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===NSWRL/ARL years=== In 1988, the [[Brisbane Broncos]] entered the [[NSWRL premiership|NSWRL Premiership]] along with the Gold Coast Chargers and the Newcastle Knights. The Broncos played out of Lang Park from 1988 until 1992, when they moved to the 60,000 capacity [[Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre|ANZ Stadium]], the stadium for the [[1982 Commonwealth Games]]. The move occurred due to a dispute over the Broncos sponsor, [[Power's Brewery]], being a competitor of the QRL's sponsor [[XXXX (beer)|XXXX]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} In 1994, the stadium's name was changed to Suncorp Stadium, when naming sponsorship was attained by Queensland financial institution, [[Suncorp Group|Suncorp]]. Also in 1994, the Western Stand was built, replacing the Frank Burke Stand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History Wall|url=https://suncorpstadium.com.au/about/history-and-honours/history-wall |access-date=28 April 2025 |website=Suncorpstadium.com.au}}</ref> On 25 May 1997, the 1996/1997 [[National Soccer League]] Grand final was played in front of then a capacity crowd of 40,446, where the [[Brisbane Strikers FC]] defeated [[Sydney United 58 FC|Sydney United FC]] 2β0.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}
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