Ka cika wannan jumla: A shekara ta 1971, Jones ya zaɓi ya ɗaukaka birnin Brisbane a matsayin birnin da za a yi wasannin Commonwealth na shekara ta 1978. Ba tare da tallafi daga Gwamnatin Queensland ba kuma saboda rashin shiri, tayin bai yi nasara ba. Tabbatar da fa'idodi da kuma dacewar Brisbane don karɓar bakuncin taron, Jones ya kammala cin nasara a 1974 don na gaba
wasannin a shekarar 1982.