Regional News Don't miss out on the headlines from Regional News. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Birkdale site of a venue for the 2032 Olympics will be considered when a bayside council assesses land for an Olympic indoor sports centre.
Redland City Council scrambled to start looking at the feasibility of building an indoor centre this week, after Logan City Council revealed it had secured funding for a $142.1 million Olympic-standard indoor sports stadium for use during the 2032 Games. Redland decided this week to spend $150,000 to investigate sites across the city including the council-owned Birkdale land, where the state hopes to build the Olympic venue.
The investigation was agreed to two months after Redland mayor Jos Mitchell unsuccessfully raised the idea in July . Capalaba MP Don Brown says Redland council is behind the eight ball in planning for an Olympic-standard indoor stadium. Capalaba MP Don Brown said the council delays meant it had “missed good opportunities” and was “behind the eight ball” to get funding for an indoor stadium.
Mr Brown said he would wait for the council feasibility study before supporting an indoor sports centre at a whitewater venue at the council-owned Birkdale site. “I don’t think it’s an ‘either or’ for a whitewater venue or an indoor sports centre,” Mr Brown said. “It’s just up to council to figure out where they can put this indoor facility on their land.
“I believe there is land left over af.