Location | Brisbane, Australia |
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Opening | 23 July 2032 (in 95 months) [1] |
Closing | 8 August 2032 |
Stadium | Lang Park |
Summer Winter 2032 Summer Paralympics |
The 2032 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXV Olympiad and also known as Brisbane 2032, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 23 July to 8 August 2032, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] They will be the third Olympics Games held in Australia, after the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Victoria and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, New South Wales. [3]
Following changes in the bidding rules, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected and announced Brisbane as the winning bid on 21 July 2021, two days before the start of the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4] Brisbane was first announced as the preferred bid on 24 February 2021, gaining the formal approval of the IOC Executive Board on 10 June 2021. [5] [6] [7] Brisbane became the first host city to be selected to host the Olympics through the new bid process. [2]
The event will be the fourth Summer Games to be held in the Southern Hemisphere, after the aforementioned games in Australia and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. With the Brisbane Olympics following the 2028 Los Angeles Games, the Games will be the second time the Olympics were held in Australia following the United States (as last occurred with the 1996 Atlanta Games and the 2000 Sydney Games). Australia will also become the second country after the United States have three different cities host the Summer Olympics and will receive the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. [8]
The new IOC bidding process was approved at the 134th IOC Session on 24 June 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland. [9] The key proposals, driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, are:
The IOC also modified the Olympic Charter to increase its flexibility by removing the date of election from 7 years before the games and changing the host from a single city/region/country to multiple cities, regions, or countries.
The change in the bidding process was criticised by members of the German bid as "incomprehensible" and hard to surpass "in terms of non-transparency". [11]
The full composition of the Summer Commissions, oversee interested hosts, or with potential hosts where the IOC may want to create interest, is as follows: [12]
IOC members (6) | Other members (4) |
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According to Future Host Commission terms of reference with rules of conduct, the new IOC bidding system is divided into two dialogue stages: [13]
Brisbane was confirmed as host of the 2032 Summer Olympics at the 138th IOC Session on 21 July 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. [14] Having been awarded the hosting rights 11 years and 2 days in advance, this is the most amount of time a host city has had in planning and organizing an Olympic Games. As per the new format of choosing future Olympic Games host cities from the IOC's Agenda 2020, the vote was in a form of a referendum to the 80 IOC delegates. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 72 of the delegates voted "Yes", 5 voted "No" and 3 other voters abstained. [15]
City | NOC name | Yes | No | Abs |
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Brisbane | Australia | 72 | 5 | 3 |
The Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games was established by the Queensland Government in 2021 to plan, organise and deliver the Olympic and Paralympic Games in accordance with the host contract. [16]
From the 2021 selection of the city as the host for the 2032 Summer Olympics, Brisbane has 11 years to prepare for the games. A feasibility study commissioned by the South East Queensland Council of Mayors in 2019 suggested that the Games could be a catalyst for increased transport and infrastructure investment. Additionally, 68% of the required venues were judged to already exist or could be upgraded to an Olympic standard. [17] It concluded that, excluding government agency costs and contributions by the IOC and the private sector, the Games net cost would be $900 million. [17] This amount also did not include the suggested billions of dollars of greater investment in roads and public transport that would be required for the Games to be successful. [18]
In 2023 the federal and state governments reached a funding deal, with the Commonwealth contributing $2.5 billion for the Brisbane Live arena and $1 billion for other infrastructure. The remaining costs would be bourne by the Queensland Government. [19]
A new 17–18,000-seat arena known as Brisbane Live is planned to be constructed at Roma Street Parkland; it was stated to host aquatics events. [20] [21]
A billion-dollar reconstruction of The Gabba was planned to serve as the Olympic Stadium for ceremonies and athletics, expanding it to 50,000 seats and adding a new pedestrian plaza. [22] The costs of the Gabba project were scrutinized by politicians; special envoy for Brisbane 2032 Ted O'Brien argued that it was announced without consultation, and contradicted a "proposition to the International Olympic Committee about the 'new norms'; no big, new, flashy, glossy investments". [23] [24] In February 2023, the Queensland state and federal government reached an agreement on funding for the Gabba and Brisbane Live projects, revealing that the cost of the Gabba project had increased to $2.7 billion, which would be paid entirely by the state. [25]
Scrutiny over the Gabba project grew after Victoria withdrew its hosting of the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to cost concerns; [26] in December 2023, after Queensland announced plans to build a $137 million stadium at the Brisbane Showgrounds to host the Gabba's tenants during the reconstruction, Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner withdrew his support for the project. He argued that Brisbane 2032 had "become more about overpriced stadiums rather than the promise of vital transport solutions", [27] [28] and that "the state government's ham-fisted and foolish attempt to extort Brisbane ratepayers for tens of millions of dollars for a new RNA stadium was the final straw." [28]
On 13 December 2023, new Premier of Queensland Steven Miles announced the establishment of a Brisbane 2032 infrastructure authority, and an independent review of the Games' venue plans. [29] [30] On 18 March 2024, Miles announced that the Gabba reconstruction had been scrapped as a result, and that Lang Park (which is already scheduled to host rugby sevens and football) and Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre would host ceremonies and athletics instead. Both venues, as well as the Gabba, will be refurbished. Brisbane Live was also relocated to the Roma Street Parkland, rather than above the Roma Street railway station. While the review recommended the construction of a new stadium at Victoria Park, Miles stated he wanted Brisbane 2032 to be a "low-cost" games, and that he could not justify a $3.4 billion stadium "when Queenslanders are struggling with housing and other costs". [20]
In August 2024, a group known as the Brisbane Design Alliance proposed "Northshore Vision 2050": a mixed-use redevelopment of the Northshore precinct in the suburb of Hamilton. The first stage of the project proposed a sports and entertainment district anchored by a new 60,000-seat stadium, as a replacement for the Gabba and a potential Olympic venue. The project was budgeted at $6 billion, with the developers claiming it would be privately funded; however, the developers also hoped that state land would be granted to them for development and that transport infrastructure would be upgraded. [31] [32] Miles was sceptical of the proposal, arguing that there was "no chance" a stadium could be built solely through private funding and arguing that the plan appeared very preliminary. [31] [33] [34]
As of 2021, Brisbane has many infrastructure projects under construction or planning on top of the games. Cross River Rail, scheduled to be completed in 2026, [35] is an underground railway project through central Brisbane, which is under construction. Cross River Rail will see the development of a new rail line underneath Brisbane River, and the redevelopment of several stations in the Brisbane central business district with a cost of over A$6 billion. [36] Another transport infrastructure projects is the Brisbane Metro bus rapid transit project which consists of two routes with a headway of up to five minutes during peak times. [37] The project is scheduled to be completed in late 2024. [38] In May 2024, funding was announced for the proposed Maroochydore railway line, expected to be completed by 2032. [39]
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner proposed that a 7-hectare (17-acre) glass factory at 137 Montague Rd, South Brisbane, be redeveloped into a 57,000 m2 (613,500 sq ft) International Broadcast Centre along the banks of the Brisbane River. [40] [41]
The main Athletes' Village will be constructed at Hamilton. [42]
Venues will be located in three zones in South East Queensland: Brisbane as the main host city, and neighbouring areas Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. Another four cities will host football preliminaries: Cairns, and Townsville in the state of Queensland. Melbourne and Sydney — Australia's two previous host cities in 1956 and 2000, respectively—will also host football preliminaries.
The majority of the venues for the Games are existing or are planned to undergo refurbishment, including Lang Park (which will serve as ceremonies venue, and host football and rugby sevens) and Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (which will host athletics). [20]
The program of the Summer Olympics consists of mandatory "core" sports that persist between Games and up to six optional sports: optional sports are proposed by the organising committee in order to improve local interest, provided that the total number of participants does not exceed a presumed 10,500 athletes. [43] [44]
Various sanctioning bodies have announced plans to pursue bids for sports to be added to the 2032 Summer Olympics:
Domestically, the Games will be televised by Nine Entertainment properties (including the Nine Network), which acquired the rights to the Olympics from 2024 through 2032 in a deal announced on 8 February 2023. [60] [61] These Games also mark the final year of the IOC's long-term broadcasting contracts with CMG in China, [62] EBU and Warner Bros. Discovery in Europe, [63] and NBCUniversal in the United States, [64] among others.
Territory | Rights holder | Ref |
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Albania | RTSH | [65] |
Asia | Infront Sports & Media | [66] [67] |
Australia | Nine | [68] [69] |
Austria | ORF | [70] |
Belgium | RTBF, VRT | [71] [72] |
Brazil | Grupo Globo | [73] |
Bulgaria | BNT | [74] |
Canada | CBC/Radio-Canada | [75] |
China | CMG | [62] |
Croatia | HRT | [76] |
Czech Republic | ČT | [77] |
Denmark | DR, TV 2 | [78] |
Europe | EBU, Warner Bros. Discovery | [63] |
Estonia | ERR | [79] |
Finland | Yle | [80] |
France | France Télévisions | [81] |
Germany | ARD, ZDF | [82] |
Greece | ERT | [83] |
Hungary | MTVA | [84] |
Iceland | RÚV | [85] |
Ireland | RTÉ | [86] |
Israel | Sports Channel | [87] |
Italy | RAI | [88] |
Japan | Japan Consortium | [89] |
Kosovo | RTK | [90] |
Latvia | LTV | [91] |
Lithuania | LRT | [92] |
Montenegro | RTCG | [93] |
Netherlands | NOS | [94] |
North Korea | JTBC | [95] |
Norway | NRK | [96] |
Poland | TVP | [97] |
Portugal | RTP | [98] |
Slovakia | STVR | [99] |
Slovenia | RTV | [100] |
South Korea | JTBC | [95] |
Spain | RTVE | [101] |
Sweden | SVT | [102] |
Switzerland | SRG SSR | [103] |
Ukraine | Suspilne | [104] |
United Kingdom | BBC | [105] |
United States | NBCUniversal | [64] [106] |
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