The multi-billion-dollar redevelopment of the Gabba stadium in Brisbane, which will see a heritage-listed school knocked down, was not necessary to host the 2032 Olympic Games, Australian Olympic Committee CEO reveals.
Mr Carroll said the redeveloped Gabba's "primary" use would be to host AFL and cricket matches."The Olympic movement is saying the decision is 'if you don't have one, and want to build a new one, make sure it is not just for the Olympics'. And that's what the Gabba rebuild is about."
When asked to confirm his comments about the Gabba needing only a "coat of paint" in a speech to the National Press Club, Mr Carroll said it was "an answer to a question put by a journalist at the time" and that his reference was "to the IOC and not the actual project". Greens' Senator Penny Allman-Payne then asked Mr Carroll to confirm the IOC's assessment that a proposal for seven new venues for the Games could be reduced to two, through "venue master plan optimisation".
Penny Allman-Payne suggested the "huge cost of an additional $2.7 billion" to redevelop the stadium was not necessary. "So would it be fair to say the decision to knock down the Gabba and rebuild it is not actually optimising the master plan, in fact, incurring a huge cost of an additional $2.7 billion is not actually required even on the view of the IOC?" she added.
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