Potentially rising up across 68 hectares of farmland in Elimbah, Infinity Planet is ambitious in both its scale and $2.6 billion price tag.
In what would be a first in Australia, the complex is meant to be a hotel, theme park, entertainment centre, music venue and shopping centre all rolled into one. The plan is to build a 700-room five-star hotel, a 9,000-seater “city hall”, and a global cultural mall that would include pavilions for 50 different countries.
With so many languages and cultures rubbing elbows in the Sunshine State, this would be an opportunity to have many of them represented. The plan is to recreate major landmarks from different countries, so that when you’re in the “city” you can also be in different parts of the world.
Although there have been previous attempts to build major theme parks, such as an abandoned wave park in Coolum, another failed park at Glenview, and a long-awaited water park for the Sunshine Coast in limbo, this project might just get built, as it has solid financial backing.
Some of the potential challenges include weather, as Elimbah is at high risk of bushfires and, of course, any sort of supply disruptions or delays, which would elevate the overall cost.
And then it’s a matter of keeping it going once it’s built. Developers are estimating 1.2 million visitors annually and, with a plan to have the first stage built in time for the 2032 Olympic Games, the entertainment city is bound to be a hit, if completed according to plan.
The project is expected to create 3,624 jobs during the construction phase, and over 12,000 direct and indirect when all is said and done.
Just last month, a major Singaporean real estate group completed a significant land purchase in the Moreton Bay region, close to the proposed Infinity Planet development site, with the aim of providing essential housing and facilities for future staff.
You can see all the proposed sections of the project here.
