Suncorp Stadium

Suncorp Stadium
The Cauldron
The Suncorp Stadium (October 2006)
Earlier names
Lang Park Suncorp-Metway Stadium
Data
place	40 Castlemaine Street Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
Coordinates	27 ° 27 '53 "  S , 153 ° 0' 34"  E Coordinates: 27 ° 27 '53 "  S , 153 ° 0' 34"  E
owner	State of Queensland
operator	AEG Ogden Pty Ltd. (Brisbane)
start of building	1911
opening	1914
Renovations	1994, 2001
surface	Natural grass
costs	280 million AU $ (renovation 2001)
capacity	52,500 seats
Societies)
Brisbane Broncos ( NRL , 1988–1992, since 2003) Queensland Maroons ( State of Origin , since 1980) Queensland Reds ( Super Rugby , since 2005) Brisbane Roar ( A-League , since 2005) Brisbane City ( NRC , since 2014) Western Suburbs Panthers (1955-1973) Brisbane Strikers ( NSL , 1994-1999) South Queensland Crushers ( ARL , 1995-1997)
Events
1968 Rugby League World Cup Rugby League World Cup 1975 Rugby League World Cup 1977 Junior World Cup 1993 Queensland Cup Grand Final (Rugby League) 1996–2000, 2004–2007, 2010–2012, since 2014 Bledisloe Cup 1996, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014 Rugby Union World Cup 2003 Rugby League World Cup 2008 Football Asian Cup 2015 Australian national football team matches

The Suncorp Stadium (originally Lang Park ) is a rugby - and football stadium in the Australian city of Brisbane , State of Queensland , which offers 52,500 spectators. Among other things, find parts of the National Rugby League , the State of Origin , rugby union games , football games of the Brisbane Roar and American football games instead. In 2003, the stadium hosted the Rugby Union World Cup , and in 2015, the Asian Cup was held there.

history

At the current location of the stadium was the North Brisbane Cemetery , the main cemetery of Brisbane until 1875 . Due to the city's strong growth, it was decided in 1911 to close the cemetery and convert the area into a public park. In 1914 the area was fenced off and was named Lang Park after John Dunmore Lang .

In 1954 the park was leased by the city council to the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) for 21 years. In the years that followed, the QRL carried out various construction measures that resulted in Lang Park no longer being accessible to the public. In 1962 the Lang Park Trust was passed by parliament, which created the conditions for the construction of the Frank Burke Stand (1962), Ron McAuliffe Stand (1975) and Western Grandstand (1994).

On April 12, 1958, the first official rugby league game took place in Lang Park. In the following years some test matches of the Australian national teams of different sports took place. In 1960 Queensland played against France 30:18 in the rugby league , in 1962 the Australian national rugby league team played against Great Britain . In 1965, the game between Australia and South Africa was the first rugby union match in the stadium. 1970 completed a selection from Queensland against FK Dynamo Moscow for the first time an international football game. The first state of origin match took place on July 8, 1980 .

From 1955 to 1973 the stadium was the home of the Western Suburbs Panthers . The Brisbane Broncos have played at Lang Park from 1988 to 1992 and since 2003 .

In 1994, Lang Park was named Suncorp Stadium with the sale of the naming rights to the financial institution Suncorp-Metway .

In the late 1990s the decision was made to completely renovate the Suncorp Stadium. Only the Western Grandstand was retained, all other grandstands were demolished and rebuilt. The renovation began in 2001, was completed in two years and cost a total of AU $ 280 million .

In addition to its traditional use as Queensland's rugby league venue, the stadium is now also the state's main venue for rugby union and football matches.

Web links

• suncorpstadium.com.au: Official website of the stadium (English)
• austadiums.com: Suncorp Stadium (English)
• stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
• setlist.fm: Concert list of Lang Park and Suncorp Stadium (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Suncorp Stadium - History ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Suncorp Stadium - Chronological Events ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.