we need decent indoor stadiums. (we have none) QSAC is just going to be a waste of money. if we are spending billions on this lets at least have legacy stadiums that will get used. (like Sydney Olympic park)

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

I agree that there should be a legacy that benefits Brisbane, not only in terms of venues, but also public transport.

@biggin9077

2 ай бұрын

I remember the 1982 Commonwealth Games. The aluminium Stadium was meant to be torn down and recycled so as help make those games profitable. At the time there was strong suggestion to keep the stands as they could be used for a future Olympic Games. Don't forget this wasn't the first time Brisbane put in a bid for the Olympics.

@Coyclonu5

2 ай бұрын

@@BrisbaneChannel Mass Transit and legacy stadia for all major sports. How did they get this so wrong?

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

By being more concerned with politicing than thinking for the benefit of the city and its residents long term, it seems.

@PjRjHj

2 ай бұрын

Brisbane will be getting the 17000 seat Brisbane Live Arena, federally funded

I hope that things will be ready. I expect that challenges will continue to increase though, as Brisbane's population growth puts pressure on vital infrastructure. Whatever progress is made towards being Olympic-ready, it will have to outstrip the challenges imposed by other rapid changes to the environment and society.

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

I definitely agree with that. One of the biggest issues I have personally with the choice of QSAC for one, is that it is not served well by public transport, and as roads are becoming increasingly congested, that whole area will be a nightmare during an Olympic Games. The costings they're talking about are just for the venue itself. If it's not going to be a cluster f@%& in 2023, they're going to have to spend A LOT more on sorting out the transport infrastructure. Personally, I think one of the most significant legacies of an Olympic Games should be improved public transport - but not just to games venues that won't see the volume after the games are over, but public transport that will meet the needs of the city in day to day life. But if they can't even get a few light colours right, I am wondering if they (along with the state govt) will manage to do well with it.

Brisbane should cancel the Olympic games and give the money to the community in terms of helping out with power bills the cost of living as well and I believe that Los Angeles should host the 2032 games they have the facilities they have the stadiums they have the infrastructure in fact Los Angeles should host it every 4 years fortunately Brisbane has bigger things to worry about than the Olympic Games

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

I agree that we do have a lot of things that need resolving, but can we really expect anything to change if we keep voting in the same mob? I'm not saying the BCC aren't doing any good things, it's not black and white like that, but I personally don't see the infrastructure issues we have improving much without a change in values among the leadership. The other things are more state and national government issues, but I don't think it has to be either or when it comes to funding multiple things. They can afford to deal with both the challenges we're facing and hold an Olympics, but it's all about what they prioritise as to what actually gets done.

@Coyclonu5

2 ай бұрын

Or use the games to transform our infrastructure and future proof it for the next 4-5 decades. That would obviously involve stadia, but more important the biggest focus should be on Public Transport. A Mass-Transit system should have been the first thing thought about, something that would leave a lasting positive legacy for the city... instead we're here. Anyone trying to catch the trains yesterday should be begging for it. But it seems no one has the political will or vision to build a system like that.

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

Well, there are people with such vision, the problem is nobody votes for them.

@konanamegakure4342

2 ай бұрын

lol? and lose that tourism money? a lot of us moved here FOR this.

@mynameisweevil

2 ай бұрын

We are getting 7 billion dollars to host the games, we don't get that money if we don't host so that money would not be able to be spent on power bills and the cost ov living. Even if it was the power companies, etc would just put their prices up to make more proffits.

👍🏻 great timelapse photography .. traffic is already a nightmare.. im not sure on the figures but there’s possibly another 200 thousand people in brisbane now than there was just a few short years ago.. it’s almost a recipe for disaster 😳 i hope they know what they’re doing 🙏

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Yes, even without the existing population increase (plus projected further increase), and the effect of far more cars on roads that are not built for the volume, QSAC has no good existing public transport options, so it's shaping up to be quite a mess!

I think they should avoid an olympic opening light show lol. That or get someone from another country to run it. Not from New Zealand though, we're just as useless. Sorry about the boat at Lyttleton harbour sailGP by the way.

this is very interesting. We have been thinking a lot what the colours mean or what is the daily colour based on :) BTW the video is very well done

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. I had been meaning to do a video on Light Up Brisbane for quite a while, and I thought Earth Hour would be a good opportunity to highlight it.

If it makes anyone feel any better, Brisbane still has more time to turn it all around than Sydney did (Sydney got 7 years total; Brisbane has 8 left). I choose to be optimistic lol

@Bne_greenbridges_trainz_studio

2 ай бұрын

Not so optimistic with the same bunch idiots running the place.

As someone who grew up in Brisbane and now lives on the Sunshine Coast, travelling between the two quite regularly, I can't see our public transport infrastructure coping with an Olympics, just for one thing. And it has nothing to do with cross-river rail tunnels, or buses pretending to be trams, or how much they're willing to spend on it. It's... an _attitude_ problem, as much as anything. When they shut down rail services on the Northern line (between Northgate and the City) over Dec-Jan this year for upgrade works, the railbus replacement services were chaos. And the thing is, I did the round-trip between Landsborough and the City at least three times during that period, and from what I witnessed _it seemed to get worse each time._ As if, they learned _nothing_ from their mistakes early on, and weren't working toward continuous improvement. On at least a couple of occasions, I saw supervisors having to explain to BCC drivers (drafted to be QR Railbus drivers) that being a Railbus, they _were_ to stop at each railway station, but _not_ to stop on passenger request at roadside bus stops. So obviously, the drivers had not been properly _briefed_ (or not all of them, at any rate) before their shift. They set up a couple of marquees at Northgate, but nowhere near enough of them for the volume of passengers, and this was a particularly extreme Summer. Coordination between arrival of trains and their Railbus replacements seemed to get worse over time, so that passengers were left with substantial wait times at the roadside. At Landsborough, they've changed the bus stops so that passengers journeying on north (in the direction Maroochydore) and east (in the direction of Caloundra) no longer exit directly through the front of the station. Instead, they're directed _across_ a rail overpass (with stairs, or tiny and slow lifts) onto the opposite platform, then walk another ~50 metres to a couple of tiny bus "shelters" that aren't adequate for the number of passengers typically alighting, and keep out neither sun nor rain. Again, there are big problems coordinating arrival of trains and their connecting buses, so that buses are often leaving _before_ train passengers alight, and the passengers are left to wait _almost an hour_ (in the sun or rain) for the next bus on the timetable. If Translink were _actually trying_ to make using the train service between the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane as difficult and unpleasant as possible (especially for the elderly and people with disabilities), they couldn't do a better job. Someone (possibly several someones) got _paid_ to plan to make the rail-bus connection at Landsborough _worse_ than it already was. That's what I mean when I say it's an _attitudinal_ problem IMO. It didn't need millions of dollars thrown at it, as much as it needed planners with... properly functioning brains. And preferably some empathy for people with mobility issues, who depend on our public transit system more than most. _If_ the Brisbane Olympics go ahead, _all_ the issues that would challenge public transport infrastructure are going to come at once. Surge numbers of passengers. Passengers unfamiliar with the geography of SE Qld, and the quirks of its public transit system. Visitors who are confused and don't speak English as their first language. If Translink can't get the basics of needs analysis and planning right... we're going to be severely embarrassed, with the rest of the world watching.

Hey Adam, You hit Violet Crumble Bar day !!😆 Every time I see them use that colour, it makes me hungry. Way to turn a Council Cockup into an interesting Video Mate. .T-rocks

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

I've got to thank them for messing things up, otherwise it wouldn't have been nearly as interesting!

I watched this again this morning (as my stomach noisily digested a dose of cholera vaccine), and it occurred to me that this video might shine a light on priorities rather than stuff ups. As I watched the city NOT go dark (I was in the city that night as well), it seemed to indicate that those with the power to make the city go dark did NOT value the reasons behind turning the lights off. You said "one job", and that job didn't seem to be a priority for Brisbane. That job was to recognise the health of the Earth.

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking! I did consider mentioning that thought in the video, but decided against it in the end, thinking I'd save it for the video I mentioned looking at the election results and what it says about the values of Brisbane's population. I'm warmed by the knowledge that the councilor you've been communicating with does have concern for the environment, but the LNP in general is not known for their prioritising of environmental issues, and with the majority of wards once again being represented by councilors with that alignment, I don't think such issues will be given much consideration for the next four years, at least.

@FlyingBeardMan

2 ай бұрын

@@BrisbaneChannel I agree with you. That said, somebody (or some people) in the Brisbane City Council are driving land purchases to save land from developers and tree planting on those pieces of land. I've been trying to find out who that is to publicly give credit where credit is due.

@Bne_greenbridges_trainz_studio

2 ай бұрын

​@@BrisbaneChannelschrinner is pathetic

I live in Sydney leading up to the Olympic and my in-laws lived in Barcelona for their Olympic Games. You ant seen nothing yet . Tradition has it that there’s going to be some doozies. Along with overhyped expectations from some who “just can’t believe international tourists will put up with that” comments a plenty. Would make a good drinking game

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

I lived in Sydney in the lead up to the games and during, and I don't remember the lead up being anything near as much of a debacle as it has been here. But then, maybe I wasn't paying as much attention to it as I am to the Brisbane ones.

@pasilinnosto6712

Ай бұрын

@@BrisbaneChannel Googling the headlines and radio chatter will bring back many memories. I believe the ABC made a TV comedy TV series and Roy & HG also had a long running leadup to the Sydney Olympics

LNP played games and got played themselves. The rest of Queensland will not be giving Brisbane anymore money. Brisbane Council needs to pay for it themselves.

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

It's definitely a shame how the Olympics have become the thing that the parties play politics with. Ends up being good for nobody.

@zazzleman

2 ай бұрын

@@BrisbaneChannel Yeah well Brisbane people voted over-whelming for four more years of this. Winning!

I had a laugh at the purple lights

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

To be honest, it made for a more interesting video than if things had gone as they should have!

Cancel these two week sports carnivals they are a waste of taxpayers monies especially when the need for REAL projects like housing and other critical services are needed, not a sport park that gets used a few times a week.

why not demolish the old mayne yards and put a mege 140, 000 seat stadium with a dome roof. We can also shift Bowen Hills station to north of the ICB and have it serve as a major 6 platform interchange station serving the stadium, and surrounds, served by all lines. Immeaditely south Cross River Rail and the central lines branch off and to the immeadiate north, Ferny Grove line branches off from the northside lines. We could also extend the busway/metro around the corner from RBWH as well. We will need to fix up the gradients of the on-ramp onto the Ferney Grove rail bridge and will need to build a pedestrian bridge to both Abbotsford Road and Lutwyche Road. The old Mayne Yards could be replaced with both the new one immediately north and also expansions to other rail yards, such as the Moorooka one and many of the ones at the suburban ends of the rail lines. I think Acacia Ridge should become the new main rail yard. Think of it like how Melbourne redeveloped the Jolimont Yards, the 2032 olympics could leave behind a similar legacy for Brisbane. I think the Athletes village should go into Victoria Park and Brisbane Live should go where the old Myer Centre is. Shops and the foodcourt can remain on lower levels but above it would be the new Brisbane Live Arena, right in the heart of the cbd.

@PjRjHj

2 ай бұрын

At first glance, the Mayne railyards looks a great location. There must be reasons why it isn't on the cards. Lack of suitable locations or prohibitive cost for new rail yards? Prohibitive cost and difficult logistics of building over a working railyard? As for a 140000 capacity stadium. The era of building huge 80000+ stadiums in the developed world is long over. They aren't cost effective over their lifetime when considering the expense in constructing the highest, cheapest seats, then their maintenance, when they're the hardest seats to sell. Much more sense to offer more premium seats in a smaller stadium than thousands of "cheap" seats in a huge stadium. The Washington DC NFL team's stadium issue is a text book case. They went from a *50000 seat centrally located RFK stadium to a suburban 80000 seat FedEx Field in the late 90s. FedEx was expanded to 90000 for a few years, before it has progressively been sacked back (with whole seating platforms removed) to 65000. All the while the team owners are trying to get a 55000 seat new stadium built back within the DC limits. Stadiums like the MCG and Camp Nou have huge capacities because of legacy, so despite the economics, their owners still want to be huge. If they never existed, and Melbourne or Barcelona were to build a new stadium, there's no way they'd opt for a 100000+ seater

@electro_sykes

2 ай бұрын

@@PjRjHj fair enough just make everyone watch it on the TV or on their phones

The Problem Is what happens after the Olympic Games are over, cause several cities that have hosted the Olympics went in debt for years, decades even

@BrisbaneChannel

Ай бұрын

That's something I'm planning to look into for a future video.

Thank you heaps Adam for leaving my brain in a mess. 😅😂🤣 I really have nothing else to say, because I cannot afford to start a full-blown political argument in the comments section here.

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

Haha, yes, I avoided going too political in this video, but the fact that BCC did not value the significance and message behind Earth Hour speaks volumes.

@Enthusiastic-Trainspotter-BNE

2 ай бұрын

like you said@@BrisbaneChannel be nice 🙂 to have seen what another party would had done in this place, but oh well, such is life

There is only one emoji to describe Brisbane: 💩

@BrisbaneChannel

2 ай бұрын

I would say it represents aspects of the current city leadership, rather than the city itself. It's not such a bad place in and of itself.

@konanamegakure4342

2 ай бұрын

lol. same emoji could be used for people like you. smh

@electro_sykes

2 ай бұрын

@@konanamegakure4342 or those like you

The olympics are wonderful for cities to really start thinking about the future of the city, get those housing, infrastructure and sports developments done for future generations. Get the community involved and build excitement and invest in green space the environment and urban Renewal. Brand the city, the Olympics is a branding opportunity that few cities can dream of! Get that tourism money! Brisbane: 👁️👄👁️ wHatS a FuTuRE Do? Is FuTuRe big BUs ThAt BeNd? me Do GoOdWill GamEs 2.0.