2032 Olympics Host City Heats Up: DP Jarrod Bleijie Calls Critics 'Loopy' and 'Bunch of Nimbys'

Cox and Hassell, bagged the project and was inspired by traditional Queenslander houses and homes: elevated wooden, wraparound verandah houses. (Credit: Cox and Hassell)

Brisbane's bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics has reignited debate over a proposed $2.3 billion stadium at Victoria Park. Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie, one of the project's most outspoken supporters, described critics as 'loopy' and 'a bunch of nimbys,' adding that the stadium forms part of the government's broader legacy objectives.

He cited in a press conference the fact that Victoria Park had been a golf course just recently and was converted into public parkland, and opposition to progress as an outdated or ill-informed one.