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| Location | Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°29′9″S 153°2′17″E / 27.48583°S 153.03806°E | ||||||||||||||||
| Establishment | 1895 | ||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 37,000[2] 37,478 approx (Australian rules football)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Queensland Government | ||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Stadiums Queensland | ||||||||||||||||
| Tenants | Queensland Bulls Brisbane Lions (AFL) Brisbane Heat (BBL) & (WBBL) 2020 AFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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| Stanley Street End (south) Vulture Street End (north) | |||||||||||||||||
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| First Test | 27 November – 3 December 1931: Australia v  South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 25–28 January 2024: Australia v  West Indies | ||||||||||||||||
| First ODI | 23 December 1979: England v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 19 January 2018: Australia v England | ||||||||||||||||
| First T20I | 9 January 2006: Australia v  South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 1 November 2022: England v  New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| First women's Test | 1–4 January 1985: Australia v England | ||||||||||||||||
| Last women's Test | 15–17 February 2003: Australia v England | ||||||||||||||||
| First WODI | 16 January 1993: Australia v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Last WODI | 17 January 1993: Australia v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
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| As of 28 January 2024 Source: ESPNcricinfo | |||||||||||||||||
The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as the Gabba,[5][6] is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. The nickname Gabba derives from the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located. Over the years, the Gabba has hosted athletics, Australian rules football, baseball, concerts, cricket, cycling, rugby league, rugby union, Association football and pony and greyhound racing. At present, it serves as the home ground for the Queensland Bulls in domestic cricket, the Brisbane Heat of the Big Bash League and Women's Big Bash League, and the Brisbane Lions of the Australian Football League.
Between 1993 and 2005, the Gabba was redeveloped in six stages at a cost of A$128,000,000. The dimensions of the playing field are now 170.6 metres (560 feet) (east-west) by 149.9 metres (492 feet) (north-south), to accommodate the playing of Australian rules football at elite level. The seating capacity of the ground was 42,000 in 2010, which has been reduced in recent times due to new electronic scoreboards and corporate facilities.[7] For international cricket matches, the capacity is reduced to 36,000 due to new scoreboards and the addition of a pool deck, as well as wider sight screens.[8] For AFL matches the capacity is slightly larger at 37,478.[3][4]
- ^ "Stadium Taskforce Report" (PDF). dts.qld.gov.au. Queensland Government. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Gabba". Austadiums. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Lions eye first Gabba sellout since Fev's debut". AFL.com.au. 15 April 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
The capacity of the Gabba (as of April 2019) has been reduced to around 36,700 with the addition of a new scoreboard, extra space behind each team's bench and 'The Verandah' in recent years. Since then the largest AFL crowd was 37,478; in September 2019.
- ^ a b Gaskin, Lee (7 September 2019). "Tigers send finals warning by feasting on wayward Lions". AFL.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Gabba (Brisbane Cricket Ground) – Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Brisbane Cricket Ground – Australia – Cricket Grounds – ESPNcricinfo". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "About Us". The Gabba. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Meyn, Travis. "Ashes Extras: Brisbane Heat batsman Chris Lynn enjoys first Test from the Gabba pool deck". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.