GOLD RUSH CONTINUES WELL AFTER THE GAMES
A YEAR on from the Commonwealth Games and the Gold Coast continues to take home the gold.
Our investment in new sporting and transport infrastructure for the Games has put the Gold Coast on the map.
Today new data shows our Commonwealth Games venues are consistently booked out with major events, pumping millions into local businesses and bringing thousands more people to the city.
We are hosting events that never would have seemed possible for the Gold Coast before the Commonwealth Games – events like the Logies TV awards, Eurovision and the Surf Life Saving World Championships.
SportAccord is the world’s leading conference for sporting administrators. It’s where the most lucrative sporting events are negotiated and planned.
Next month more than 1500 of the world’s sporting leaders and administrators will descend on the Gold Coast for the first ever SportAccord held in Australia.
This puts the Gold Coast in the box seat to secure even more international sporting events into the future.
But it’s not just our venues that are changing the face of
the Gold Coast. The former Athletes’ Village is transforming into a multibillion-dollar Health and Knowledge Precinct that will create more than 26,000 new jobs on the Gold Coast.
And we’ve got tenants moving into the precinct now.
These economic drivers are why real estate gurus like Ray White Surfers Paradise CEO Andrew Bell are tipping property prices on the Gold Coast will continue to rise as a result of the Commonwealth Games.
And we’re seeing
unprecedented interest in private sector investment.
Foreign direct investment as a result of the Commonwealth Games is tipped to reach close to half-abillion dollars in years to come.
The Gold Coast is being recognised as an economic powerhouse nationally and internationally.
The Games are over but the benefits will continue to be felt on the Gold Coast for decades to come.
We’re committed to ensuring the Gold Coast capitalises on this great legacy.