Lang Park, currently known as
Suncorp Stadium due to
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, is a rectangular sporting stadium located in the
BrisbaneBrisbane is the state capital of the Australian state of Queensland and is the largest city in that state. With an estimated population of approximately 2 million, it is also the third most populous city in Australia....
suburb of
MiltonMilton is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia, located approximately two kilometres west of Brisbane's central business district. The suburb is a mixture of light industry, warehouses, commercial offices, retail and single and multiple occupancy residences...
,
QueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia that occupies the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
,
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. Built on the site of a
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, the stadium has been the home of
rugby leagueRugby league football is a full-contact form of football, played with a prolate spheroid ball by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. Rugby league is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union...
football in Queensland since 1957 and today also hosts
rugby unionRugby union is a full contact team sport, a form of football which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. It is played with an oval-shaped ball, outdoors on a level field, usually with a grass surface, 100 m...
and football matches. It hosted the
2008 Rugby League World CupThe 2008 Rugby League World Cup tournament was held in Australia from 26 October, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 22 November. It was the 13th staging of the World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, but the first since the 2000 event. It was the...
Final.
Origins
The site of Lang Park was originally the North Brisbane Burial Grounds, and until 1875 was Brisbane's primary
cemeteryA cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are the place where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
. By 1911 the area was heavily populated, so the Paddington Cemeteries Act (1911) was introduced and the site was redeveloped as a recreational site. In 1914 it was fenced off and named Lang Park after
John Dunmore LangJohn Dunmore Lang , Australian Presbyterian clergyman, writer, politician and activist, was the first prominent advocate of an independent Australian nation and of Australian republicanism.-Background and Family:...
.
In 1953 the Brisbane Rugby League (BRL) amalgamated with the
Queensland Rugby LeagueThe Queensland Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Queensland. It is a member of the Australian Rugby League and selects the members of Queensland State of Origin teams....
(QRL). QRL secretary Ron McAullife negotiated a 21 year lease of Lang Park from the
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in order to give the QRL a financially viable base of operations. The park had only
the most basic facilities, and the QRL contributed £17,000 to its development.
Lang Park hosted its first game of first grade rugby league during the 1930s, with regular BRL games commencing there in 1955. In 1958 it hosted its first
Brisbane rugby league grand finalThe Brisbane Rugby League premiership was a rugby league competition held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 1922 to 1997. Prior to 1922, the competition was conducted under the auspices of the Queensland Rugby League. Until the 1980s it was the premier sporting competition in Brisbane,...
in which
BrothersPast Brothers Rugby League Football Club, more commonly known simply as 'Brothers', or as 'the Leprechauns', were a rugby league club in Brisbane, Australia, that played in the top level of football since their foundation in 1919 until 1998.-History:...
defeated
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22 points to 7.
As the ground was used increasingly by the QRL it became no longer viable for use as a public recreation facility. In 1962 the Lang Park Trust was created under an act of
ParliamentThe Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. According to the state's constitution, the Parliament consists of the Queen and the Legislative Assembly. It is the only unicameral state parliament in the country, the upper chamber, the Legislative Council, having been...
. This allowed for the construction of the
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Stand (1962),
Ron McAuliffeRonald Edward McAuliffe OBE was a politician and sports administrator in Queensland, Australia. He is best remembered for his years running the Queensland Rugby League, and his instrumental role in the formation of the State of Origin competition.McAuliffe attended school at St. Joseph's College,...
Stand (1975) and the Western Grandstand (1994). The Trust had on its board one member from the Queensland Government, one member from the
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, two members from the
Queensland Rugby LeagueThe Queensland Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Queensland. It is a member of the Australian Rugby League and selects the members of Queensland State of Origin teams....
and one member from the
Brisbane Rugby LeagueThe Brisbane Rugby League premiership was a rugby league competition held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 1922 to 1997. Prior to 1922, the competition was conducted under the auspices of the Queensland Rugby League. Until the 1980s it was the premier sporting competition in Brisbane,...
.
On 11 February 1950 the official opening of the Lang Park Police Citizens Youth Club took place and youth activities commenced because of the concerns with the increase of juvenille delinquency. Activities such as boxing, wrestling, basketball and gymnastics all occur at these premises to today.
From the 1960s Lang Park hosted interstate and international rugby league, including the inaugural
Rugby League State of OriginState of Origin is an Australian best-of-three series of rugby league football matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland and the Blues, representing the state of New South Wales...
match. Up until 1972, it was the home ground of the Western Suburbs Panthers and from 1988 to 1992 it was also the home ground of the
Brisbane BroncosThe Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. The Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
.
In 1994 the stadium's name was changed to Suncorp Stadium when naming sponshorship was attained by Queensland financial institution, Suncorp-Metway Limited.
On 25 May 1997 the 1996/1997
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Grand final was played in front of then a capacity crowd of 40,446 where the
Brisbane StrikersThe Brisbane Strikers are an Australian football club from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia who play in the Queensland State League.-National Soccer League:...
defeated
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2-0.
Redevelopment
In the late 1990s it was decided that Brisbane needed a state of the art football stadium, and after much debate about the location, Lang Park (now known as Suncorp Stadium) was chosen as the site.
At a cost of $280,000,000 the redevelopment was completed in 2003. The redeveloped stadium's first event was a
National Rugby LeagueThe National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL competition is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
match between the
Brisbane BroncosThe Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. The Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
and the
Newcastle KnightsThe Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
on 1 June 2003. The only remaining stand from before the redevelopment is the Western Grandstand. The extension of the facility resulted in the demolition of a number of buildings along Milton Road, including the former
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trolley-bus depot.
During their relocating year, the Broncos only recorded one win at Suncorp, against the
Sydney RoostersThe Sydney Roosters is a professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League and National...
in Round 16, 2003, unlike one loss at
ANZ StadiumThe Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre , more commonly known by its former names ANZ Stadium or QE II, is a major sporting facility on the south side of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia...
in round 5, 2003, against the
New Zealand WarriorsThe New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league team based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership which is the Southern Hemisphere's elite rugby league championship...
.
The stadium design allows most spectators to sit close to the field. Following its redevelopment, questions were raised about the standard of the surface, which was soft underfoot and sandy and was blamed for a spate of injuries to footballers using it (temporarily earning the stadium the nickname "Sandcorp Stadium"
http://www.rugbyheaven.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/08/1062901992873.html). Prior to the redevelopment, the stadium was known as "The Cauldron", and Queensland fans developed a reputation for vocal support of their teams, adding to this mythology.
Much of this mythology centred around the
Queensland State of Origin TeamThe Queensland rugby league team or The Maroons have represented the Australian state of Queensland in rugby league football since 1908. Known as the Maroons in reference to the colour of their jersey, they currently play in Australia's annual three-match State of Origin series against the New...
who play their home games at the stadium. The Maroons were viewed as almost unbeatable in front of their fanatical home supporters, however the first games played after the redevelopment of the stadium ended in victories to the visiting team. While the home fans are beginning to reassert themselves, many believe that the aura of invincibility that home teams have at the stadium has been permanently lost.
Today
Although the stadium has been the traditional home of
rugby leagueRugby league football is a full-contact form of football, played with a prolate spheroid ball by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. Rugby league is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union...
in Queensland, it has also become the state's premier venue for
rugby unionRugby union is a full contact team sport, a form of football which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. It is played with an oval-shaped ball, outdoors on a level field, usually with a grass surface, 100 m...
and football (soccer). The re-developed Suncorp Stadium first hosted rugby union games at the
2003 Rugby World CupThe 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World...
and in 2005, the stadium became the new home of the
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team when they moved from their former home at
Ballymore StadiumBallymore is the name of a rugby union stadium situated in Herston, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It was the home of Queensland Rugby Union, and used to be the home ground for the Queensland Reds and the Brisbane Strikers Soccer Club...
.
http://townsvillebulletin.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,16773958%255E23217,00.html This move caused some disquiet amongst rugby traditionalists however was accepted by Queensland Rugby Union CEO Theo Psaros, who said that "our hearts may be at Ballymore but our heads say it's time to move."
http://www.rugbyheaven.smh.com.au/news/super-14/new-start-for-reds-at-suncorp/2005/09/30/1127804662205.html. The year before the Reds' move, the newly established football team of the
A-LeagueThe A-League is the premier Australasian domestic football competition. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia, it was founded in 2004 following the collapse of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005-06...
also elected to play their home games at Suncorp Stadium.
New Zealand rugby journalist Wynne Gray called Lang Park perhaps the best rugby stadium in the world. "It is so intimate you can hear the smack of bodies, the boot on leather, you feel the power and rhythm of the games."
On 29 July 2006 the
Bledisloe CupRugby Union's Bledisloe Cup is contested by Australia's Wallabies and New Zealand's All Blacks. It is named after Lord Bledisloe, the former Governor-General of New Zealand who donated the trophy in 1931....
clash between
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and the
All BlacksThe New Zealand national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, is the representative side of New Zealand in rugby union. Rugby union is regarded as the country's national sport...
returned to Brisbane for the first time in over a decade for the
2006 Tri Nations SeriesThe 2006 Tri Nations Series, an annual rugby union competition between the national teams of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, marked the tenth anniversary of the original competition...
. Though Australia narrowly lost the match, the game saw a new ground record set.
A month later on the 7th of October the stadium hosted a 1-1 friendly
footballAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...
game between Australia and
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in which four Socceroos
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,
Stan LazaridisStanley "Stan" Lazaridis , is an Australian former football player. He was predominantly a left winger though he had been known to perform at left-back...
,
Zeljko KalacŽeljko Kalac is a Australian goalkeeper currently playing for Kavala. Standing at 2.02 meters, Kalac is one of the world's tallest goalkeepers....
& goal scorer
Tony PopovicAnthony Popovic is a former Croatian Australian football player. He last played for Sydney FC. He now is the Assistant Manager to Sydney FC, until the end of this season when he has an option to be re-signed as the Assistant Coach to John Kosmina.Popovic grew up in Fairfield, Sydney...
retired from international football.
On Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 December, Suncorp Stadium hosted its first music concert since the 1980s and the stadium's redevelopment when
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performed in front of two 52,413 sell-out crowds during his "Close Encounters" tour of Australia.
The stadium is also home to the Lang Park Police Citizens Youth Club.
Crowd Averages
| Team |
Sport |
Crowd Average |
Season |
Queensland (State of Origin)The Queensland rugby league team or The Maroons have represented the Australian state of Queensland in rugby league football since 1908. Known as the Maroons in reference to the colour of their jersey, they currently play in Australia's annual three-match State of Origin series against the New...
|
Rugby League |
52,416 |
2008 |
| Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. The Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
|
Rugby League |
38,747 |
2009The 2009 NRL season was the 102nd season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the twelfth run by the National Rugby League. The premiership was won by the Melbourne Storm in their fourth consecutive grand final appearance...
|
| Queensland Reds |
Rugby Union |
19,257 |
2008The 2008 Super 14 season started in February 2008 with pre-season matches held from mid-January. It finished on 31 May, when the Crusaders won their seventh Super Rugby title with a 20–12 victory over the Waratahs in front of the Crusaders' home fans. The 2008 season was the third of the expansion,...
|
| Brisbane Roar |
Football (soccer) |
12,995 |
2008–09 |
Popular culture
In the 1980s Brisbane
rugby leagueRugby league football is a full-contact form of football, played with a prolate spheroid ball by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. Rugby league is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union...
icon
Wally LewisWalter James "Wally" Lewis AM is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. Currently a commentator of the sport, he is widely regarded as the greatest Rugby League player of all time...
became known as
The Emperor of Lang Park after his performances in
State of OriginState of Origin is an Australian best-of-three series of rugby league football matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland and the Blues, representing the state of New South Wales...
matches played at the ground. Brisbane-based beer
XXXXXXXX is a brand of Australian beer brewed in Milton, Brisbane by Queensland brewers, Castlemaine Perkins. It enjoys wide popularity in the state of Queensland and is commonly found on-tap in most Queensland pubs and bars.-History:...
, which is brewed at the nearby
Castlemaine BreweryCastlemaine Perkins is a brewery located in Milton, Brisbane, Australia. It is a wholly-owned entity of the Japanese-controlled Lion Nathan company.-History:...
, ran a television advertisement celebrating this title in song.
- Here's to Wally Lewis for lacing on a boot
- Sometimes he plays it rugged, sometimes he plays it cute
- He slices through a backline like a Stradbroke Island
Stradbroke Island, also known as Minjerribah, was a large sand island that formed much of the eastern side of Moreton Bay near Brisbane, Queensland until the late 19th century...
shark
- There's glue on all his fingers, he's the Emperor of Lang Park
There is a bronze statue of Wally Lewis erected outside the stadium.
The stadium has been nicknamed
Fortress Suncorp for the
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due to their impressive record at the redeveloped venue.
It is also known colloquially in rugby league circles as "the Cauldron", especially by visiting teams. This is due to how difficult it is for visiting teams to escape with a win under their belt, and the fact that when large crowds are present verbal communication is almost non-existent between players as their voices are inevitably lost beneath the roar of the crowd. This is also due to Suncorp Stadiums perfect rectangular stadium design, where patrons are almost sitting on top of the players: the roar has been indicated to develop a noise higher than the
Melbourne Cricket GroundThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park in inner Melbourne, home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the largest stadium in Australia, and holds the world record for the highest light towers at any sporting venue. The MCG is within walking distance of...
and ANZ Stadium many high class players have also indicated the atmosphere value of Suncorp Stadium.
In 2006, Queensland Minister for Sport,
Tom BartonThomas Alfred Barton is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2006 as the member for Waterford....
introduced the Stadium'd Sports Media Hall of Fame which honours honours the achievements of media representatives who have covered the two major football codes (Rugby League and Rugby Union) played at this historic ground over the past 40 years. So far there are three inductees: rugby league commentator
George LovejoyGeorge Lovejoy was an Australian radio sports commentator who became famous for his commentary broadcasts of Queensland rugby league matches in the 1950s and 60s...
, rugby league journalist
Jack ReardonJack Reardon was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 40s who later became a sports journalist. An Australian international and both a New South Wales and Queensland representative centre, he played club football in country New South Wales before moving to Queensland and playing...
and Frank O'Callaghan.
Accessibility
| Walking |
Pedestrian accessA pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, whether walking or running. In some communities, those traveling using roller skates, skateboards, and similar devices are also considered to be pedestrians. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was...
- Suncorp Stadium is within walking distance of the CBD
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city...
area of Brisbane. |
| Bus |
Bus access
Suncorp Stadium is close to bus-stops for the
-
-
- 375 City bus. The bus route is Bardon (outbound) — Stafford (via city - inbound)
-
-
- 385 CityXpress "BUZ" bus. The bus route is The Gap (outbound) — City (inbound).
- The BUZ bus runs every 10-15 minutes, 6am to 11pm, 7 days a week.
-
-
- Frequent shuttle bus services are provided by Brisbane Transport
Brisbane Transport is a business unit of Brisbane City Council, operating suburban and urban bus services under the TransLink integrated public transport scheme in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia...
on match days and
- for special events, typically from the CBD, Chermside, Carindale and Eight Mile Plains.
- Suncorp Stadium is situated on the bus outbound side of Caxton Street.
|
| Train |
Train accessCitytrain is the brand name of urban, suburban and inter-urban electric passenger railway services in South East Queensland, Australia. Its network, centering in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, is approximately in route length...
Suncorp Stadium is easily accessible from CitytrainCitytrain is the brand name of urban, suburban and inter-urban electric passenger railway services in South East Queensland, Australia. Its network, centering in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, is approximately in route length...
stations
- Milton Station
Milton Station is a railway station in Milton, Brisbane, Australia, and is part of the Ipswich Line of the QR Citytrain network. It is in Zone 1 of the TransLink integrated public transport system....
and Roma Street StationRoma Street railway station is a major railway station in the Brisbane central business district, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It was Brisbane's first railway station, opening in 1876...
.
- Ticket holders are granted free transport on match days,
- with some trains diverted or extended to Milton to increase capacity.
|
| Car |
There is no available parking at the Stadium. However, parking stations are available within easy walking distance of the Stadium. |
Facts
| Record crowd |
52,498 - Rugby LeagueRugby league football is a full-contact form of football, played with a prolate spheroid ball by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. Rugby league is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union...
, 23 May 2007
Queensland vs New South Wales
State of OriginState of Origin is an Australian best-of-three series of rugby league football matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland and the Blues, representing the state of New South Wales...
and
Rugby UnionRugby union is a full contact team sport, a form of football which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. It is played with an oval-shaped ball, outdoors on a level field, usually with a grass surface, 100 m...
, 29 July 2006
Australia vs New Zealand
2006 Tri Nations SeriesThe 2006 Tri Nations Series, an annual rugby union competition between the national teams of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, marked the tenth anniversary of the original competition...
|
| Video screen |
Yes (x2) |
| Lights |
Yes |
| Sports played |
Rugby leagueRugby league football is a full-contact form of football, played with a prolate spheroid ball by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. Rugby league is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union...
, Rugby unionRugby union is a full contact team sport, a form of football which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. It is played with an oval-shaped ball, outdoors on a level field, usually with a grass surface, 100 m...
, Football (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...
|
| Annual events |
State of Origin State of Origin is an Australian best-of-three series of rugby league football matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland and the Blues, representing the state of New South Wales...
, Queensland CupThe Queensland Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Queensland. It is a member of the Australian Rugby League and selects the members of Queensland State of Origin teams....
Grand Final, ANZAC TestThe ANZAC Test is an anual Rugby league football test match . The test match is played annually between Australia and New Zealand on or around ANZAC Day....
|
| Historic events |
1968 Rugby League World Cup The fourth Rugby League World Cup was held in Australia and New Zealand in 1968. For the first time a world cup final was specifically pre-arranged...
1975 Rugby League World CupThe 1975 Rugby League World Cup was the seventh staging of rugby league football's World Cup tournament. The format differed radically from that employed in previous competitions; no one country hosted the matches, which were spread out in a 'world series' hosted by each of the participating...
1977 Rugby League World CupThe eighth Rugby League World Cup was held in 1977, and saw a return to the format used on previous occasions. The tournament was held in Australasia, with games in both Australia and New Zealand...
1980 State of OriginState of Origin is an Australian best-of-three series of rugby league football matches between the Maroons, representing the state of Queensland and the Blues, representing the state of New South Wales...
2003 Rugby Union World Cup
2008 Rugby League World CupThe 2008 Rugby League World Cup tournament was held in Australia from 26 October, culminating in the final between Australia and New Zealand on 22 November. It was the 13th staging of the World Cup since the inauguration of the tournament in 1954, but the first since the 2000 event. It was the...
1993 FIFA World Youth ChampionshipThe 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Australia for second time from March 5 to March 20, 1993. The 1993 championship was the 9th contested. The tournament took place in five venues: Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide....
* The first golden goal since the 1993 rule change by FIFA was in March 1993 by Australia against Uruguay in a quarterfinal match at the FIFA World Youth Championships at Suncorp Stadium, Qld, Australia. |
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