CASH SPLASH draws every Friday in OCTOBER from 6pm-10pm - up to $19,500 CASH to be WON!close-btn

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

STAGE 2 - CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITY

Together with hosting great events that inspire our community, 

we have a strong focus on participation, education and skills development.


Our growing regional population and central Queensland location sees Mackay ideally placed 

to become a vital regional centre for community sports, education and training 

from grassroots to elite levels, for people of all abilities.


Our vision is To Inspire Greatness.

GBRA Stage 2 will deliver vital facilities supporting girls, people with disabilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and those from rural and remote areas to achieve their sporting aspirations.

With its large-scale multipurpose precinct and connection with a diverse range of popular sports, GBRA provides a perfect base for competition, camps, clinics, carnivals, education and training.

 

 

With Queensland’s own Olympic and Paralympic Games on the horizon, GBRA will play an important part in developing talent and bringing international competition to our region.

Great Barrier Reef Arena will be a place for all – from our local community to Australia’s sporting stars and international athletes.

 

 

2032 OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC GAMES

Together, Stages 1 & 2 of the Great Barrier Reef Arena development provide new facilities in Mackay supporting the 2032 Olympic & Paralympic Games, athlete training, and preparation.

Significant opportunities for facility use include:

 

Pre-Games Period (2023-2032)

  • Elite training across a diversity of included sports
  • Pre-Games national and international events
  • Paralympian athlete training base

Paralympic and Olympic Games Period (2031-2032)

  • Qualifying events in specific sports
  • Paralympic Games venue
  • International team and individual sports training base
  • Live Site

 

KEY SPORTS

The following Olympic & Paralympic sports have been identified as particularly suited to use of the GBRA Stage 1 & 2 facilities:

  • Cricket (pending inclusion)
  • Basketball and Wheelchair Basketball
  • 3×3 Basketball
  • Wheelchair Rugby
  • Hockey
  • Table Tennis
  • Badminton
  • Volleyball & Sitting Volleyball
  • Karate
  • Taekwondo
  • Judo
  • Fencing & Wheelchair Fencing
  • Goalball

 

 

ECONOMIC IMPACT

Independent economic analysis provided by REMPLAN estimates the following economic impacts from GBRA Stage 2.

 

CONSTRUCTION

Total economic impacts in the Mackay Region over the two-year construction phase, including all direct and indirect economic effects, are anticipated to include:

  • Output – Turnover of $34.9 million
  • Employment – Generation of 139 jobs
  • Value-Added – $30.1 million in GRP

Total economic impacts on the Queensland economy over the two-year construction phase, including all direct and indirect economic effects, and inclusive of the impact on the Mackay Region, are anticipated to include:

  • Output – Turnover of $104.4 million
  • Employment – Generation of 176 jobs
  • Value-Added – $39.0 million in GSP

 

GBRA STAGE 2 OPERATIONS

Each year of operation will support:

  • Employment – 78 new local jobs
  • Turnover – $16.0 million
  • Additional GRP for Mackay – $6.6 million

 

 

CONSULTATION

 

Throughout the preliminary planning process, Harrup Park Country Club has engaged in extensive consultation with a range of stakeholders representing sports and community including:

 

  • Mackay Netball Association
  • Mackay Hockey
  • Mackay Basketball
  • Sporting Wheelies Association (Qld & Mackay)
  • Mackay Airport
  • Mackay Tourism
  • AFL Mackay
  • Mackay Cricket Association
  • Queensland Cricket
  • AFL Queensland
  • Mackay Regional Council
  • CQ University
  • Queensland Government
  • Local State and Federal Government MPs

 

This consultation has directly contributed to the identification of Stage 2 project need, development of project scope, preliminary design and projected levels of use in operation.

 

 

 

PROJECT NEED & PARTICIPANT USE

 

As illustrated in the investment logic map and facility usage table on the following pages, consultation has identified high levels of need among specific sporting and community groups, serving local, regional and state participation.

 

The primary sporting organisations and participants who will benefit from the GBRA Stage 2 facility are:

 

  • MACKAY NETBALL ASSOCIATION
  •  SPORTING WHEELIES
  • MACKAY HOCKEY
  • AFL MACKAY/QUEENSLAND
  • GOLD COAST SUNS
  • QUEENSLAND CRICKET
  • MACKAY/WHITSUNDAYS CRICKET
  • MACKAY BASKETBALL
  • RUGBY LEAGUE MACKAY & DISTRICT
  • MACKAY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION

 

Projected use figures provided by these organisations indicates that the facility will serve an average of over 1,000 participants per week throughout the year from the first year of operation.

 

It will also attract additional events and spectators to Great Barrier Reef Arena, delivering significant economic impact for Mackay and region