Building for a Future Gold Coast

摘要

On 7 October 2009, then Queensland Premier Anna Bligh announced in Parliament that she was travelling the following day to Delhi. The object of her mission was to meet with Commonwealth Games officials and discuss the idea of Queensland's City of Gold Coast hosting the Games in 2018. She reminded constituents of the significance of the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games and of Expo 88 six years later in repositioning the collective self-understanding of city and state toward a more cosmopolitan outlook. Before this announcement, the government had worked out the terms on which a bid would take effect and a foundation for legacy planning, not just for the Gold Coast as a fast-growing city region, but also for the state. While the majority of events would take place on the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Cairns and Townsville would also offer venues. The Brisbane venues have their basis in sites created for the 1982 Games: the disciplined Anna Meares Velodrome by Cox Architecture, constructed near the original open-air track at Chandler Velodrome, and the upgraded Belmont Shooting Complex by Mode.