Gold Coast doesn’t need new facilities – mayor 16/11/2010 |
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Gold Coast mayor Ron Clarke has warned that some of the facilities being planned for the city if its bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games is successful are unnecessary.
Clarke claims the Gold Coast already has facilities good enough to host the event and suggests it models itself on the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, which he believes were the most successful in history.
"But where no new facilities were built," he added.
Clarke has questioned the need for the four proposed indoor sporting complexes earmarked for Coomera, at least two at Carrara and one at Robina, next to Skilled Park.
The Gold Coast's bid committee has set aside $500m to help build them.
The centrepiece of the bid is a new 25,000-seat stadium that is currently being built within the Carrara Precinct.
Due for completion in mid-2011, the stadium will initially host Australian Rules football but will be transformed for the Commonwealth Games into the city's premier sporting venue and upgraded to hold 40,000 spectators for the opening and closing ceremonies and track and field competitions.
A warm-up track will be located adjacent to the main stadium and the Carrara Precinct will also host gymnastics, badminton and the finals of the basketball competition.
"No one wants a white elephant," Clarke said. "I don't think we need the complex that is being planned for gymnastics. Most of what we already have can handle the Games."
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