Hosting the Olympic Games can stimulate the sustained growth of tourism, real estate market, trade, cultural exchange and many other industries in a city and even a country. It is a business card that the country shows to the world.
202 1, July 2 1, Brisbane, Australia successfully bid for the Olympic Games, which is the third city in the country to host the Olympic Games after 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games and Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.
Changes brought by the Sydney Olympic Games
I still remember the amazing moment when Cathy Freeman lit the Olympic flame:
It turns out that water and fire can blend together.
Regarding the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the government thinks it is difficult to hold it. As we all know, the economic benefits of large-scale sports events are very poor, which is a world problem.
KPMG 1993 estimated that hosting the Olympic Games would bring more than 7 billion dollars to the national economy. However, the analysis of other institutions has reached the opposite conclusion: according to the estimate made by economists from university of tasmania and the Finance Department of the University of New South Wales in 1998, the GDP growth in 12 years (1998-2010) before and after the Olympic Games may be only 0.1. There were different opinions at that time.
Australia hosted the Olympic Games before Sydney, but the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956 was another matter. At that time, the number of TV sets in Australia was less than 654.38 million, and there was no real-time international satellite transmission to broadcast the game.
However, from 2000 to 2020, great changes have taken place in the world, and the pace of global economic development is very fast.
The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games provided a good opportunity for Australia to shape its global image as a complex multicultural country. Since then, countries around the world have begun to re-recognize Australia and increased their trade and investment with Australia. In the 2000 Olympic Games, the Sydney Olympic Organizing Committee made a direct profit of 765 million Australian dollars, and brought 880 million US dollars of tourism revenue and 8.7 billion US dollars of comprehensive overseas investment to Sydney. It directly created economic activities of A $6.5 billion and increased exports of A $2.7 billion for the whole country.
After the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games,
Australia's GDP data began to rise significantly.
Although the growth of tourism brought by the Olympic Games depends largely on Australia's natural environment, its strategy provides a space for showing Australia's highly urbanized and multicultural society.
Most importantly, the success of the Sydney Olympic Games has prevented the Olympic Games from being labeled as "dangerous". You know, during the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, people once had doubts about the security measures of the Olympic Games because of poor organization and the sensational family terrorist bombing during the Olympic Games.
Thanks to the efforts of many staff and volunteers, the Sydney Olympic Games usually goes smoothly and has won international acclaim. In the following decades, Australia's international scores went up all the way.
The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games put Australians on the world stage.
As the largest sports event in Australian history, Sydney Olympic Games has had a chain reaction to the whole sports development in Australia.
Its success shows that Australia has the ability to hold large-scale sports events efficiently and flexibly.
The Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 set standards for several major sports events in Australia-Rugby World Cup in 2003, Commonwealth Games in 2006 and 20 18, AFC Champions Cup in 20 15, Cricket World Cup in 20 15 and Women's Cricket World Cup in 2020.
It also provided strong support for the bid for the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup and the successful bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Sydney Olympic Games paved the way for Australia's future sports diplomacy strategy. These measures include Australia's expertise in helping other countries hold major events, especially the opening and closing ceremonies.
Before the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, Australia was already a world-famous sports power. Since then, Australia can claim to be an influential player in global sports.
Fortunately for the Sydney Olympic Games, if the 9/ 1 1 incident happened one year before this, it may cause great interference and cancel the Olympic Games. Unlike the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, the Sydney Olympic Games fortunately did not happen at the same time as the global epidemic, occupying the right place and the right time.
The 2000 Sydney Olympic Games showed that the future impact ultimately depends on the original planning. September 15 to 1 October1day in 2020 is still an important moment in Australian sports and social history, when Australia was in the center and focus of the world.
What will the 2032 Olympic Games bring to Brisbane?
Why Brisbane?
Brisbane is the capital of Queensland, Australia, and the third largest city in Australia, second only to Sydney and Melbourne. Brisbane is 1982 Commonwealth Games, 1988 World Expo, 200 1 World Friendship Games, and 1996, 2003, 2007, 201Asia-Pacific City Summit and 2060.
On February 26th, 2020, it was 65438, ranking 7 1 in the list of the top 500 cities in the world in 2020. Brisbane is very strong.
Since the strength is very strong, hosting the Olympic Games is naturally very emboldened. However, the expenditure of the Olympic Games is quite huge, and even the maintenance of Olympic venues in the later period is not a small expense. Once the cost exceeds the future income, it is easy to make ends meet, and the "Olympic economy" will have a counterproductive effect on local development.
But as a country that has hosted two Olympic Games, this issue has long been considered.
In the application stage alone, Brisbane spent less than A $654.38+0 billion on the feasibility study of the Olympic Committee and the report submitted to the International Olympic Committee, and has indicated that it will not build large-scale Olympic venues. In addition, Brisbane has hosted many world-class summits and events, and accumulated rich experience in infrastructure and event operation.
On the one hand, the cost is low, on the other hand, the region is more attractive. The Olympic Games will surely bring a new round of population growth in Queensland.
For families who immigrate to Australia, Brisbane and even Queensland must be one of the preferred destinations. Throughout the past nine years, the annual population growth rate in Queensland has been in the range of 0.64%-2.85%, far exceeding the average population growth rate in Australia.
The Queensland Government predicts that the Olympic Games will provide 6.5438+300,000 direct employment opportunities. This will enable Queensland to introduce more overseas immigrants, not only high-tech talents, but also investment immigrants (promoting local investment, production and employment).
Needless to say, real estate in Brisbane (Queensland) is also one of the favorite destinations for global investors. The Olympic Games will once again drive the real estate investment boom.
The more favorable trend is that the preparation time for Brisbane's successful Olympic bid is 1 1 year (seven years before the Beijing Olympic Games). After 1 1 year, it is believed that the world epidemic has long passed and international traffic has recovered as before.
Ted O'Brien, a member of the Australian Federal Parliament, wrote in the Australian media: "What the world needs is hope-I believe that a beautiful day is ahead."