Brisbane Olympics president Andrew Liveris casts doubt over Gabba redevelopment plans - ABC News

The president of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games has cast doubt over the billion-dollar plan to redevelop the Gabba stadium as the event's key venue.

"I'm a fan of the Gabba being what it is — I like that idea, as a Brisbane boy … but we don't want to have a blown-out budget to do it.".

He said he expected the 2032 brand to do some "heavy lifting" to help deliver a cost-neutral Games.

Mr Liveris said that, with democracies struggling around the world, there was a growing need to bring "politics, policy and society" together again, and that means the "inclusion of everyone with an equal voice".

Mr Liveris said Brisbane 2032 would adopt a complex, hybrid business model, taking elements from the largely publicly-funded London 2012 Games and the privately-funded Los Angeles 2028 Games.

"Brisbane 2032 in my mindset … is LA 2028 and London 2012 combined," he said

The Brisbane 2032 Games brand will be delivered by mid next year