Editing Lang Park (section)

===Today===
[[File:Suncorp Stadium Brisbane Australia 01.jpg|thumb|View of playing field from southern end, 13 July 2022.]]
[[File:Suncorp Stadium Brisbane Australia 03.jpg|thumb|Suncorp Stadium southern entrance, 13 July 2022]]
Although the stadium has been the traditional home of [[rugby league]] in Queensland, it has also become the state's premier venue for [[Association football|soccer]], as well as [[rugby union]].  The re-developed stadium first hosted rugby union games at the [[2003 Rugby World Cup]] and in 2005, the stadium became the new home of the [[Queensland Reds]] [[Super Rugby]] team when they moved from their former home at [[Ballymore Stadium]].[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.".<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 September 2005|title=New start for reads at Suncorp|url=http://www.rugbyheaven.smh.com.au/news/super-14/new-start-for-reds-at-suncorp/2005/09/30/1127804662205.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051102033141/http://www.rugbyheaven.smh.com.au/news/super-14/new-start-for-reds-at-suncorp/2005/09/30/1127804662205.html|archive-date=2 November 2005|access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref> The year before the Reds' move, the newly established football team [[Brisbane Roar FC|Queensland Roar]] of the [[A-League Men|A-League]] also elected to play their home games at Suncorp Stadium.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}

[[The New Zealand Herald|New Zealand rugby journalist]] Wynne Gray called Suncorp Stadium 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."<ref name=ref-gray/>

The stadium has also been favourably compared to Cardiff's [[Millennium Stadium]] and London's [[Twickenham Stadium]].{{CN|date=April 2025}}

On 29 July 2006, the [[Bledisloe Cup]] clash between the [[Australia national rugby union team|Wallabies]] and the [[New Zealand national rugby union team|All Blacks]] returned to Brisbane for the first time in over a decade for the [[2006 Tri Nations Series]]. Though Australia narrowly lost the match, the game saw a new ground record set.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

[[File:Suncorp Stadium.jpg|thumb|right|Inside Suncorp Stadium during an [[National Rugby League|NRL]] game]]

A month later on 7 October the stadium hosted a 1–1 friendly soccer game between [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] and [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] in which [[Tony Vidmar]], [[Stan Lazaridis]], [[Zeljko Kalac]] and goal scorer [[Tony Popovic]] all retired from international soccer.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

On 8 November 2006, a crowd of 44,358 saw the [[Great Britain national rugby league team]] play against [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]] for the last time.

On Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 December, the stadium hosted its first music concert since the 1980s and the stadium's redevelopment when [[Robbie Williams]] performed in front of two 52,413 sell-out crowds during his "Close Encounters" tour of Australia, and was the venue for the [[U2]] 360 tour in December 2010. That same month the stadium hosted [[Bon Jovi]] as part of [[The Circle Tour]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

The Stadium was also the site of the [[2011 A-League Grand Final]], drawing a crowd of over 50,000. The match was one of the most dramatic in A-League history, with the [[Brisbane Roar FC|Brisbane Roar]] scoring two goals in the last five minutes to level the scores with the [[Central Coast Mariners FC|Central Coast Mariners]] after several hundred home supporters had left the stadium early, many returning after hearing the stadium erupt while waiting for the train. The Roar went on to win 4–2 in the penalty shootout, making for an incredible victory.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

The stadium is also home to the Lang Park Police Citizens Youth Club.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

American Singer-Songwriter [[Taylor Swift]] played at Suncorp Stadium for her [[The Red Tour|Red Tour]] on 7 December 2013.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

In September 2016, it was announced that the video screens, originally installed in 2003, would be replaced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/broncos/suncorp-stadium-gabba-get-7m-in-large-new-led-screens/news-story/cccee203cc64623b8f5c68e7e436b2b3|title=This will really get the Cauldron pumping|access-date=6 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907083101/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/broncos/suncorp-stadium-gabba-get-7m-in-large-new-led-screens/news-story/cccee203cc64623b8f5c68e7e436b2b3|archive-date=7 September 2016|df=dmy-all|date=September 2016}}</ref> Construction started on the new video screens in March 2017 and was finished in early May 2017 in time for an NRL double header.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}

In 2019, the stadium hosted the NRL's inaugural [[Magic Round (NRL)|Magic Round]], in which all eight matches in a single round are played at the one venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/06/17/nrl-brisbane-magic-round-to-be-staged-in-2019-at-suncorp-stadium/|title=Eight NRL games in three 'Magic' days at Suncorp Stadium|publisher=NRL.com|first=Neil|last=Cadigan|date=17 June 2018|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512132246/https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/06/17/nrl-brisbane-magic-round-to-be-staged-in-2019-at-suncorp-stadium/|archive-date=12 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The NRL has an agreement to host its Magic Round in Brisbane until the 2027 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Could work elsewhere': NRL CEO on the future of Magic Round beyond 2027 |url=https://www.4bc.com.au/podcast/could-work-elsewhere-nrl-ceo-on-the-future-of-magic-round-beyond-2027/ |access-date=2025-05-05 |website=4BC |language=en}}</ref> The 2025 Magic Round was held at Suncorp Stadium from 1 to 4 May 2025 with a total attendance of 149,329.

In 2020, the [[Melbourne Storm]] played their "home" finals at the venue, as it was not possible for the team to play them at its regular home ground, [[Melbourne Rectangular Stadium|AAMI Park]], due to the state of Victoria being locked down during the state's second wave of [[COVID-19|coronavirus]] infections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://7news.com.au/sport/rugby-league/storm-set-to-play-nrl-finals-at-suncorp-c-1279848|title=Storm set to play NRL finals at Suncorp|publisher=[[Seven News]]|first1=Pamela|last1=Whaley|first2=Scott|last2=Bailey|date=31 August 2020|access-date=13 December 2020|archive-date=28 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328120205/https://7news.com.au/sport/rugby-league/storm-set-to-play-nrl-finals-at-suncorp-c-1279848|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 June 2021, the [[Queensland rugby league team|Queensland Maroons]] played at home against the [[New South Wales rugby league team|New South Wales Blues]] in the [[State of Origin series]]. Queensland lost the game 26–0, and henceforth the series.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-27|title=Maroons v Blues: Walsh, Mulitalo out and Coates in; Blues good to go|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/06/21/maroons-v-blues-state-of-origin-ii-preview/|access-date=2021-07-09|website=National Rugby League|language=en|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185632/https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/06/21/maroons-v-blues-state-of-origin-ii-preview/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Due to a [[COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales#Bondi cluster|COVID-19 lockdown in New South Wales]], which began on 26 June 2021 and was still in effect into October, the stadium hosted twenty-one extra games on top of its normal commitments to the Brisbane Broncos as well as Magic Round, including the [[2021 NRL Grand Final]] on 3 October 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-08/nrl-grand-final-for-brisbane-lang-park/100443284|title=NRL grand final leaving Sydney for first time, will be played at Brisbane's Lang Park|publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] ([[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]])|date=8 September 2021|accessdate=8 September 2021|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908034805/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-08/nrl-grand-final-for-brisbane-lang-park/100443284|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://afltables.com/rl/crowds/lang_vn.html|title=Rugby League Tables / Attendances / Lang|access-date=29 July 2023|archive-date=29 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729052559/https://afltables.com/rl/crowds/lang_vn.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This was the second time that a rugby league premiership Grand Final was played outside of Sydney, following the [[1997 Super League (Australia) season#Grand final|1997 Super League Grand Final]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://7news.com.au/sport/rugby-league/nrl-poised-to-announce-qld-grand-final-c-3905899|title=Regional Queenslanders rewarded as NRL locks in historic grand final shift|publisher=[[Seven News]]|first=Joey|last=Riordan|date=8 September 2021|accessdate=8 September 2021|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908073650/https://7news.com.au/sport/rugby-league/nrl-poised-to-announce-qld-grand-final-c-3905899|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2023, the stadium hosted several matches of the [[2023 FIFA Women's World Cup]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}