Mr Coates said Sydney had staged a successful 2000 Olympics, but it could be argued it did not plan well for its legacy.

On the sporting front, Mr Coates said Brisbane should make a concerted effort to attract national and international representative squads to train in the region ahead of competitions held overseas.

“For example the proximity of Queensland going into the Tokyo (Olympics); it is going to very good for teams to be able to train in the better months up here,” he said.

Mr Coates said he hoped international sports squads would view Brisbane in the same way as international businesses that first set up offices in Melbourne and Sydney, before setting up offices in Brisbane.

“A lot of Australia’s big companies move from Melbourne to Sydney, or at least have large offices in Sydney,” he said.

Mr Coates said the Queensland capital was attracting international and national businesses to headquarter in Brisbane and said sports squads should follow.

“That is an opportunity for Queensland and I hope the Department of Sport, the Queensland Academy of Sport and all the sports federations take the opportunities the Games might present to improve their pathways for young kids.

“We are really on the doorstep to Asia, is the way I put it, and there really are a lot of opportunities there.”

More than 2 million extra people were expected to be living in south-east Queensland over the next 25 years, making it one of Australia’s more compact urban centres.

The AFL moved all non-Victorian AFL teams to south-east Queensland for 10 weeks during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, followed by the Supercars motor racing teams.

South-east Queensland hosted the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, the AFL grand final at the Gabba in September 2020, while Melbourne Storm was based on the Sunshine Coast during the height of the pandemic last year.

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Brisbane will also host games at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023.

Already, south-east Queensland’s 2032 Olympics Games bid includes some new Olympic venues, with a stadium most likely at Albion Raceway, and a proposed Games Village at Hamilton Northshore.

Mr Coates said Brisbane needed to work hard to position itself because 170 sports events had been staged throughout the world in 2020 despite the impact of COVID-19.

He said the region’s liveability was its advantage.

“It’s a lifestyle with good schooling, but you’ve got to get out and sell yourself,” he said.

The Committee for Brisbane also supported the concept of recycling Games infrastructure into housing, in a similar way that the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village at Southport has been re-purposed.

Among the other goals for south-east Queensland from the 2032 Summer Olympics were:

• road and rail connectivity;
• regional data and digital competency;
• First Nations recognition and exclusivity and enterprise;
• health and well-being, including mental health;
• investments in arts and culture;
• improved environmental standards;
• repurpose 2032 Games infrastructure for affordable housing; and
• aim for zero net waste in Australia’s first circular economy by 2032