s also in dire need for improvements that space, some of the old RNA sheds and facilities need investments, as to do the surrounding roads and pedestrian/bike paths along places like O’Connel Terrace.

Edit: those claiming the Ekka will be cancelled for 5 years are fear-mongering, the primary development will take place at the Brooke St end which is heavily under-utilised during the Ekka because the facilities are dilapidated/un-safe. Sideshow Alley/Gregory Tce/King St hosts the bulk of the Ekka facilities/events.

I’m going to be sitting on a beach in another country to avoid this debacle.

Can we just cancel the olympics now, Brisbane has real issues that require attention now.

Don’t build, make a deal with hotels near each stadiums instead. The other hotels that miss out on the Olympians would be flooded with tourists, so I’m sure they won’t mind.

Brisbane is not exactly known for its efforts living up to international standards. It’s a town where Australia’s cultural insecurity is overcorrected by bureaucratic mitigation. Theres always a good idea behind the effort, but that good intent never survives the gauntlet of ‘please everybody, offend nobody, and let the developers do whatever they want’ committees.

The idea of an olympics in a city that had *that* embarrassing drone show at NYE, *that* laughable botanical gardens ‘light show’ a few years back, and multiple instances of 30 year old ideas stolen from other cities, stripped of appeal, and implemented as an example of Brisbane’s ‘culture’, doesn’t give me faith these Olympics will survive international scrutiny.

Brisbane’s too worried about the size of its own shadow to be competent at this level.

Downvote me all you want. You know it’s true.

Build an Olympics village with a consideration for use afterwards as a well-designed and dignified refuge for people leaving domestic violence and other unfortunate life events. Close to the hospital and transport is perfect.

Paralymic

It seems like all Olympic villages suck though it often seems to be in terms of furnishings and rules more than anything else.

The furnishings seem to be more than of a a dorm room more than anything else.

With that being said it’s pretty clear that the Brisbane Olympic Village is designed to ultimately become a bit of a high end high density village after the olympics.

The government does not care they k ow they will not win another term. So corrupt and crime through the roof.

It won’t… It’s the Olympics.

Cookie cutter designed stadium. Nothing new and no future reuse. Waste of 💰 ney