Following that announcement, Christopher Skase orchestrated the installation of floodlights costing $6 million, which were never paid for. The good news keeps coming for SUNS fans on Sunday night, as an increase in crowd capacity at Metricon Stadium is announced. It features an AFL oval and is capable of hosting cricket matches, concerts, festivals, athletics events and soccer matches. The Titans would play ten games at Carrara in 2007 and miss the finals. The stadium features a seating capacity of 22,500 and first-class corporate facilities. Valid parking permits are required to access Metricon Stadium’s car parks, without these permits vehicles will be refused entry. The field is officially known as Laver Oval after long-time Albert Shire Chairman, Bill Laver. NOTE: This table does not include stadium attendances at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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[43] Carrara also played host to a 50-over match between Queensland and the West Indies on 1 January 1992, which the visitors won by 7 wickets.

[53], Carrara Stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Commonwealth Games as well as hosting the athletics events. Townsville will welcome 2000 for its home game on June 27 at Qld Country Bank Stadium. [47] The stadium remains a potential future home ground for a Gold Coast-based Big Bash League side that enters the competition.[48][49]. [15] The last event at the old ground was Richmond vs Adelaide in front of 11,174 fans. Carrara Stadium received substantial redevelopment work prior to the entry of the Brisbane Bears to the VFL/AFL in 1987, but following the Bears relocation to the Gabba in 1993, it was used for other sports including rugby league, rugby union and even baseball. In 1988, Carrara Stadium played host to the very first Touch Football World Cup[5] in which teams from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the USA competed in the Men's, Women's and Mixed Opens, as well as Men's Over 35's divisions.

[46] The record cricket crowd was set on New Years Day in 2020 when the Brisbane Heat lost to the Perth Scorchers in front of 20,135 spectators. Gold Coast’s Metricon Stadium to host historic AFL semi-finals match between Richmond Tigers and St Kilda Saints Luke Mortimer , Gold Coast Bulletin October 4, 2020 3:06pm

TaxisFor major events a designated taxi rank will operate in front of the Gold Coast Sport and Leisure Centre. The Brazilian football team set up camp at Carrara Stadium for pre-tournament training before the 2000 Summer Olympics. [33] The Gold Coast City Council also contributed $20 million[34] and the AFL $10 million.[35]. The solar panels will generate approximately 275,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per annum, or approximately twenty percent of the stadium’s total electricity needs. The stadium then played host to an International rules football in November 2011, with 12,595 watching Ireland defeat Australia by 50 points to 29.

The ground's capacity was increased slightly during this time. [16] By January 2010, demolition works were complete. In 1989, the Brisbane Bears and the Albert Shire Council signed off on a 30-year lease for the ground with an option for a further 10 years. Insufficient public transport access to the stadium, and the poor on-field performance of the Bears, resulted in poor crowds at Bears games, prompting local media to refer to the situation as the "Curse of Carrara". Gold Coast Titans (NRL) (2007), Nerang Bulls (Rugby Union) (1983–1986) [5] Bears President, Paul Cronin, announced on 23 December 1986 that the club would use Carrara Oval as their home ground. [19][20][21] The stadium features an AFL oval capable of accommodating an ICC-compliant cricket oval, an IAAF Athletics field and a FIFA World Cup football field, facilities for 2,000 corporate patrons, AFL team and officials’ changing facilities, AFL media facilities, and team and officials’ suites. NRL Chairman Peter V’Landys welcomed the move. [50] The stadium served as the venue for the last leg of the Kiss Farewell Tour and Thayer would later replace Frehley as the lead guitarist in the band. 2.4kms). Carrara hosted a triple header of entertainment events on the Easter long weekend in 2001. [17] Just three months later in January 2011 the whole horseshoe-shaped grandstand was completed. Catchup on all the latest action from the. A round 18 game against 2010 premiers Collingwood attracted a then-record crowd of 23,302, selling out two months before game day. The stadium has also been fitted with 450 metres (574 individual units) of solar panelling which combined, form a 5m wide inner rim around the stadium’s entire roofline. [37] On Saturday 11 August 2012, the Suns won their first game at the venue, defeating Greater Western Sydney by 30 points.

The Gold Coast Suns have played their home games at Carrara since mid-2011. The stadium was temporarily upgraded to hold 35,000 people prior to the start of the opening ceremony. The ground was owned by the Shire of Albert, and transferred to the Gold Coast City Council when the two local authorities amalgamated in 1995. East Coast Aces (ARU) (2007), Gold Coast Clippers (ABL) (1989–1990) The line-up included acts such as Travis Scott, Dean Lewis and Carly Rae Jepsen. Crowds would not reach in excess of 20,000 again until Round 12, 2014, when 21,354 fans watched the Suns take on the Sydney Swans in a game that marked the first time Gary Ablett, Jr. and Lance Franklin went head-to-head since defecting from their original clubs, as well as this being Franklin's first match on the Gold Coast as an AFL player. In 2005 the NRL announced that a licence would be awarded to the Gold Coast Titans, and that the stadium would be their home ground in 2007[5] until the completion of the Robina Stadium, which was opened in 2008. Venues, including the football stadiums for the Ravens and the Washington Football Team, will be limited to 10% capacity. Filming took place during the concert on 10 December 2011. The stadium is also featured in the Foo Fighters film clip of "These Days". Both players were subsequently fined £1000 for the prank, a penalty that could have been steeper had Gower elected to release the water bombs he had prepared. The stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the athletics. [8] With the collapse of Skase's company Qintex, he would flee to Spain and the cost of the floodlights continued to be unpaid. The club spent two seasons at Carrara before moving to Glennon Park in Nerang in 1985.

[41] They would continue to be based at Carrara until 1993 when they moved to Robina. The Gold Coast Suns played their first game at the reconstructed stadium on Saturday, 28 May 2011, in Round 10 of the 2011 AFL season. [5] The Cougars stayed at Carrara until the abolition of the Australian Baseball League in 1999. [5][6] (The Brisbane Lions website records the crowd unofficially as 22,684.)[7]. The shuttle buses travel along Route 745, a route that usually passes the stadium on non-match days. The Gold Coast Clippers[5] played their 1989–1990 Australian Baseball League season at Carrara before changing their name to the Daikyo Dolphins and moving to nearby Palm Meadows.

[25][26] The ground recorded its biggest ever crowd when 24,032 people watched the Suns play Collingwood in Round 16 of the 2014 AFL season, a game the Suns won by 5 points.

Carlton, Richmond and St Kilda subsequently hosted the remaining home games during the 2009 season. On 7 December 2007 the newly appointed Kangaroos chairman James Brayshaw announced the club would not be moving to the Gold Coast permanently and would continue to be based out of Melbourne. Capacity: 22,500

The venue is primarily used for Australian rules football, serving as the home ground of the Gold Coast Suns, who compete in the Australian Football League.