Connecting Paralympic sports with world-class Queensland venues via Sport Venues Connect
Games Legacy
03 Sep 2024
As the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games are underway in the French capital, Australians have been cheering on their Aussie sporting heroes.
Of the 4.3 million people in Australia with a disability, only one in four participates in sport, while three in four want to participate. With Paris 2024 on show, this opens a world of possibilities for people with disability to discover new sports that they might want to try. And as more people give para sports a go, it naturally lends itself to some advancing onto the pathways for high performance sport and creating new Paralympic dreams.
With Queensland set to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032, there has never been a better time to visit the Sunshine State for training and competition opportunities in world class facilities that maximise Queensland’s amazing weather, scenery and friendly communities.
Queensland has loads of great international standard sporting venues across the state, with many priding themselves on the para sports they facilitate. Check out some of the State’s top Paralympic sporting venues below and find more venues and details for how to book on Sport Venues Connect.
If you find a venue that you’d like to explore, reach out the venue to ensure they can meet your needs.
Townsville Sports Precinct
Situated on the edge of the great Barrier Reef, the Townsville Sports Precinct offers a comprehensive range of indoor and outdoor facilities and all-access amenities. With an accessible gym, meeting rooms, physiotherapy rooms and high-performance spaces, the multipurpose sprung wood floor courts make it a fantastic venue for wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, goalball, and sitting volleyball. With teams supplying their own equipment, the space can also be converted for boccia, para judo, table tennis and taekwondo.
Outdoors, an eight-lane tartan 400m World Athletics Certified track with a covered grandstand is ready to welcome para-athletics teams.
Sunshine Coast Recreation Precinct
With accessible accommodation and on-site catering alongside accessible high-performance facilities, the Sunshine Coast Recreation Precinct is an ideal venue for para sport camps and training opportunities. The precinct features three multipurpose indoor courts that can be converted for sports like wheelchair basketball, goalball, para taekwondo, para judo, para table tennis and sitting volleyball with the addition of necessary equipment. The precinct is complemented by a heated outdoor 8-lane 25m swimming pool.
Plus, stay tuned for a new accessible strength & conditioning gym and recovery space with ice baths and sauna coming in 2025.
Nissan Arena
Looking for a centrally located indoor arena to draw a crowd for a wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby or sitting volleyball tournament? Brisbane’s Nissan Arena has a premier show court with tiered seating, plus seven training courts, three conference rooms, elite and community change rooms, and a state-of-the-art wheelchair accessible gymnasium. Located next door to the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, the sporting hub in Nathan caters for a range of elite athlete requirements.
Gold Coast Recreation Precinct
Located beachside and on Tallebudgera Creek, the Gold Coast Recreation Precinct is a fantastic venue for para sport tournaments, competitions, training camps, functions, and corporate events. With accommodation and catering on site, the precinct offers fully wheelchair accessible amenities and five multipurpose indoor courts. With tournaments or teams supplying the necessary equipment, the courts can be converted for para sports like wheelchair fencing, para taekwondo, para badminton, para judo, goalball, sitting volleyball, para table tennis, wheelchair basketball and para powerlifting.
Plus, coming in 2025 is the development of new accommodation blocks that have a focus on accommodating sports teams and groups (including 24 accessible bedrooms) and also a new accessible functional outdoor gym on site (to complement our existing indoor gym area).
Belmont Shooting Complex
Belmont Shooting Complex is Queensland's premier competitive shooting centre. Located in Brisbane, the international standard facility hosted the shooting events for the 1982 and 2018 Commonwealth Games with world-class facilities for shooting para sport and para archery, with onsite accommodation in a natural Australian bushland setting.
Find more international standard venues across Queensland on Sport Venues Connect.
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