KIRK proposal for Gabba West Stadium for Brisbane 2032

KIRK had the opportunity to present our proposal for a new 60,000 seat ‘Gabba West’ stadium. We would like to thank the Brisbane 2032 – 100 Day Review by the Committee for this opportunity.

Our proposal looks beyond the 2032 Games, delivering Brisbane a modern stadium while utilising the existing Gabba Stadium for warm-up tracks and expanded spectator events. At the conclusion of the Games the historical site can be returned to the city to deliver over 2500 apartments, community green space and expansion of the East Brisbane State School by 2042.

The proposal taps into the site’s generous transport infrastructure, seamlessly integrating with the Cross River Rail and South-East Busway while being within a 15-minute walk of 8 major central rail and busway stations including Southbank, Kangaroo Point and the CBD. It is not constrained by tunnel infrastructure, allowing future residential, commercial and public developments to proceed unimpeded with the historical Gabba Park at their heart.

We see a new Brisbane Stadium as a City Shaping opportunity – leveraging key infrastructure and reinvigorating an unrealised central Woolloongabba precinct.