Brisbane "Frontrunner" for 2032 Olympic Games Bid

Brisbane has been formally nominated by the International Olympic Committee as the candidate city to host the 2032 Summer Olympic Games. According to preliminary estimates, successfully hosting the Games would bring Queensland several billion Australian dollars in revenue and 130,000 jobs.

The full plan for the Brisbane Olympics has not yet been revealed, but there are indications that Suncorp Stadium could become the first rectangular stadium to host an Olympic opening and closing ceremony. It is also understood that the IOC would not oppose using the large stadium at Carrara — which hosted the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games — as the athletics venue.

Of the two athletes' villages being planned, one would most likely be located at Hamilton Reach on the Brisbane River, with the other, much smaller one on the Gold Coast, while the Victoria Park golf course could become the venue for the golf and equestrian events. A redeveloped Ballymore appears set to host the Olympic hockey, and it is believed organisers are closely considering staging the marathon on the Sunshine Coast. Cairns and Townsville could host preliminary football matches, and Toowoomba and Ipswich may also hold football matches, with the latter potentially hosting the modern pentathlon as well.

If Queensland's Olympic bid succeeds, it would be the third time Australia has hosted the Games, after the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

When Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk formally announced the bid in late 2019, she said "future generations" would benefit from it. "The Games certainly mean a great deal to this state," she said at the time. "It's a source of pride for our state. It tells the rest of the world that we are firmly pinned on the map." At the time it was estimated that Queensland already had 80% of the infrastructure required and that the Games would create 120,000 jobs. "We can look at the existing infrastructure," she said. "We don't have to go and build large venues that won't be used in the future."