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| Former names | Willows Sports Complex Stockland Stadium Malanda Stadium Dairy Farmers Stadium |
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| Location | Golf Links Drive, Kirwan, Queensland |
| Coordinates | 19°18′58″S 146°42′43″E / 19.31611°S 146.71194°E |
| Owner | Queensland Government |
| Operator | Major Sports Facilities Authority |
| Capacity | 26,500 |
| Record attendance | 30,302 – Cowboys vs Brisbane, 1999 |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | 1994 |
| Opened | 1994 |
| Demolished | September 2022 |
| Construction cost | A$11.03 million (2005–06 redevelopment) |
| Tenants | |
| North Queensland Cowboys (1995–2019) North Queensland Fury (2009–2011) | |
The Willows Sports Complex (last known as 1300SMILES Stadium due to naming rights[2]) was a grass football stadium situated in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was used predominantly as a rugby league ground as the home ground of the North Queensland Cowboys National Rugby League club. The ground was also used for rugby union and soccer. From 2009 to 2011, A-League football club North Queensland Fury called it home.
Since inception as a rugby league ground, the ground had several sponsored naming rights: Stockland Stadium (1995–97), Malanda Stadium (1998) and Dairy Farmers Stadium (1999–2013). The last NRL match to be played at 1300SMILES Stadium was on Thursday 29 August 2019 between the North Queensland Cowboys and Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs.[3]
- ^ "Stadium Taskforce Report" (PDF). dts.qld.gov.au. Queensland Government. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 April 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
1300SMILESwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Cowboys end the Bulldogs' slim finals hopes with narrow victory". www.abc.net.au. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.