2032 Summer Olympics

The new IOC bidding process was approved at the 134th IOC Session on 24 June 2019 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The key proposals, driven by the relevant recommendations from Olympic Agenda 2020, are: • Establish a permanent, ongoing dialogue to explore and create interest among cities/regions/countries and National Olympic Committees for any Olympic event • Create two Future Host Commissions (Summer and Winter Games) to oversee interest in future Olympic events and report to the IOC executive board • Give the IOC Session more influence by having non-executive board members form part of the Future Host Commissions. According to Future Host Commission terms of reference with rules of conduct, the new IOC bidding system is divided into two dialogue stages: • Continuous Dialogue: Non-committal discussions between the IOC and Interested Parties (City/Region/Country/NOC interested in hosting) concerning hosting future Olympic events. • Targeted Dialogue: Targeted discussions with one or more Interested Parties (called Preferred Host(s)), as instructed by the IOC Executive Board. This follows a recommendation by the Future Host Commission as a result of Continuous Dialogue. Host selection On 24 February 2021, the Future Host Commission named Brisbane as its preferred candidate for the 2032 Summer Olympics, and the IOC formally invited the Brisbane bid committee and Australian Olympic Committee to engage in targeted dialogue. Committee chairwoman Kristin Kloster Aasen cited Brisbane's "high level of expertise in hosting major international sports events", the quality of its transport infrastructure (citing its performance during the 2018 Commonwealth Games), and a favourable climate. At the 138th IOC Session in Tokyo on 21 July 2021, the IOC's delegates passed a referendum to officially award the 2032 Summer Olympics to Brisbane. In the voting, 72 of the delegates voted "Yes", 5 voted "No" and 3 other voters abstained. Having been awarded the hosting rights 11 years and 2 days in advance, this is the most time a host city has had in planning and organizing an Olympic Games. ==Organisation==

The Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a statutory corporation, was established by the Queensland Government in 2021. It is governed by a board led by Andrew Liveris AO; its role is to plan, organise and deliver the Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games in accordance with the 'host contract' struck between Brisbane organisers and the IOC in 2021. ==Development and preparations==

From the 2021 selection of the city as the host for the 2032 Summer Olympics, Brisbane has 11 years to prepare for the games. A feasibility study commissioned by the Southeast Queensland Council of Mayors in 2019 suggested that the Games could be a catalyst for increased transport and infrastructure investment. Additionally, 68% of the required venues were judged to already exist or could be upgraded to an Olympic standard. It concluded that, excluding government agency costs and contributions by the IOC and the private sector, the Games net cost would be $900 million. In 2023, the federal and state governments reached a funding deal, with the Commonwealth contributing $2.5billion for the Brisbane Live arena and $1billion for other infrastructure. The remaining costs would be borne by the Queensland Government. Venues The Games will use a mix of new, renovated, and expanded venues across Brisbane, Gold Coast, and the Sunshine Coast, Cairns, and Townsville, Queensland. Melbourne and Sydney—Australia's two previous host cities in 1956 and 2000, respectively—will also host football preliminaries. A new 63,000-seat stadium will be built at Victoria Park, which will host the ceremonies and athletics events; it will replace Brisbane's historic Gabba stadium as the city's main facility for Australian rules football and cricket following the Games. Venue construction and renovations The Gabba was originally slated to be reconstructed to host the ceremonies and athletics, expanding it to 50,000 seats and adding a new pedestrian plaza. The costs of the Gabba project were scrutinized by politicians; it was originally announced at a cost of $1 billion, but by February 2023, it had increased to $2.7 billion, which would be paid entirely by the state. Scrutiny over the Gabba project grew after Victoria withdrew its hosting of the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to cost concerns. In December 2023, Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner withdrew his support for the project, stating that Brisbane 2032 had "become more about overpriced stadiums rather than the promise of vital transport solutions", and that a parallel proposal to build a $137 million stadium on the Brisbane Showgrounds (which would have housed the Gabba's tenants during construction) was the "final straw". On 13 December 2023, Premier of Queensland Steven Miles announced the establishment of a Brisbane 2032 infrastructure authority, and an independent review of the Games' venue plans. On 18 March 2024, Miles announced that the Gabba reconstruction had been scrapped as a result, and that Lang Park (which is already scheduled to host rugby sevens and football) and Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (QSAC) would respectively host the ceremonies and athletics instead. Both venues would be refurbished, A proposed 17,000-seat indoor arena known as Brisbane Live (which was slated to host swimming and water polo events) was also relocated to the Roma Street Parkland, rather than above the Roma Street railway station. The review recommended the construction of a new 55,000 seat stadium at Victoria Park, but Miles stated he wanted Brisbane 2032 to be a "low-cost" Games, and that he could not justify a $3.4 billion stadium "when Queenslanders are struggling with housing and other costs". In January 2025, former Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told ABC News that the review committee had internally decided to move forward with the Victoria Park stadium as a public-private partnership; she argued that this was "absolutely a ridiculous idea", and that "it's going to cost a lot more — more billions and billions of dollars that Queenslanders don't have at the moment because of the cost-of-living pressures". On 25 March 2025, Crisafulli announced that the state government would go ahead with plans for a 63,000-seat stadium at Victoria Park; the stadium will replace the Gabba, which will be demolished and redeveloped for a residential project following the Games. He argued that "any other choice would have meant placing the government's interests ahead of the interests of Queensland" and felt that hosting athletics at QSAC would have been "embarrassing". Crisafulli apologized for breaking a campaign promise to not build a new stadium for the Olympics, stating that "I have to own that, and I will. I am sorry, it's my decision, and I accept that decision". According to the review, the stadium will cost an estimated AU$3.8 billion, although this figure is yet to be publicly confirmed. Brisbane Live was also scrapped in favour of building a new 25,000-seat aquatics centre at the Centenary Pool Complex; after the Games, the capacity would be reduced to 8,000. The arena will be relocated to Woolloongabba across from the Gabba, and will continue as a standalone "market-led" project without federal funding. Infrastructure As of 2021, Brisbane has many infrastructure projects under construction or planning on top of the Games. Cross River Rail, scheduled to be completed by 2029, is an underground railway project through central Brisbane, which is under construction. Cross River Rail will see the development of a new rail line underneath Brisbane River, and the redevelopment of several stations in the Brisbane central business district with a cost of over A$17 billion. The project is scheduled to be completed in late 2024. In May 2024, funding was announced for the proposed Maroochydore railway line, expected to be completed by 2032. Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner proposed in 2021 that a glass factory in West End formerly operated by Visy, be redeveloped into a International Broadcast Centre along the banks of the Brisbane River. The main Athletes' Village will be located at Bowen Hills, with satellite villages in Royal Pines, Maroochydore, Rockhampton and Hervey Bay. In December 2025, the Queensland government appointed Unite32, a joint venture between AECOM and Laing O'Rourke, to be the delivery partner for the Games' infrastructure. ==The Games==

Sports Since 2020, the program of the Summer Olympics has consisted of mandatory core sports that persist between Games, and up to six optional sports proposed by the organizing committee in order to improve local interest. The initial sports programme will be determined at an IOC Session in 2026. Various international sports federations and similar sanctioning bodies have announced plans to pursue bids for the addition of sports (optional or non-mandatory core sports) to the 2032 Games: • In February 2021, Softball Australia, Baseball Australia and the World Baseball Softball Confederation announced their intent to pursue baseball and softball for the Brisbane 2032 programs. CEO of Baseball Australia Glenn Williams noted record broadcasting audiences for baseball and softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics, with Softball Australia chair Richard Lindell also supporting the sports' reinstatement into the core Olympic program. Both disciplines have medalled for Australia at the Olympics. Baseball and softball was selected by the Los Angeles 2028 organising committee for inclusion in its program. In September, he announced that the ballpark would be built within Griffith University's Logan campus. • In July 2021, International Rugby League (IRL) chair Troy Grant stated that the organisation planned to pursue rugby league nines and wheelchair rugby league for the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics respectively. • In August 2021, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the establishment of a working group to pursue cricket for the Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 Summer Olympics, including representatives from the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), USA Cricket, and Zimbabwe Cricket. The bid has also received backing from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Cricket is one of the most popular sports in Australia, and Cricket Australia is one of the 12 full members of the ICC. Cricket was selected by the Los Angeles 2028 organising committee for inclusion in its program, and the ICC has continued to push for the sport to be retained for 2032. • In August 2021, World Netball announced that it would pursue the inclusion of netball, with backing from Netball Australia. The country has won the Netball World Cup eleven times since its inception. The bid faced a potential obstacle from the IOC's current policy of gender parity, as men's netball was not at parity with women's netball in terms of participation and prominence at the time. In August 2025, Netball Australia chair Liz Ellis made a renewed pitch for netball's inclusion, and highlighted that men's netball participation had been growing. • In October 2023, the World Squash Federation announced its intent to pursue squash for the 2032 Olympics. Squash was selected by the Los Angeles 2028 organising committee for inclusion in its program. • In December 2023, the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) announced that it would pursue flag football for Brisbane 2032. Flag football was selected by the Los Angeles 2028 organising committee for inclusion in its program. In June 2025, the American National Football League's Australia and New Zealand department general manager Charlotte Offord said that the inclusion of flag football for 2028 "was a really big moment for the sport and really uplifted the uptake, and we are very ambitious in our quest to try and get flag football into Brisbane 2032", given the increasing popularity of the sport in Australia. • In January 2024, the World DanceSport Federation approved a strategic plan for 2024–2032, which aimed to have breakdancing (which debuted as an optional sport in 2024) admitted as a core Olympic sport. • In April 2024, a delegation from the World Flying Disc Federation met with the organising committee to campaign for a flying disc sport to be included in Brisbane 2032. • In April 2024, the Trail Running Association of Queensland (TRAQ) initiated a ten-year plan to pursue trail running for Brisbane 2032. Around the same time, a campaign by Merrell was launched with a relay from 2012 host, London, to 2024 host, Paris. • In April 2024, the International Life Saving Federation (ILS) and Surf Life Saving Australia announced their intent to pursue beach lifesaving sports for Brisbane 2032, with a focus on oceanman/woman and mixed relay events. A number of Australian Olympians have had a background in competitive surf lifesaving, including Grant Hackett and Ky Hurst. • In May 2024, the Federation of International Touch announced its intent to pursue touch football for Brisbane 2032 as a mixed gender event. • In February 2025, the World Karate Federation (WKF) held a meeting with the Brisbane 2032 Organising Committee to discuss the inclusion of karate. Karate made its debut as an optional sport in 2020. • In May 2025, Jason Ferguson, the chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, said that after Chinese snooker player Zhao Xintong won the 2025 World Snooker Championship, he believes the result can open more doors globally to the sport, and Zhao's becoming the first snooker world champion from China could increase snooker’s chances of becoming an Olympic sport. • In July 2025, World Bowls and Bowls Australia jointly launched a campaign for the inclusion of lawn bowls in both the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics. • In December 2025, during an interview with City AM, World Triathlon president Antonio Arimany that he would pursue the inclusion of T100 Triathlon. A T100 triathlon typically consists of a 2km swim, an 80km bike ride, and an 18km run, for a total distance of 100km; respectively 0.5 km, 40 km and 8 km longer than the standard Olympic format. • In March 2026, before the start of the 2026 AFL season, the CEO of the Australian Football League, Andrew Dillon, hinted he had spoken "at a high level" with organising committee president Andrew Liveris on having Australian rules football becoming an Olympic sport. • In April 2026, the International Floorball Federation announced they had entered into dialogue with the Brisbane 2032 organising committee to have the sport of floorball included as an optional sport. The federation proposed a 3v3 format to better align with the urban sports currently part of the Summer Olympics. ==Marketing==

Corporate sponsorship ==Broadcasting rights==

Domestically, the Games will be televised by Nine Entertainment properties (including the Nine Network), which acquired the rights to the Olympics from 2024 through 2032 in a deal announced on 8 February 2023. These Games also mark the final year of the IOC's long-term broadcasting contracts with CMG in China, the IOC is otherwise waiting "for the best market conditions" to sign new broadcasting deals. ==See also==