EXCLUSIVE: The Brisbane Lions’ search for a temporary home while the Gabba gets rebuilt might be over, with the state government preparing detailed designs for an AFL field to be laid over the running tracks at the home of the 1982 Commonwealth Games.
) and the newly renamed Heritage Bank Stadium on the Gold Coast, the Bears’ former ground and now the home base of the Suns.
The running track would be removed, temporarily forcing athletics to the adjacent secondary stadium, and some seats on the eastern grandstand would need to be removed to accommodate the AFL field. QSAC is Australia’s largest stadium without a regular professional tenant. Aside from the western stand, the stadium was only ever meant to be temporary when it was built for the Commonwealth Games.
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