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Brisbane was awarded the 2032 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games on 21 July 2021.
The Australian Olympic Committee believes sport in Queensland and Australia more broadly will be super-charged following Queensland successfully convincing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to bring the Games back to Australia.
Following the Queensland Government’s decision on December 9th 2019 to formally support a 2032 candidature, work began immedietly to finalise Queensland’s vision and plans for the Games.
The Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be more than a two-week sporting event. There’s a ten-year runway of opportunity leading into the Games and decades of benefit to flow afterwards.
A Government study has predicted 129,000 jobs in tourism, hospitality and construction to be created by a Queensland Games. A tourism study has identified a $20 billion uplift from 2021-2036.
With the IOC’s New Norm process in place, the cost of bidding for and hosting an Olympic Games has been significantly reduced.
The New Norm is part of the IOC's Agenda 2020 reforms.
It means hosts are encouraged to use existing sports infrastructure wherever possible, only creating new facilities if there’s a long-term sport and community benefit.
The operational cost of running the Games in Queensland will also be offset by a minimum $2.5 billion contribution from the IOC, plus sponsorship and ticket sales. A Queensland Games will be cost neutral or may even turn a profit in terms of operations.
Queensland is upgrading transport infrastructure between the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and the Gold Coast to host the 2032 Games, but these transport improvements are needed anyway because of the rapidly growing population. The improvements are not Games dependent.
Queensland offered a unified approach with the Federal Government, Queensland Government, Council of Mayors South East Queensland (COMSEQ) and the Australian Olympic Committee joined together to take the opportunity forward.
This group formed the Olympic Candidature Leadership Group (OCLG) which undertakes discussions with the IOC through the Future Host Commission, which is a body created to conduct discussions with cities and regions interested in hosting the Games.
In 2020, the OLCG formed the core of a new entity, a company which took the candidature forward with representation from sport including Paralympics Australia, athletes and business.
The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.
We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians.
The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport.
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