How long until 2032 Brisbane Olympics?

When Do the 2032 Olympics Start?

July 23, 2032. The Opening Ceremony lands in Brisbane, Australia, with the Games running through August 8 — sixteen days across Queensland.

Australia's Third Summer Games

Brisbane hosts events across the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast alongside the city itself. It is the country's first Summer Games since Sydney 2000, and its third overall after Melbourne 1956.

The Venue Plan, Finally Settled

Brisbane was awarded the Games back in 2021, but the venue question dragged on for years through two political reviews and three separate plans. In March 2025, Queensland finally locked in the current layout: a new 63,000-seat main stadium at Victoria Park, expected to cost around AU$3.6 billion, which will host athletics plus the opening and closing ceremonies before becoming the long-term home of the Brisbane Lions and cricket.

The historic Gabba, long Brisbane's home cricket and AFL ground, will host cricket one last time at the Games before being decommissioned. Swimming gets a fresh home too — the inner-city Centenary Pool is being rebuilt into a 25,000-seat national aquatic centre next to the new stadium, while the Brisbane Showgrounds gains its own 20,000-seat venue beside a relocated athletes' village.

Some sports head further afield: hockey moves to a revamped Gold Coast venue left over from the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and rowing is set for the Fitzroy River in central Queensland. Construction on the main stadium is expected to begin around 2027, leaving about five years to build before the Games open.

Other upgrades are part of the same package: the Queensland Tennis Centre is getting a new 3,000-seat showcourt, and a proposed $2.5 billion indoor arena and entertainment venue — originally slated for federal funding — has instead been put out to private tender, with the freed-up public money redirected to other Games infrastructure.