Seagulls Stadium

{{unreferenced|date=March 2008}} '''Seagulls Stadium''' was a [[rugby league]] stadium located on Gollan Drive in [[Tweed Heads, New South Wales|West Tweed Heads, New South Wales]], a suburb of the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]. Originally known as '''Chris Cunningham Field''', it was the home ground of the [[Gold Coast Chargers|Gold Coast-Tweed Giants]] rugby league franchise, who entered the [[New South Wales Rugby League premiership]] in 1988. Tweed Heads was chosen as the venue for Giants games, despite the club's name indicating they were based in the nearby state of [[Queensland]]. This was due to a clause in the expansion licence, which stated that only one team was allowed to play in South East Queensland (this was awarded to the [[Brisbane Broncos]], who also entered the premiership in 1988). The stadium's capacity was close to 13,500. The record attendance was 13,423 for a match between the Giants and the Broncos on 8 May, 1988. When the Seagulls Leagues Club purchased the Giants franchise in 1990, the team was renamed '''Gold Coast Seagulls''' to reflect their home stadium. The club's woeful record on the field (they finished with the [[Wooden spoon (award)|wooden spoon]] three straight seasons, from 1991 to 1993) and the [[Super League war]] forced the club to sell the stadium and fold the team after the 1995 season. Without a viable tenant, and being a largely inferior facility to nearby [[Carrara Stadium]], Seagulls Stadium sat dormant until it was dismantled and the site bulldozed. A housing complex now covers the site. The stadium's electronic scoreboard, 3500-seat grandstands and 40 corporate boxes were purchased in 2000 by the [[Wollongong Wolves]] [[football (soccer)]] team, based over 900 kilometres away. These pieces formed the basis of a new 14,000-seat stadium in [[Figtree, New South Wales|Figtree]], a suburb of [[Wollongong]], which is scheduled to open in 2008.
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