Perry Park status unclear as Queensland deliver ’32 Olympics infrastructure plan
Lachlan Avil 
Perry Park has long been considered as an essential infrastructure project for Queensland football. Photo: Wikipedia Commons - StrikersFan CC BY-SA 4.0 Cropped.
The future of Perry Park as Queensland’s spiritual home of football in Queensland remains smothered in doubt as specific details of any redevelopment were spared as David Crisafulli delivered his Olympics infrastructure plan on Tuesday.
Cairns and Townsville will share hosting responsibilities for hosting the 2032 Olympic football tournament, an initial blow for the games’ hopes of having the event in inner-city Brisbane.
However, the Queensland Premier did note that upgrades to Perry Park were still on the table. It is unclear if these upgrades would go anywhere close to fulfilling the request for a “17,000 – 20,000 seat venue” in Brisbane.
The full 2032 Olympics Delivery Plan – which can be accessed here – mentions Perry Park once, in the category of grassroots investment.
Round Ball Australia understands that Brisbane Roar are waiting for further clarification from OCOG (Organising Committee for Olympic Games) on the specific impacts for football before commenting on the release of the report.
The collaborative submission to the 100-day review between Football Australia, Football Queensland, Brisbane Roar and others is one of the best examples of a unified approach for public funding that the code has seen in Australia.
After the disappointment of football’s share in public funding in the wake of the groundbreaking Women’s World Cup in 2023, all stakeholders will be hoping that further details on these enhancement plans will go to significantly serve the football community in Queensland.
