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Site of the original Lang Park ground[edit]

I am reverting the last change as reads as if there has been a change of location. There has not.--dan, dan and dan 01:55, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Much of this mythology centred around the Queensland State of Origin Team who played home games at the stadium until 2001.

This statement makes it sound like the Maroons no longer play matches at the ground, should I correct it? --195.171.131.151 13:28, 27 April 2006 (UTC)Lucas[reply]

Wally's statue[edit]

There's mention of the song about wally lewis as the emperor of lang park, but is there a mention of his statue? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 159.53.78.141 (talk) 23:07, 26 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Name Change[edit]

When exactly did it become known as Suncorp Stadium and why? Perhaps some information on the important aspect of the stadium's name? Might be worth including I think.--Jeff79 08:14, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lang Park became Suncorp Stadium in 1994 (i dont know exact date), the reason it became this name because of it being sponsored by a company known as Suncorp, for more information see this link. SpecialWindler 10:52, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To confuse the story, in c. 1999 it became Suncorp-Metway Stadium due to Suncorp merging with Metropolitan Permanent, before becoming just Suncorp once more.--dan, dan and dan 12:40, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In fact to get the dates for that last name change I mentioned, look no further than Suncorp-Metway, where it says: "The company was branded as 'Suncorp Metway' in May 1999 to reflect the merger, and to maintain goodwill and minimise the risk of losing Metway Bank customers fearing their bank had disappeared. On July 1, 2002 the company changed its name to just 'Suncorp'. Although in business aspects they are known as Suncorp, some people today still call the company "Suncorp Metway"; the registered name of the company is still Suncorp-Metway Limited.". I am feeling old that I remember it as being Metropolitan Permanent Building Society, and not Metway Bank! --dan, dan and dan 12:43, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Inserted a mention in the history section.--Jeff79 19:12, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To most people Lang Park is the old stadium that Suncorp replaced, it is beyond widely known as, Suncorp Stadium is its name, it even says so on the pictures. Sponsored stadium do not have to have the company named removed from wikipedia, as shown with the Emirates Stadium.Londo 06 10:19, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Title change[edit]

Just a note here that the article name has been changed after consensus was reached at Wikipedia:Australian_Wikipedians'_notice_board/Archive_28#Stadium_naming and Wikipedia:Australian_Wikipedians'_notice_board#Stadium_naming_pt_2. Please see those discussions for full rationale. -- Chuq (talk) 00:09, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have always known it as Suncorp. I think there should have been some piping to the rugby league community as it really is the home of Queensland Rugby League.Londo 06 14:59, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that the article has been moved back to "Suncorp Stadium" - with a comment that "it has always been known as that in its current form".

It is still consistently called Lang Park by some news outlets (eg. ABC): [1] [2].
Brisbane City Council calls the area around it the "Lang Park Traffic Area". [3] [4]
The stadium was once known as "Suncorp-Metway Stadium" [5] [6].

It may be slightly borderline now, but next time the name changes (and it will eventually happen) it will be an open and shut case to move to "Lang Park". IMO it would be preferable to do so now, for consistency with other major stadiums such as Stadium Australia and Docklands Stadium. -- Chuq (talk) 02:34, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Would you believe a couple of hours after making this post, I see this press release [7] which states:

"Australia meets Qatar at the Brisbane Stadium, Milton*, on Wednesday 15 October with kick-off set for 7.30pm AEST.

* Note: Suncorp Stadium will be referred to as Brisbane Stadium, Milton for this 2010 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier match in accordance with regulations of the Asian Football Confederation."

I certainly won't be pushing to have the article moved to Brisbane Stadium, however I do find it odd that they "invent" a new non-sponsored name when it already had a perfectly good one... -- Chuq (talk) 07:15, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually on looking in more detail, the move to Suncorp Stadium was done by a user who was previously blocked for repeated page move vandalism. As such I am not assuming good faith and have just moved it back. Of course further discussion is always welcome on this talk page. -- Chuq (talk) 07:26, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, no, no, no!. Don't get me started to paraphrase an infamous New South Welshman. The Stadium is Suncorp Stadium. Until the Suncorp group pull their interest the point is moot. Lang Park is the old stadium, and I have certainly never sat in 'Brisbane Stadium'. Can we please get this sorted as it has become a bit of an embarrassment for a proud Queenslander to see Suncorp be shifted about on wikipedia for no good reason. Alexsanderson83 07:27, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Chuq's position that the article should be at Lang Park, although of course all the sponsored names that the stadium has had and will have should be redirected here. The "neutral" name is the one least likely to change, and as shown above, this stadium is still widely known by the public as "Lang Park" (and I, for one, will not ever stop referring to it as such). Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 02:45, 2 May 2009 (UTC).[reply]

This article isn't alone... See this discussion. --timsdad ^(talk) 04:11, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Once again the article had been moved without discussion here! Considering this discussion is fairly prominent on the talk page I have moved it back with an edit summary to check the talk page. -- Chuq (talk) 02:09, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Crowd Averages[edit]

From what I can see there's no references for these figures. Personally I find this information interesting so I'm not suggesting it should be removed but would be great if we knew where it was coming from. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.42.13 (talk) 05:44, 5 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Crowd Capacity[edit]

Official numbers for State of Origin game 3 put the crowd at 52,540. Clearly this cannot be the case. Timeoin (talk) 22:55, 14 July 2017 (UTC) Timeoin (talk) 22:55, 14 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Match results[edit]

New Zealand beat Tahiti 1-0 in 1998 49.191.137.57 (talk) 09:38, 23 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]