The president of the AA, Mark Arbib, stated his interest in creating a novel competition was the result of his seeing dwindling interest in traditional one-day track and field meetings, citing in particular low crowds he saw at the 2015 Sydney Track Classic.

[2] The sport's leading star, Usain Bolt, was recruited as a co-investor and performer of the series.

[5] The six teams to feature were New Zealand, Australia, England, China, Japan and the Bolt All-Stars (a mix of athletes from the Americas and Africa).

[6][7][8] The events attracted near-capacity crowds of the 8,000 seat arena and was broadcast on live television across many of the competing nations.

[2] Generalist media gave a positive response to the event, with the Herald Sun describing it as a "raging success".