By Cameron Atfield
鈥淣ext year we鈥檒l be planning, and I suspect you鈥檒l start seeing it being built from end of next year and into 2027.鈥
The new intergovernmental Olympic funding agreement would see $1.2 billion in federal funding, which had originally been allocated the Brisbane Arena, to be redirected to the new stadium in Victoria Park.
There has been no change to the previously agreed $7.1 billion funding envelope, with the rest of the federal government鈥檚 $3.44 billion contribution to fund 17 new and upgraded venues 鈥 including the new National Aquatic Centre 鈥 on a 50/50 basis with the state.
Four of those venues 鈥 the Logan and Moreton Bay indoor sports centres, the Sunshine Coast outdoor stadium and Barlow Park in Cairns 鈥 went out to procurement at 1pm Thursday.