Melbourne Mayors Olympic Dream Could End In Brisbane

Melbourne considers itself the countrys sporting capital, having staged the 1956 Olympic Games as well as being the home to a Formula One race, the Australian Open tennis tournament, an iconic cricket ground and the nations biggest horse race.
Melbourne considers itself the country's sporting capital, having staged the 1956 Olympic Games as well as being the home to a Formula One race, the Australian Open tennis tournament, an iconic cricket ground and the nation's biggest horse race.
On Tuesday, Melbourne topped the Global Liveability Survey title for the second successive year and mayor Robert Doyle weighed in with a proposal that the city had the infrastructure in place to host a second Olympic Games.
"I don't think there'd be another city in the world not hosting the Olympics that is as well prepared as we are right now," Doyle told reporters less than 48 hours after London extinguished the flame of a successful but costly Summer Games.
"Think what we could do if we did dream large for 2024 or 2028."
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