Don’t make Games political football, pleads Andrew Liveris, as images of the Gabba omitted from Paris presentation
Photograph: Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesDon’t make Games political football, says Andrew LiverisBrisbane is no “hillbilly town”, insists 2032 Olympic chief Andrew Liveris, who indicated he would have the final say on the city’s controversial Games venue plan.
There were no images of the Gabba, originally proposed as the main stadium before soaring costs saw the project thrown on the scrap heap. Queensland’s state election on 26 October could see plans change again if the Labor premier Steven Miles is beaten as expected by LNP opposition leader David Crisafulli.
“Brisbane is not a hillbilly town, that ‘strange place up north’. It’s very cosmopolitan, maybe not 24/7 yet, but on it’s way.” Despite what he told the IOC in his address, Liveris conceded he was aware of the Olympic negativity in his home town.
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