When was lang park built

Perhaps its most famous current resident is the infamous Patrick Mayne, whose family has a much more impressive monument at the Toowong Cemetery, which is kept in top order by a grateful University of Queensland.

In , with the cemetery signed off, the site was fenced and turned into the sports field Lang Park named after John Dunmore Lang, a Scot and Australia's first republican and used for many sports until it became the home of rugby league in Christ Church is dwarfed by Suncorp Stadium. Credit: Brismania. From the little churchyard under the big stadium, it's possible to look up and see that the glass of one corner is wrapped in a white fabric design.

Fabric models were enlarged up to 80 times their original size to create the work and there's a display on Level 5 of the stadium showing the actual size of the original piece of muslin. In it hosted its first Brisbane rugby league grand final in which Brothers defeated Valleys 22 points to 7. In the Lang Park Trust was created under an act of Parliament. Activities such as boxing, wrestling, basketball and gymnastics all occur at these premises to today. From the s Lang Park hosted interstate and international rugby league, including the inaugural Rugby League State of Origin match.

Up until , it was the home ground of the Western Suburbs Panthers and from to it was also the home ground of the Brisbane Broncos. In the stadium's name was changed to Suncorp Stadium when naming sponshorship was attained by Queensland financial institution, Suncorp-Metway Limited. Redevelopment In the late s 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.

Named Lang Park after Reverend John Dunmore Lang, who had been instrumental in bringing immigrants to Brisbane in the mid 19th century, the site held multiple sports facilities including cycling and athletics tracks. From the s onwards soccer was regularly played at the ground. In , the ground turned into an actual stadium with the construction of the Frank Burke Stand and stopped being a public recreational facility. In those decades, the stadium was mainly used for rugby and soccer.

In the late s, plans were made by the city of Brisbane for a state-of-the-art stadium that was to replace Lang Park, though parts of the new Grandstand were incorporated in the designs of the new stadium. Works commenced in and were completed in However public parking stations are available within walking distance. See nearby Suncorp Stadium hotels and more. Suncorp extends naming rights of The Cauldron for a further 10 years. Information about Suncorp Stadium Lang Park in Brisbane including venue layout, history, records, events, map, tickets, directions and accommodation.