Australian Football Stadiums: A Case Study

Recently the Australian Football Federation (AFF) was awarded the right to hose the 2014 FIFA World Cup. As a host nation, Australia must provide a minimum number of host venues in capital cities to cater for the international phenomenon and successful event that the World Cup has become. The Major Sports Facility Authority (MSFA) is investigating the construction of a super stadium in Brisbane that has the capacity to hold 80,000 spectators. In addition, the new stadium will be home to the Brisbane Road A-league soccer club and the Brisbane Broncos, as well as test matches for Rugby League and Rugby Union. South East Queensland is growing at an extremely rapid rate, with the 2012 population expected to be approximately 3 million. It is with this in mind that the super stadium needs to be planned to cope with future growth in South East Queensland . …show more content…
This method looks at four criteria; economic, environmental, social and political, in the aim to develop a sustainable and effective stadium . The economic criterion involves the cost of acquiring and constructing the new stadium. Environmental takes into account the site’s access to public transport, while the social criterion concerns the impact of the stadium on local residents and land users. Finally the political criterion regards public opinion and government preference. It is using these criteria that the three proposed sites will be examined .

The three possible sites identified by the State Government and Brisbane City Council are the Brisbane Cricket Ground (GABBA), the RNA showgrounds and Suncorp Stadium. The preferred site would have close proximity to public transport, minimal disturbance to local residents and minimal cost to the