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Australian company to design stadium for 2014 Asian Games
A QUEENSLAND company has
won the contract to design a
$400 million stadium for the
2014 Asian Games in Incheon,
South Korea.
The company, Populous, has
gained a worldwide reputation
for its stadium designs after
success with Brisbane's Suncorp
Stadium, Gold Coast's Skilled
Park and the main arena for the
2012 London Olympic Games.
Trade Minister Stephen
Robertson, who plans to meet
with Incheon Mayor Sang-soo
Ahn today during his Asia trade
mission, said it was a major coup
for the company.
"This contract in Korea, with
work now well under way in
Brisbane, is creating jobs and
assisting to cement Queensland's
reputation as a leader in the
international sporting
infrastructure and event
industry," Mr Robertson said.
"A team of 10 architects in
Brisbane is working on the
project."
Populous had also undertaken
design consultancy for major
projects across Asia, such as
China's Tianjin XiQing Sports
Park for the 2013 East Asian
Games and Taiwan's Taipei
Dome, a 40,000-seat covered
baseball arena.
"Populous's design work is
synonymous with quality sporting
events around the world, but
this new deal in partnership with
a local firm to design the 70,000-
seat Incheon stadium is the
company's first foray into
Korea," Mr Robertson said.
"The stadium project is exciting in
that it promotes a new era of
designing sustainable venues for
major events.
"The stadium will be designed so
that it can be reduced in size to
30,000 capacity following the
Games."
Mr Robertson said Queensland
merchandise exports to Korea
were worth more than
$6.3billion, ranking Korea the
state's third-largest merchandise
export destination.
The 17th Asian Games – the
continent's largest sporting event
– is expected to attract about
12,000 athletes and staff from 45
countries and regions.
Populous senior principal
Andrew James, who will address
the Asia Pacific Cities Summit
about the new stadium in
Incheon on Thursday, said it was
an innovative design.
"The 70,000-seat multi-purpose
stadium builds on the design
developed by Populous for the
main stadium for the 2012
Olympic Games in London and
illustrates a new level of
sustainable design in major
public infrastructure built for
events such as Olympics or Asian
Games," Mr James said.
"The key to the Incheon
stadium's success will be
reducing it down to 30,000 seats
in its legacy mode and linking it
into the surrounding parklands
to make it an open accessible
building for all its people. This
way it can achieve a connection
with the community that is vital
to securing its long-term
sustainability and a true legacy
for the people of Incheon."
Mr James said the stadium would
be the first landmark building
people saw when travelling to
Seoul from the Incheon
international airport.
(Source: GAGOC)
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