The future design of the Gabba will be finalised and put to tender this year, the Queensland government confirmed on Friday, paving the way for the stadium to become the focal point of Brisbane’s next CBD.
If all goes to plan, by 2030 Woolloongabba will have an underground rail station, Metro bus station, new retail hub and more unit towers, servicing a state-of-the-art stadium seating 50,000 people.
An artist’s impression of the new Gabba stadium and concourse, with walkway to the Cross River Rail and Metro stations to the left.
After the successful design is chosen and construction contracts finalised, work on the stadium is expected to start in 2026 and be done within four years.
The transformation of the suburb will be completed with new pedestrian and cycle links to South Bank, the CBD and beyond.
“The 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will change Brisbane the way Expo 88 did,” Deputy Premier Steven Miles said.
“It is fitting that we will extend the much-loved South Bank precinct to the Gabba and back to the city via the (Botanic) Gardens.
Early planning work for the new Woolloongabba.
“You will be able to get around without a car and walk and scooter to the city or South Bank.”
Despite costs on the stadium already blowing out, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said there would not be an Olympics infrastructure agency to manage the building program.
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