The Annual Gold Coast Indy street circuit ( The event necessitated a name change after the withdrawal of the Indy Racing League series -in early 2009- from which the event had previously derived its name-- its now the SuperGP -- a combination of both the V8 Supercars and A1GP ) begins construction in mid-August with the first pedestrian bridge going up at the northern end of the circuit and preliminary work for Pit Buildings on Macintosh Island.
This schedule has been reduced each year although the infrastructure inventory has tripled from 1991, when it was 199 days (in 2007 its down to about 100). The circuit is defined using 2515 concrete blocks which each weigh approx four tonnes ( the majority of these are individually airbrushed with company logos, a truly back-breaking task ).
The 4.47km circuit uses 10km of heavy-duty debris fencing, 16km of security fencing, and 10 temporary bridges. Approximately 100km of cabling is required and 6000 man-hours of electrical reticulation.


Spectators and Event participants spent $50.4 million at the 2005 Gold Coast Indy 300, with an estimated economic and tourism value of $58.3 million (AUD) in total benefiting the state of Queensland.