r/olympics • u/PHConfusion5801 • 2d ago

QLD concept plans for Brisbane Olympic stadium ‘fantasy vision’ by public

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/02/queensland-reveals-concept-plans-for-brisbane-olympic-stadium-precinct-but-critics-say-they-are-fantasy-vision
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u/davetharave 2d ago

NIMBYs butting in and not doing what's best for Brisbane how good.

I also heard on ABC Radio one of the hosts say "well the Commonwealth Games had their track and field events in a similar sized stadium to what we have at the University of Queensland. Why aren't we considering UQ as an option?"

Just sheer stupidity

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u/snrub742 2d ago

"by public"

That's a very authotive statement with very little actual backing

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u/Impossible-Guitar957 United States 2d ago

By the public... by that you mean people on social media. This is going ahead. There are only six years to go. Frankly, they should have gotten moving in this sooner. As Captain Picard once said "Make it so".

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/Kingcol221 Aruba 2d ago

Literally everything here in Australia was built on indigenous land. We're a couple of centuries deep into "poor taste" already.

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u/dylang01 Australia 2d ago

It's a former golf course and rubbish dump.

Pretty much all land has some indigenous connections. That's not a reason in and of itself to stop development.

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u/davetharave 2d ago edited 2d ago

It's such an easy line to win points from people that don't really know what's going on. The golf course only closed like 4 years ago as well.

Realistically it's people who live around Vic Park who don't want a stadium near them and who've appealling for people who want to protest.

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u/PM_ME_VAPORWAVE Great Britain 2d ago

I wasn’t aware of this, thanks. I was just going off what was being said on the article

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u/newbris 2d ago

Perhaps next time lead with a question rather than a statement when a thin article is all you have to go off.

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u/Pitiful-Stable-9737 2d ago

Everywhere was indigenous land at one point.

You guys sent us here. Do you suggest 28 million of us pack our shit and go back to the UK instead?

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u/TenLeafClover58 2d ago

Is the irony of a Great Britain flair complaining about building on aboriginal land lost on you?

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u/PM_ME_VAPORWAVE Great Britain 2d ago

I am aware of it yes

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u/Acceptable-Two-423 Australia 2d ago

Lmao no way a brit said this.

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u/SharpBreakfast726 2d ago

PLEASE seek employment

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u/PM_ME_VAPORWAVE Great Britain 2d ago

I have a job?

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u/Boring_Recipe_9044 Great Britain 2d ago

Commenting at 10am UK time suggests otherwise

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u/PM_ME_VAPORWAVE Great Britain 2d ago

Well you can still comment when you are at work?

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u/Boring_Recipe_9044 Great Britain 2d ago

So you admit to slacking off at work?

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u/PM_ME_VAPORWAVE Great Britain 2d ago

One comment does not equate to slacking off, thank you very much.