Great insights in the video. Adrian Schrinner's take on decision-making transparency is refreshing to hear. Mel's ideas on the stadium location and athlete's village are excellent and if implemented would be a win for locals i believe. Hopefully the powers at be dont botch this opportunity for Brisbane. Eagerly awaiting more updates as things progress.
Schrinner is being hypocritical here. Council decisions under his watch are anything but transparent and often outsourced so the cloak of "commercial in conference" can be used.
Personally, I would build the new stadium where the current Victoria Park Golf Course is. It would serve sports like Football, Rugby, Races, athletics and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. It would be very close to both Kelvin Grove & Herston Metro stops as well as the Exhibition station on Cross River Rail. In addition, the Inner City bypass could be buried underneath a new public plaza to the South of the Olympic Park & there could also be a smaller adjacent venue that serves the purpose of Brisbane Live for sports such as Basketball, Swimming & Tennis. Plus it should also back onto the existing RNA Showgrounds, which could also serve as a venue for some of the Olympic sports, like Equestrian, and Cricket. Make the Victoria Park & the Showgrounds area the new Olympic Park. It would also improve urban renewal within this Inner Northern Part of the City. A Shopping Centre, as well as public services and a Business Centre, would also be incorporated into the Stadium complex itself, to allow for it to be used even when there are no games on. After all, there is no use spending loads of money on a white elephant that will only serve a handful of events a month. May as well make it flexible, so the Community can also benefit from such a world-class venue & there should also be things included for every generation to enjoy, whether its families, the youth or even the older generation. An Athlete Village would also be built on the Northern fields of QUT Kelvin Grove campus and would become a mix of Student accommodation as well as affordable housing after the games. My Brisbane Olympic Park would be used for both sports events as well as everyday life & there will always be things happening. It would become a city landmark & destination.
Do ya think they could put a station there at Victoria park - right there at your proposed Brisbane Olympic park. Pity plans for Victoria park already progressing.
I actually submitted to the federal minister and the associated state and council ministers this very idea. The Gabba would remain/upgraded as a secondary stadium and the new 'Brisbane Olympic Stadium' would be located opposite the old Exhibition Building, built partly over the motorway. It has railway access, motorway right underneath for entrance, and the busway station across from it all within vicinity. I was absolutely shocked when the government decided to demolish and rebuild the Gabba, the site is way too small, too congested, and the neighboring apartment buildings will be a nightmare of a security threat for world leaders during the games (they overlook/will overlook the stadium).
@@JaydenWilliams-my1br ah good point about security and you are right, traffic sux there too. You are right about Victoria park, they could build a bridge over Bowen bridge road from exhibition station directly to the door of the stadium and your right direct motorway access and no through running streets. I say they keep some of the plans for Victoria park to make it for the people as currently planned but as there are no residents apartments there that could have snipers! build @jaydenwilliams-mr1br stadium next to and above ICB!!!! Heaps of wasted air space!!! Write to the Lord Mayor mate. I’m pretty sure qld rail and BCC would own those air rights and likely pleased to sell off that asset to the state to build a stadium there! They could build the athletes housing there too, and convert to student accomodation afterwards given QUT is there.
@brisbane.lordmayor this is perfect at The hospital end of Victoria park and build over ICB and rail line and sell that airspace for a stadium there are no residential towers next door like the Gabba as it would be a security nightmare for world leaders in attendance and traffic is crap there. At least the ICB is motorway only and direct access to tunnels and airport for officials. Gabba is in a weird spot for what we want. Make the parklands Olympic park!
Your idea is perfect Mel. And put Stanley and vulture street and Ipswich road near there as well as part of the m3 freeway there all underneath the new stadium (cut n cover tunnel) so we can’t see it! Make that area Olympic park!
build above the cross river rail. So that will mean a brand new station would have to be closed and demolished. Seems like just as much of a waste as demolishing the Gabba
@@electro_sykesExcept that the station isn't complete yet, it's still a concrete slab. I'd imagine it wouldn't be that significantly expensive to relocate the tunnel equipment and to build the stadium designed around where the station is.
Also Mel another idea I thought of for Brisbane Live. instead of building it above Roma Street, build it where the police HQ at Roma Street is. You can move the Queensland Police Headquarters into the old Myer location. Its a whole five floors. Then you can demolish the Roma Street Police HQ and build Brisbane Live in between Roma Street and a prime riverside location and you can also include a mixed used development next to the Brisbane live complex.
Very timely video. Annoucements today about a pause on the Gabba and setting up an independent body. I think this issue was the final straw that meant Anastacia had to go.
with Toombul shopping centre now gone, I think they should progress with that planned residential/shopping centre above Albion station. It would definetly benefit the local area
Perry Park should be getting upgraded and host Hockey instead of Ballymore as Ballymore is in a Public Transport Deadzone and Brisbane needs a 2nd rectangular stadium that people can actually get too due to the amount of Traffic Suncorp has.
The 'Pervert Paris' games was a diminution of the Olympic games, revenues need to be revised and therefore the feasibility of the games is in question!
build above the cross river rail. So that will mean a brand new station would have to be closed and demolished. Seems like just as much of a waste as demolishing the Gabba
One of the reasons why a proposal like building housing on the Gabba site hasn't been proposed and will never be is because of the heritage listed tunnels and creek that flow under the Gabba block.
@@melpikos8533 The tunnels ran from around the south bank dry dock area to the Gabba railway yard, to supply water for the steam trains. The area where the Brisbane Cricket Ground was built was a swamp with a small gully running from the swamp was filled in and turned into a drain. This is why the Gabba always has water pooling at one end during heavy rain events. You'll see it watching the footy.
What’s wrong building a brand new stadium out near the airport? Where the car test track was scheduled now canceled. There’s already a train line there they can tap into, plenty of space for parking and bus transfers.
@@melpikos8533 the block of land the Gabba sits on and where the new cross river rail station will be is too small for an 60k seat Olympic stadium. Unless you combine the 2 blocks of land and build the stadium on top of Logan Rd.
Love the idea of a bigger stadium and filling in the old Gabba site with affordable housing….only thing with that is if CRR would have allowed for such a large venue to be built above it??
Schrinner is delusional in saying that "everyone" believes that the Olympics are good for Brisbane. I have yet to meet anyone who is keen on the idea and it's likely to be a local failure, just like the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, and only attended/supported by people from outside the area. Brisbane has some real problems NOW that need to be addressed and less effort and funding should be spent on this vanity project.
Cancel cancel we have major issues in our community and the Olympics are a self-indulgent sporting event we do not need We have people waiting an hour or more just for an ambulance let alone the queuing at our hospitals but no let’s spend billions on the Olympics what a great idea not ! Get our priorities straight A friend of mine call an ambulance recently for his elderly mother waited and hour called again waited another hour still no ambulance they called him after 4 hours and enquired if he still needed the ambulance and stated to him that as she was only vomiting and dizzy and she was elderly if they did want her to go to hospital she would most like sit and not be seen until the early morning The caller suggested maybe keep her at home and see how she is in the morning! WTF Come on people the Olympic really !
I am tied of this rubbish our leaders are carrying on with. Mel Pecos has suggest some great ideas. Olympic stadium over cross river rail to me is a no brainer. The football and cricket can still play, the suggestion to use the show grounds is rubbish. They are equestrian show jumping being there. Do up the horse stables.
We need to cancel the Olympics if we aren't going to rebuild the gabba. Not only has it passed it use by date. We are getting left behind absolute rubbish cities like Adelaide and Perth.
Great insights in the video. Adrian Schrinner's take on decision-making transparency is refreshing to hear. Mel's ideas on the stadium location and athlete's village are excellent and if implemented would be a win for locals i believe. Hopefully the powers at be dont botch this opportunity for Brisbane. Eagerly awaiting more updates as things progress.
Schrinner is being hypocritical here. Council decisions under his watch are anything but transparent and often outsourced so the cloak of "commercial in conference" can be used.
Personally, I would build the new stadium where the current Victoria Park Golf Course is. It would serve sports like Football, Rugby, Races, athletics and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. It would be very close to both Kelvin Grove & Herston Metro stops as well as the Exhibition station on Cross River Rail. In addition, the Inner City bypass could be buried underneath a new public plaza to the South of the Olympic Park & there could also be a smaller adjacent venue that serves the purpose of Brisbane Live for sports such as Basketball, Swimming & Tennis. Plus it should also back onto the existing RNA Showgrounds, which could also serve as a venue for some of the Olympic sports, like Equestrian, and Cricket. Make the Victoria Park & the Showgrounds area the new Olympic Park. It would also improve urban renewal within this Inner Northern Part of the City. A Shopping Centre, as well as public services and a Business Centre, would also be incorporated into the Stadium complex itself, to allow for it to be used even when there are no games on. After all, there is no use spending loads of money on a white elephant that will only serve a handful of events a month. May as well make it flexible, so the Community can also benefit from such a world-class venue & there should also be things included for every generation to enjoy, whether its families, the youth or even the older generation. An Athlete Village would also be built on the Northern fields of QUT Kelvin Grove campus and would become a mix of Student accommodation as well as affordable housing after the games.
My Brisbane Olympic Park would be used for both sports events as well as everyday life & there will always be things happening. It would become a city landmark & destination.
Do ya think they could put a station there at Victoria park - right there at your proposed Brisbane Olympic park. Pity plans for Victoria park already progressing.
I actually submitted to the federal minister and the associated state and council ministers this very idea. The Gabba would remain/upgraded as a secondary stadium and the new 'Brisbane Olympic Stadium' would be located opposite the old Exhibition Building, built partly over the motorway. It has railway access, motorway right underneath for entrance, and the busway station across from it all within vicinity. I was absolutely shocked when the government decided to demolish and rebuild the Gabba, the site is way too small, too congested, and the neighboring apartment buildings will be a nightmare of a security threat for world leaders during the games (they overlook/will overlook the stadium).
@@JaydenWilliams-my1br ah good point about security and you are right, traffic sux there too. You are right about Victoria park, they could build a bridge over Bowen bridge road from exhibition station directly to the door of the stadium and your right direct motorway access and no through running streets. I say they keep some of the plans for Victoria park to make it for the people as currently planned but as there are no residents apartments there that could have snipers! build @jaydenwilliams-mr1br stadium next to and above ICB!!!! Heaps of wasted air space!!! Write to the Lord Mayor mate. I’m pretty sure qld rail and BCC would own those air rights and likely pleased to sell off that asset to the state to build a stadium there! They could build the athletes housing there too, and convert to student accomodation afterwards given QUT is there.
@brisbane.lordmayor this is perfect at The hospital end of Victoria park and build over ICB and rail line and sell that airspace for a stadium there are no residential towers next door like the Gabba as it would be a security nightmare for world leaders in attendance and traffic is crap there. At least the ICB is motorway only and direct access to tunnels and airport for officials. Gabba is in a weird spot for what we want. Make the parklands Olympic park!
@@JamesFFiT Problem is it makes too much sense and the government has none. :(
how don't you get more views, this is amazing
Thanks for the kind words! Appreciate it
Your idea is perfect Mel. And put Stanley and vulture street and Ipswich road near there as well as part of the m3 freeway there all underneath the new stadium (cut n cover tunnel) so we can’t see it!
Make that area Olympic park!
build above the cross river rail. So that will mean a brand new station would have to be closed and demolished. Seems like just as much of a waste as demolishing the Gabba
@@electro_sykesExcept that the station isn't complete yet, it's still a concrete slab. I'd imagine it wouldn't be that significantly expensive to relocate the tunnel equipment and to build the stadium designed around where the station is.
@@electro_sykes why wouldn’t you just build above it all?
Also Mel another idea I thought of for Brisbane Live. instead of building it above Roma Street, build it where the police HQ at Roma Street is. You can move the Queensland Police Headquarters into the old Myer location. Its a whole five floors. Then you can demolish the Roma Street Police HQ and build Brisbane Live in between Roma Street and a prime riverside location and you can also include a mixed used development next to the Brisbane live complex.
They were considering this option as well, I believe. Might happen if all the venues for the Olympics are reviewed and changed!
@@MelPikos I would definitely like to see it happen.
Excellent video. Thanks Mel
Thanks!
Very timely video. Annoucements today about a pause on the Gabba and setting up an independent body. I think this issue was the final straw that meant Anastacia had to go.
with Toombul shopping centre now gone, I think they should progress with that planned residential/shopping centre above Albion station. It would definetly benefit the local area
@@electro_sykes would love to see Albion pop off. I’ve done a video on a potential vision for Albion.
I agree, the issues did keep piling up.
Perry Park should be getting upgraded and host Hockey instead of Ballymore as Ballymore is in a Public Transport Deadzone and Brisbane needs a 2nd rectangular stadium that people can actually get too due to the amount of Traffic Suncorp has.
Train station is pretty close to Ballymore now that a bridge has been built over the creek I believe. People do like to drive in Brisbane though.
The 'Pervert Paris' games was a diminution of the Olympic games, revenues need to be revised and therefore the feasibility of the games is in question!
Good idea around building a bigger stadium on the CRR site, terrible idea about creating a social housing super site on the old Gabba land
build above the cross river rail. So that will mean a brand new station would have to be closed and demolished. Seems like just as much of a waste as demolishing the Gabba
It doesn’t have to be all social housing, affordable housing = there’s a difference.
A mix of social, affordable and normal housing would be best - I should have been clear. Definitely not a super site with just social housing.
It’s looking more and more likely
I would prefer a new stadium at Northshore Hamilton,
Before primers down below
One of the reasons why a proposal like building housing on the Gabba site hasn't been proposed and will never be is because of the heritage listed tunnels and creek that flow under the Gabba block.
Sounds interesting, maybe a video idea worth exploring
@@melpikos8533 The tunnels ran from around the south bank dry dock area to the Gabba railway yard, to supply water for the steam trains. The area where the Brisbane Cricket Ground was built was a swamp with a small gully running from the swamp was filled in and turned into a drain. This is why the Gabba always has water pooling at one end during heavy rain events. You'll see it watching the footy.
@@sammo5786 I guess that’s what happens when you build a city on a floodplain! 😂
What’s wrong building a brand new stadium out near the airport? Where the car test track was scheduled now canceled. There’s already a train line there they can tap into, plenty of space for parking and bus transfers.
There is an exclusivity on public transport until 2036 I believe for the operators of the airtrain which limits options
@@melpikos8533 the block of land the Gabba sits on and where the new cross river rail station will be is too small for an 60k seat Olympic stadium. Unless you combine the 2 blocks of land and build the stadium on top of Logan Rd.
Love the idea of a bigger stadium and filling in the old Gabba site with affordable housing….only thing with that is if CRR would have allowed for such a large venue to be built above it??
I’ve spoke to a few engineers familiar with the project, still very viable to build above the station. Gold plated infrastructure here in Australia.
@@melpikos8533 that’s awesome need to speak to the new bloke in Charge then…
@@MrRmano13 will try my best, so far no luck 😂
@melpikos8533 haha well he has been a little busy with natural disasters....but surly this could be delivered for around a billion
Wide spread celebration. LOL I was against this from the start
If Brisbane cancels, they would never live it down. For so long, Brisbane has been trying to move out of the shadow of Syderney and Melbourne.
Schrinner is delusional in saying that "everyone" believes that the Olympics are good for Brisbane. I have yet to meet anyone who is keen on the idea and it's likely to be a local failure, just like the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, and only attended/supported by people from outside the area. Brisbane has some real problems NOW that need to be addressed and less effort and funding should be spent on this vanity project.
Sounds like a you problem
I don’t think it’s a vanity project. We can get some fantastic long term benefits for our city by delivering well considered infrastructure
Cancel cancel we have major issues in our community and the Olympics are a self-indulgent sporting event we do not need
We have people waiting an hour or more just for an ambulance let alone the queuing at our hospitals but no let’s spend billions on the Olympics what a great idea not ! Get our priorities straight
A friend of mine call an ambulance recently for his elderly mother waited and hour called again waited another hour still no ambulance they called him after 4 hours and enquired if he still needed the ambulance and stated to him that as she was only vomiting and dizzy and she was elderly if they did want her to go to hospital she would most like sit and not be seen until the early morning
The caller suggested maybe keep her at home and see how she is in the morning! WTF
Come on people the Olympic really !
Only the princess could pull that off, then we had covid, now idt we can afford it
I am tied of this rubbish our leaders are carrying on with. Mel Pecos has suggest some great ideas. Olympic stadium over cross river rail to me is a no brainer. The football and cricket can still play, the suggestion to use the show grounds is rubbish. They are equestrian show jumping being there. Do up the horse stables.
Appreciate the kind words!
I really hope it does get cancelled!!!
We need to cancel the Olympics if we aren't going to rebuild the gabba. Not only has it passed it use by date. We are getting left behind absolute rubbish cities like Adelaide and Perth.
LNP shill.
Look the most ideal city to host the Olympic Games will always be Los Angeles a trillian dollar City they don't care how much it costs