It's definitely not Ballymore or Perry Park because trying to work with Rugby QLD or the YMCA/Strikers would be a shit fight due to politics, not to mention wealthy local residents. Albion Park is also probably unlikely because racing QLD want to develop it to get $$.

The fact that it needs support from Stadiums Queensland indicates it must be on or adjacent to one of their properties. That narrows the list down. Suncorp and the Gabba are obviously out of the picture. The other options with available land are:

Entertainment Centre at Boondal
Seems way too far away from the CBD

Sleeman Sports Complex
Too far, no transport and on a hill in bush, it would be a very odd choice, so lets rule that out.

Queensland Tennis Centre
This could be the dark horse. Closest to city, two main train lines and the state government still has a parcel of land adjacent for future expansion. It would be a new venue rather than a reconfiguration though.

QSAC
This to me doesn't seem close to the city but I do live on the Northside. However, if they do mean reconfiguration this would be the most likely option. There has been talk for many years about knocking down all but the main grandstand(s) for a more appropriate sized venue. The sheer size and age of the stadium has been enormously expensive to maintain for the government. Reconfiguring this would mean loosing the athletics track though, which would be odd given they just spent $$$ redeveloping it to international standard. There's also a connection to the new Brisbane Metro.

The other possibility is that they move the adjacent State Athletics Facility into the main stadium and build something new on that site. It does have one grandstand at the moment.

It obviously can’t be QSAC, it’s capacity is too big plus it cannot be converted to a rectangular stadium (something, something legacy) 

Well personally I hope it's not. But I'm not sure about that. Legacy is great and all but when it costs the State Government $1.5 mill/year to maintain a barely used facility they might decide to do something different. It's a long shot but it's possible.

I remember for the Davis Cup they put a temporary court in front of the main grandstand, then surrounded the other 3 sides with high temporary seating. Capacity was only 15,000. Because of the corporate boxes the main grandstand doesn't seat as many as people think. Most of the stadiums capacity is in the other 3 sides along the metal benches. Those can always be demolished and replaced with something smaller. The final cost for Dolphin Stadium after stage 3 is around $15m for almost 12,000 seats. So $60 million isn't a stretch to do something like that.

All hypothetical of course, I would prefer something at Perry Park but the Strikers and all that make it unlikely.

Yeah, it’s not QSAC. 

The main stand is massive add three new stands, and you don’t get 11k 

Where do you think it will be?

I posted a while back that the RSF have been involved in these discussions so through that I am aware of several locations but I can’t say which ones, I’m not sure where the club settled in the end. (We were only consulted on this not directly involved .... but I know there have been close to 15 locations proposed). 

Fair enough, in the early days of the MLS when owners went down the small stadium route they often built in Industrial areas with fairly simple stadia to keep costs down. So I'm guessing this would support that type of model.

Do you know if the club will actually own or maintain any interest in the venue directly? I've often felt that in the whole boutique stadiums debate in Australia people have forgotten where it's been done elsewhere, it's not just about better atmosphere but also financial stability. Owning your own stadium comes with a raft of extra revenue opportunities if done right.

The journo seems to have been left with the impression that it's not Perry Park, but without a direct quote denying it, I'm still betting that's where they're looking at.

I think the ideal size is 20k for Brisbane. A winning Brisbane team gets the crowd numbers over 15k. My choice is Perry park. Close to trains, valley and breaky creek hotel. What about Spencer park? Surely Brisbane city fc wouldn't sell their home ground to their potential rivals in the future if they win an expansion spot. 

No it’s not. Out of respect for Strikers that play there, the YMCA that have the lease, and the local residents have stated they will oppose its redevelopment it’s not on the list. 

Spencer Park is a no go. One the sidelines is far too close to Breakfast Creek for serious redevelopment. It'd be capable of a smaller upgrade suitable for a 2nd division team but that's pretty much it. 

their stadium has to be near the train station, at least as close a walk to suncorp if they want the get a consistent crowd over 10k, its all about convenience but at the same time if they have the stadium in Logan it will be a disaster.

Families let alone most people won't want to travel to a rough area at night, let alone families and kids.

their stadium has to be near the train station, at least as close a walk to suncorp if they want the get a consistent crowd over 10k, its all about convenience but at the same time if they have the stadium in Logan it will be a disaster.

Families let alone most people won't want to travel to a rough area at night, let alone families and kids.

their stadium has to be near the train station, at least as close a walk to suncorp if they want the get a consistent crowd over 10k, its all about convenience but at the same time if they have the stadium in Logan it will be a disaster.

Families let alone most people won't want to travel to a rough area at night, let alone families and kids.

Again that’s not entirely correct. Transport to.from the stadium is much more than just trains. 

This is a club that fairly recently couldn't pay players on time, had a wind up order filed for 12 months unpaid rent and owed money to a laundromat.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for them and this is great for Brisbane but it's still the Bakries in charge and I'll be waiting for some more concrete information before believing they are actually going to drop any money into a stadium. 

Meh it’s only hype. I have said here before but when I met people at parties in northside and said I was from Logan they pretty much thought I would stab them at some point.

Its important to remember Beenleigh used to be GC until 2008.

Homebush in Sydney is non CBD seems to have had no problems moving crowds of up to 100k .