This bid brochure is dedicated to the last 3 bids Australia has made to host the Olympic Games, the cities who were selected as Australia's candidature, the countless volunteers who spent most of their time in advocating and promoting their respective bid, as well all those involved who have strived to uphold the Olympic ideals. May all of you ascend towards the dream!
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The Case for Melbourne. Melbourne. A dynamic multicultural city, which is ready to host the world for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games and 2024 Summer Paralympic Games. A mostly compact plan is envisioned utilising maximum use of existing venues, many of which were specifically built when Melbourne successfully hosted the XVIII Commonwealth Games in 2006. Many of you may recall our bid to host the Centennial Olympic Games in 1996, that unfortunately did not come to fruition. Our bid for the 2024 will continue with that legacy, utilising many venues proposed for that bid as well as many more built post bid and many new exciting proposals. Most of which will be a legacy for sport in Melbourne and the state of Victoria. Our bid will be much like that of the 1996 bid, but be exciting and fresh in the inclusion of Geelong as a key bid partner city. Geelong, a lovely waterfront city, the fastest growing in the state of Victoria, is located a modest 65km from Melbourne’s city centre. We have decided to showcase this city by including them to host several sports for our Olympic Games. Even when including the city of Geelong, our plan is a mostly compact one, where 69% of venues (Victoria based) are located within 10km radius of the proposed Athletes’ Village in the city proper, 18% in Melbourne’s outer suburbs (at a maximum of 36km from Athlete’s Village) and the remaining 13% in Geelong, which is already aforementioned as being 65km away. 4 core venues clusters are envisioned, Melbourne Olympic Park, Docklands, Parkville and Geelong. The remaining venues spread out in the city of Melbourne. Maximum travel time for both Athletes and spectators is expected to be around 60 minutes. Many of you will be wondering, why after a mere 24 years should Australia (and Melbourne for that matter) wish to host the Olympics again? Well our answer is simple, most of you will recall our glorious hosting of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, which was euphemistically dubbed “the best ever”. We wish to bring on this legacy by welcoming you back to Australia indeed the city of Melbourne in an exciting new Olympics, one of which will indeed be dynamically different than that of the 1956 Games, the first of the Southern Hemisphere.
Dates of the Games. We propose that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games be held in the start of September. The decision for this stems from the earliest time of ideal weather conditions outside the IOC season. Our proposed dates is for the Olympics to begin Friday September 6th and end Sunday September 22nd. By hosting the games in September (and Paralympics in October), the main football codes of Australia, AFL and NRL who would normally utilise this period for their finals series, need only to scrap their pre-season tournaments and shift their seasons back to start in February, in which a full season will end mid August, allowing for 3 weeks of final preparatory time for Olympic operations, whilst the A-League shifts their season to start in November. A budget logically shared between Public and Private. The 2024 Olympics will share the financial burden between public taxpayers and private investors. The construction and improvement of competition venues will be mostly taxpayer funded, as well as the operational costs of running the games and any necessary transport improvements. The Olympic Village, Media Village and Main Media Centre will be privately funded. Costs overall are expected at 3.2 billion dollars, split almost evenly between the two sources. Numerous accommodation options for all. Our proposal to tackle the growing need of accommodation for the Olympic Games is a well thought out process. Foremost, we propose that the world’s Media be located within a single village located in Docklands, approximately 5 minutes walk from our proposed Main Media Centre. A proposal of 21,000 rooms will be offered in high rise apartment complexes to serve the Media. As for the Olympic Family and spectators, we offer to use our existing 25,000 hotel capacity rooms, propose the construction of an additional 4,000 rooms and utilise other forms of accommodation, such as approximately 10,000 cruise ship rooms, 7,100 student accommodation and proposal of our initiative from the 1996 bid, the “Australian Homes Programme”. This proposal will offer at least 30,000 individual rooms in an expected 30,000 homes to cover any shortfall for the Olympic Games, if need be. If one accounts the total, we offer just over 94,000 rooms, with around 70,000 for the Olympic Family and spectators.
Our ever growing transport network. A lot has changed since 1956 and indeed our previous bid for 1996. We have plenty of ever growing infrastructure projects in place, which includes, Australia’s largest ever freeway and highway network within a city, 2 major International airports serving the city of Melbourne and Geelong, an extensive rail network of more than 16 lines (most of which stem out of the city centre), extensive bus routes and who can ever forget our iconic tramways, which is the most extensive in the world at over 350km of coverage throughout the city. We are constantly upgrading and improving our general infrastructure and come 2024, we will be ready to show the world our efficient transport network. A village where all athletes are one. Should we win the rights to host the 2024 Olympics, we will construct a mid rise apartment style Olympic Village in Albert Park, utilising former land once occupied by Melbourne’s Formula 1 circuit, which is currently being relocated to the suburb of Avalon in a purpose built track near Avalon International Airport, Melbourne’s secondary airport. An Olympic Village, capable of housing up to 18,000 Athletes and Officials will be constructed. Upon completion, this will be one of the most compact villages envisioned, even when considering our mid rise concept. The location near the Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre offers excellent training facilities for Athletes, whilst a proposed underground shopping complex will serve Athletes and Officials. The proposed village will be converted to public housing post Olympics and the underground complex turned into an underground shopping mall. The proposed site is well located near the city centre and the proposed 69% of city based venues. Even when including the venues based in Geelong, the most Athletes and Officials will need to travel will be 60 minutes. Current improvements to transport infrastructure could easily make such travel times less.
MELBOURNE 2024 Venues Chart 1.1 - Existing Venues - No Permanent Works Required Competition Venue
Sport(s)/ Discipline(s)
Gross Seating Capacity
Original Date of Construction
Date of Last Upgrade (If Applicable)
Sydney Olympic Stadium – Sydney Perth Stadium – Perth Lang Park – Brisbane Adelaide Oval – Adelaide Canberra Stadium – Canberra Kardinia Park – Geelong Docklands Stadium Rod Laver Arena Margaret Court Arena Centre Court 2 & 3
Football – Preliminaries Football – Preliminaries Football – Preliminaries Football – Preliminaries Football – Preliminaries Football – Preliminaries Rugby 7's
83,500 60,000 52,500 50,000 40,000 35,000 53,359 14,820 7,500 3,000 10,500 4,500 5,541
1999 2015 1993* 1990* 2016 2007* 1999
2003 2003 2015 2015 2015 2015 2009
Melbourne Multi-Purpose Venue Melbourne Convention Centre
Tennis Basketball – Preliminaries Cycling – Track Weightlifting
1988 2000
-
2010
-
Chart 1.2 - Existing Venues - Temporary Works Required Temporary Works Competition Venue
Sport(s)/ Discipline(s)
Gross Seating Capacity
State Netball and Hockey Centre – Field 1
Field Hockey Badminton Rhythmic Gymnastics
Melbourne Exhibition Centre – Hall 2 Melbourne Exhibition Centre – Hall 4
Melbourne Exhibition Centre – Hall 1
Melbourne Exhibition Centre – Hall 5 Royal Melbourne Exhibition Building State Mountain Bike Course St. Kilda Yacht Club Royal Melbourne Golf Club St. Kilda Foreshore Royal Botanic Gardens Circuit Melbourne Marathon Course Docklands Precinct
Cost of Permanent Works Required (In USD)
Source of Financing (Public/Private/Joint)
3,000,000 4,750,000
Public Public
2024
4,750,000
Public
2024
4,750,000
Public
2024
2024
4,750,000
Public
1998 2005 1932
2024 2024 2024 2024
2024 2024 2024 2024
1,750,000 700,000 1,200,000 750,000
Private Public Public Private
-
-
2024
2024
700,000
Public
-
-
2024 2024 2024
2024 2024 2024
700,000 700,000 650,000
Public Public Public
Cost of Permanent Works Required (In USD)
Source of Financing (Public/Private/Joint)
Dates of Temporary Works Required Start Finish 2024 2024
Original Date of Construction
Date of Upgrade (If Applicable)
8,000
2001*
2006
7,000
1996
-
2024
2024
Table Tennis
7,000
1996
-
2024
Wrestling
7,000
1996
-
2024
7,000
1996
-
5,000 5,000 3,000/Unlimited Unlimited
1880 1986 1922 1926
Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Judo Taekwondo Fencing Cycling – Mountain Bike Sailing Golf Triathlon Open Water Swimming Cycling – Road Course Athletics – Marathon Athletics – Walks
Chart 1.3 - Existing Venues - Permanent Works Required Permanent Works Competition Venue
Melbourne Cricket Ground National Equestrian Centre Melbourne Rectangular Stadium – Arena 1 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium – Arena 2 National Water Sports Centre – Rowing Course Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre – Commonwealth Pool Kardinia Aquatics Centre Melbourne Gun Club Melbourne International Shooting Club
Sport(s)/ Discipline(s) Ceremonies Athletics Football – Finals Equestrian Cross Country Equestrian Jumping/Dressage Handball Volleyball Rowing Aquatics – Water Polo Finals Aquatics – Water Polo Preliminaries Aquatics – Synchronised Swimming Modern Pentathlon – Swimming Shooting – Rifle and Shotgun Shooting – Pistol
Gross Seating Capacity
Dates of Permanent Works Required Start Finish
Original Date of Construction
Date of Upgrade (If Applicable)
1992 (Great Southern Stand)
2006, 2013
2022
2024
60,000,000
Public
1984
1992
2018
2020
24,000,000
Public
2010
-
2019
2023
45,000,000
Joint
1990 2006
-
2020 2023
2023 2024
30,000,000 12,000,000
Public Public
6,000
1966
2005
2019
2023
12,800,000
Public
6,000 2,000
2005* 1976
2006
2017 2021
2019 2022
7,000,000 2,000,000
Public Public
Gross Seating Capacity
Planned or Additional Venue
Cost of Permanent Works Required (In USD)
Source of Financing (Public/Private/Joint)
107,000 (Olympics) 110,000 (Legacy) 20,000 15,000 14,000 14,000 25,000 10,000
Chart 1.4 - Venues To Be Built - Permanent Construction Competition Venue Melbourne Arena State Netball and Hockey Centre – Field 2 Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre – Olympic Pool Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre – Olympic Diving Pool Parkville Community Centre State BMX Centre National Water Sports Centre – Canoe/Kayak Slalom Course New Geelong Arena and Exhibition Centre - Arena New Geelong Arena and Exhibition Centre – Exhibition Hall
Sport(s)/ Discipline(s) Basketball – Finals Gymnastics – Artistic and Trampoline Field Hockey Aquatics – Swimming Aquatics – Diving Boxing Cycling – BMX Canoe/Kayak Slalom Basketball – Preliminaries Modern Pentathlon – Fencing Modern Pentathlon – Shooting
Start Date Finish Date
24,000
Planned
2019
2023
215,000,000
Joint
20,000 17,000** 5,000 10,000 6,000 6,000
Additional
2020
2023
18,000,000
Public
Additional
2018
2022
90,000,000
Public
Planned Planned Planned
2021 2021 2021
2024 2023 2023
33,000,000 9,000,000 14,000,000
Public Public Public
Planned
2020
2023
54,000,000
Joint
Cost of Permanent Works Required (In USD)
Source of Financing (Public/Private/Joint)
6,000 6,000
Chart 1.5 - Venues To Be Built - Temporary Construction Competition Venue
Sport(s)/ Discipline(s)
Gross Seating Capacity
St. Kilda Beach Volleyball Arena Olympic Archery Centre
Beach Volleyball Archery Modern Pentathlon – Riding Modern Pentathlon – Running
12,000 6,000
2023 2023
2024 2024
14,000,000 3,500,000
Public Public
6,000
2023
2024
6,200,000
Public
Olympic Lawn
Start Date Finish Date
Total:
* Denotes earliest construction of existing building(s) not earliest establishment/construction of stadium. ** Utilising optimum viewing of 12,000 seats, as well as diving seating for 5,000. Approximately 72% of venues (minus interstate football venues) already exist. 69% of Victoria based venues are in the city proper. 18% of other Melbourne based venues are in outer suburbs. 13% of remaining venues are located in Geelong. 44 competition venues in total. 39 venues located in the state of Victoria.
Within a radius of 10 Km of city centre Hotels* No. 5 star 19 4 star 58 3 star 15 1 and 2 star Ungraded Student Accommodation 3 Cruise Ships Australian Homes Programme** Total: 95
Within a radius of 10 Km of city centre Hotels* No. 5 star 3 4 star 3 star 1 and 2 star Ungraded Student Accommodation Cruise Ships 4 Australian Homes Programme** Media Village 1*** Total: 7 Hotel Totals:
102
$681,650,000
Chart 2.1 Existing Accomodation Within a radius of 10-50 Km of city centre Rooms Hotels* No. Rooms 4405 5 star 10591 4 star 91 4226 2200 3 star 90 2954 1 and 2 star 14 816 Ungraded 6 269 Student Accommodation 1200 5 4700 Cruise Ships Australian Homes Programme** 10000 18396 Total: 206 22965
Chart 2.2 Planned Accomodation Within a radius of 10-50 Km of city centre Hotels* No. Rooms 5 star 3 768 4 star 24 3450 3 star 20 1248 1 and 2 star Ungraded Student Accommodation 3 1200 Cruise Ships 3600 2 800 Australian Homes Programme** 20000 Media Village 21000 25435 Total: 52 27466
Rooms 835
43831
Hotel Totals:
258
50431
Grand Total:
360
94262
*Includes Hotels, Motels and Serviced Apartments. **Those included in existing accommodation are number of rooms/homes secured at applicant stage, which will be combined with rooms to be secured during the lead up to the games. *** Comprising of 1 village, made up of several apartment towers.
No. 19 149 105 14 6 8
301
No. 6 24 20
6 1 59
Total Rooms 4405 14817 5154 816 269 5900 10000 41361
Total Rooms 1603 3450 1248
4400 20000 21000 52901
Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics Visit Melbourne
Melbourne 2024 Bid Team. Head Office: Level 2, 1956 Burton Avenue, Melbourne Victoria 3000. Australia.
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