The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

An Introduction

Authors

  • Michael Powell Griffith University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1017/qre.2019.12

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Introduction

Abstract

On 4 April 2018, some 35,000 people jammed into Carrara Stadium on Queensland’s Gold Coast to see athletes from seventy-one nations march in to the Opening Ceremony of the 21st Commonwealth Games. It was a beautiful Gold Coast day and signalled the start to eleven days of competition across venues from Cairns in the north of Queensland to Coolangatta on the southern border with New South Wales. It was also the culmination of a ten-year journey that had started back in 2008 when Premier Anna Bligh mooted the suggestion of bringing the Games to the Gold Coast as a means of reviving and transforming a Gold Coast economy that had been badly affected by the Global Financial Crisis.

Author Biography

  • Michael Powell, Griffith University

    Michael Powell is Professor Emeritus at Griffith University and Academic Director of Griffith University Industry Partnerships. Prior to this appointment, Michael was Academic Director of Griffith University’s GC 2018 Partnership. Formerly Pro Vice Chancellor (Business) and Dean of Griffith Business School, Michael has served as President, Vice President and Treasurer of the Australian Business Deans Council, as a member of international accreditation committees of AACSB International and as Chair of the Globally Responsible Leadership Council. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of Auckland, where he also served as Deputy Dean of the University of Auckland Business School.

References

Daniel Koch, Interview of Mark Stockwell former Chair of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, February 2018.

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Published

2019-06-01

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Special Section

How to Cite

Powell, M. (2019). The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games: An Introduction. Queensland Review, 26(1), 107-109. https://doi.org/10.1017/qre.2019.12