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Brisbane needs to think about “legacy”, the city’s Lord Mayor says, as the public release of a 100-day review of Olympic venues looms and a decision on the sports to feature has been delayed.

“We’ve got six days to go [before] the state government will bring out their 100-day review,” Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said, speaking on Nine’s Today program this morning.

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“[I’m] looking forward to getting some decisions made, getting shovels in the ground and getting on with it.”

Schrinner said inner-city venues such as Victoria Park made sense because of their transport links, and the proposed covered Brisbane Arena would be “a fantastic legacy outcome as well”.

“Ultimately it’s about what’s good in the long term. What leaves a great legacy, not for the two weeks of the games, but what about the cricket? The AFL? Major concerts?” he said.

“We don’t have a world-class stadium in Brisbane of an oval shape, and so we need that.”

The debate over venues has also forced the International Olympic Committee, which met in Greece this week, to delay its decision about the initial program of sports for the Brisbane event.

The IOC normally announces the program seven years before the Games are to be held. But, saying it needed more time to assess Brisbane’s infrastructure, the committee has delayed the announcement until next year.

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