Brisbane picked to host 2032 Olympics without a rival bid
Brisbane was picked on Wednesday to host the 2032 Olympics, the inevitable winner of a one-city race steered by the IOC to avoid rival bids. The Games will go back to Australia 32 years after the popular 2000 Sydney Olympics. Melbourne had hosted in 1956. "We know what it takes to deliver successful games in Australia," Prime Minister Scott Morrison told IOC voters.
Paris will host 2024 Olympics
Brisbane follows 2028 host Los Angeles in getting 11 years to prepare for hosting the Games. Paris will host the 2024 Olympics. The 2032 deal for the Australian east coast city looked done even months before the formal decision by IOC ( International Olympic Committee) members at their meeting ahead of the Tokyo Games, which open Friday.
The IOC gave Brisbane exclusive negotiating rights in February
The IOC gave Brisbane exclusive negotiating rights in February. That decision left Olympic officials in Qatar, Hungary, and Germany looking blindsided with their own stalled bidding plans. Brisbane was the first winner in a new bidding format. It lets the IOC approach potential candidates and pick them uncontested before the previously mandated seven-year advance mandated other in Olympic contests.
Olympic events will be staged across the state of Queensland
The streamlined process was designed to cut campaign costs, give the IOC more control and remove the risk of vote-buying. Olympic events will be staged across the state of Queensland, including in Gold Coast, which hosted the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Meanwhile, PM Morrison also said, "My government is proud to be supporting this opportunity for Brisbane and southeast Queensland."
