11/07/2025
The Queensland Government has unveiled a dazzling vision for a new 63,000-seat Olympic stadium in Victoria Park / Barrambin. 🌳
But look beyond the bedazzling artist impression and serious flaws emerge - so writes Design Professor Marcus Foth from QUT (Queensland University of Technology).
"A recent site test analysis commissioned by Save Victoria Park reveals that the stadium simply doesn’t fit...
Stadium construction on this scale requires a fenced-off worksite that’s up to three times the footprint of the building itself...
International standards, including those from the IOC, require not just seating for 63,000 inside, but crowd control space for another 63,000 waiting outside between sessions.
That means holding areas, wide forecourts, food stalls, toilets, shaded waiting zones and emergency vehicle access—adding up to over seven football fields of flat terrain. ..None of that appears in the government’s visualisations.
Then there’s the land itself. Victoria Park is not flat. It features level changes of up to 35 metres, meaning any stadium would require massive excavation, retaining walls, or raised podiums."
Read the full analysis, including site overlays and images: bit.ly/bedazzlement
