King Wally Lewis (Queenslander)holding the state of origin shield, one of the great players of all time in rugby league, he won 8 man of match awards, he dominated origin.i been going there for 33 years ,also great for concerts.
The best thing about Suncorp Stadium is even when it’s not full it’s still got an atmosphere like no other. Basically when full the 52,500 sounds like 90,000 and no matter what area you’re on top of everything. Best stadium in Australia.
@@RobReacts1 Although the Brisbane CBD is small compared to other cities, the area included in Brisbane City is the largest of any in Australia. That's because the Brisbane City Council area covers almost all of the greater metropolitan area instead of it being divided into a lot of smaller local government areas as Sydney and Melbourne are. Brisbane City Council oversees 1343 km square (518.4 miles square) compared to Sydney City Council which covers only 25 km square in the city centre. People who haven't been to Brisbane might sling off at it as a big country town but it's a great city and worth a visit when you come to Australia. Make sure you catch the Rivercat (ferry) for a trip on the river to Southbank with its city beach and restaurants.
@@robynmurray7421 In fact, back in the 1950s, Brisbane was the largest (by area) city in the world. Then Los Angeles found out, and they annexed 13 sq miles of State Forest and announced themselves as the biggest. Then Tokyo merged with Yokohama and blew them away. Brisbane is still No 3, I think.
@@ironside210 you might want to check that. I think by land area you will find Mt Isa has the largest city council and largest land mass in the world. It used to, not sure if that is still accurate.
@@lonnie224 Hi, Lonnie, It is confusing, and becomes a matter of semantics. The Mt Isa City area is just over 7000 sq km. Big, for sure, but well short of Brisbane's 15000+. The Local Government Area (Shire), confusingly also called Mt Isa, is 43000+sq km, but contains other self-governing towns like Camooweal. So, Mt Isa is one of (?) Australia's biggest shires, but Brisbane is the biggest single city administration by area. About a hundred years ago, about 20 local City Councils all agreed to amalgamate, and that is how we got this monster.
Lol you beat me to it. The closest thing we have to God in Qld. We love him but the cockroaches (NSW) loathe him. One of the best League players of ALL time
One feature of Suncorp is the bus station underneath, great for getting to games and concerts. Plenty of pedestrian access from the city centre and Milton train station as well. I’ve seen U2 and Bon Jovi concerts here and Robbie Williams in his prime sold out two nights here as well. We don’t call it The Suncorp Stadium, it’s just called Suncorp Stadium or Suncorp for short.
I think Suncorp Stadium is not just the best stadium in Queensland but maybe the best stadium in Australia because it provides a good variety of sporting and entertainment events like you said for Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer etc but it can also be used for preliminary events such as Professional Wrestling and Professional Boxing as well as major concerts. It definitely suits the theme & climate of The City of Brisbane and is perhaps one of the best looking stadiums in the world. In my honest opinion though, i reckon most of the stadiums here in Australia are some of the very best designed/structured stadiums in the world. Like MCG, ANZ Stadium, Optus Stadium just to name a few, The Gabba is also a pretty nice stadium as well. Nice vid mate! I found that quite interesting :)
The statues you saw was (from L to R) Darren Lockyer, Artie Beatson, Wally Lewis (gold guy holding the shield) arguably the greatest league player of all time, Alan Langer. At that end of the stadium, it's all League statues, at the southern end of the ground, you'll find a statue of John Eales, the only rugby statue. I attend every home game of the QLD Reds, first match I went to there was the 2003 RWC, England vs Uruguay. I was seated in the top teir back corner, and I still felt like I had a fantastic view of the game! There are no bad seats at that ground!
Lang Park is only 1-2 km from the CBD area, so an easy walk. The thing that sets it on a different level to other stadiums (stadia??) is the connection between the fans and the players. There is only a very few metres from the sideline to the fans. If there is any match atmosphere at all, it is magnified in a feedback loop until the contest is all-consuming. It is a great place for spectators. Interesting fact.- The pitch went 2m under water during a Brisbane flood.
"That guy" is the King - The Emperor of Lang Park. The immortal Wally Lewis. When it was just Lang Park there use to be a grassy hill on both ends. It was a great place to watch Rugby League - now it is even better. Many say it is the greatest true Rugby League stadium in the world. So Rugby League is the number one sport played here. Rugby use to be played primarily at Ballymore but it only holds just shy of 20,000 people so Rugby is the second sport played here. Soccer is played here as well but wouldn't get the same crowds. They have many other big events and concerts here as well. BTW it is true that it was originally a cemetery. There is a church in the South West corner of the block of land it is upon - they built the stadium around it.
Spent years in design and site during the redevelopment, got to see a lot of the behind the scenes stuff, walked the roof and cat walk, many great memories working on this. Fun fact, it doesn't have 52,500 seats, 52,500 is its licenced capacity - it has even less actual seats now they removed a heap for the new screens.
I'm an idiot because I did see the train station before I recorded and forgot to mention. With that and the buses, what a great way to help supporters get to the stadium!
Suncorp gets a lot of concerts as well. I’ve seen the Foo Fighters there. My old man actually worked on an upgrade to the stadium a while back, when they added the Wally Lewis statue. Apparently that statue didn’t turn up until the day before they were supposed to unveil the completed project to the State Premier, and the project team actually called a meeting and opened it with the line “Where’s Wally!?”
I have been to many Broncos games there was also at the halfway line for Bon Jovi in 2013, by far one of the best stadiums in Australia. MCG is number 1 for cricket and AFL but Suncorp is probably number 1 for rugby league, union and soccer
How about Allianz and ANZ I think Allianz is bigger for Union more NRL games are played at both Bankwest and ANZ and most big international games are player at ANZ while their is only 1 Queensland a-league team so I strongly disagree with all three of those
There are videos around of the stadium during the 2011 floods where it is full of flood water. It is hard to believe how high the water came during the floods when you see the stadium in this video.
You mentioned the amount of shade & the sides that didn’t have much. Quit a few of us actually are sun worshippers. I love basking in the sun with a cold drink being entertained. Almost as good as the beach!
Sometimes the houses are on stilts because the area has been flooded previously, before the house was built. I believe this stadium has a roof that can be closed if it gets too hot.
I'm happy to see You enjoyed your virtual visit to My Original Home City. But it's still quite a distance from where I lived from Birth until I was 13. We lived closer to the Airport. I live in The Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland up a Mountain Range behind Cairns.
i remember when i used to go roar games there because my dad loves them and the croud was only about 5,000 in that massive stadium but now they have moved to a small stadium which is better for their crowd.
I used to work there! Love the stadium. The church and part of the graveyard are still there, but off the plaza from the Milton Rd entrance (the other end to what you were looking at). All the statues on the Caxton St end are Rugby League and there's one Rugby Union statue in the plaza on the Milton Rd end. If you search Suncorp Stadium Statues they have a page for them with the stats of the players. The people on the field would have been at the end of one of the state of origin games. It doesn't really serve a purpose except to allow people the chance to go on the field and for kids to kick some balls around. It's a pretty cool view from the field though. The player on the screen when you were on the field was Matt Gillet, so the photo would have been taken somewhere between 2012 and 2017. Fun fact: the Western Stand where you were up the top is where the original stand of the stadium back when it was Lang Park. The stadium got redeveloped and opened again as what you see now in 2003. And it's been flooded and had to undergo major repairs twice!
Best rugby league stadium in Australia…. I’ve been there so many times with family and now friends it’s cool seeing it from your perspective I always stay in the city and walk or more recently (just before the pandemic) a little bit out of the city where friends live and Uber in
Yeh you’re absolutely right. AFL isn’t big in Sydney at all. My son is 15 he’s played soccer/football since he was 4 years old (he’s reached academy level!) - a few of his friends have played rugby league but the overwhelming majority of his mates have always played soccer!
Great stadium! Saw a State of Origin there back in the early 90s before they did it up. Also watched the football and rugby there. Definitely my favourite Aussie stadium...
Wonder if the Reds could win the Super Rugby this year, it's totally overdue for an Aussie team to win the cup. NZ has been too powerful the last decade.
rob the fact that you have seen my house and my old house in under 10 minutes was kinda creepy ngl. and u live in a different country. but i guess i can say i have been on your yt channel then. but u did only see them from a far.
I believe there is a NASTY ru mour that a Pomm and his Bride have been granted a visa to go to Aust. Struth, wots the world coming to? . Glad i don't live there.
I have been past many times on all sides, have only been in once. I wouldn't go to watch a game there again, too expensive, I watched the Broncos play against the Storm 10 to 15 years ago and it was about $40 for seats that it felt like I was watching ants.
![BLACK BAG - Official Trailer [HD] - Only in Theaters March 14](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Du0Xp8WX_7I/mqdefault.jpg)
King Wally Lewis (Queenslander)holding the state of origin shield, one of the great players of all time in rugby league, he won 8 man of match awards, he dominated origin.i been going there for 33 years ,also great for concerts.
king who??🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾
The best thing about Suncorp Stadium is even when it’s not full it’s still got an atmosphere like no other. Basically when full the 52,500 sounds like 90,000 and no matter what area you’re on top of everything. Best stadium in Australia.
"a small concentration of skyscrapers" lol that's the capitol city of our whole state, Brisbane city!
It looks like it's in a very concentrated area!
@@RobReacts1 Although the Brisbane CBD is small compared to other cities, the area included in Brisbane City is the largest of any in Australia. That's because the Brisbane City Council area covers almost all of the greater metropolitan area instead of it being divided into a lot of smaller local government areas as Sydney and Melbourne are. Brisbane City Council oversees 1343 km square (518.4 miles square) compared to Sydney City Council which covers only 25 km square in the city centre. People who haven't been to Brisbane might sling off at it as a big country town but it's a great city and worth a visit when you come to Australia. Make sure you catch the Rivercat (ferry) for a trip on the river to Southbank with its city beach and restaurants.
@@robynmurray7421 In fact, back in the 1950s, Brisbane was the largest (by area) city in the world. Then Los Angeles found out, and they annexed 13 sq miles of State Forest and announced themselves as the biggest. Then Tokyo merged with Yokohama and blew them away. Brisbane is still No 3, I think.
@@ironside210 you might want to check that. I think by land area you will find Mt Isa has the largest city council and largest land mass in the world. It used to, not sure if that is still accurate.
@@lonnie224 Hi, Lonnie, It is confusing, and becomes a matter of semantics. The Mt Isa City area is just over 7000 sq km. Big, for sure, but well short of Brisbane's 15000+. The Local Government Area (Shire), confusingly also called Mt Isa, is 43000+sq km, but contains other self-governing towns like Camooweal. So, Mt Isa is one of (?) Australia's biggest shires, but Brisbane is the biggest single city administration by area. About a hundred years ago, about 20 local City Councils all agreed to amalgamate, and that is how we got this monster.
The King of course!👑
King Wally Lewis is the main statue at the front...
Lol you beat me to it. The closest thing we have to God in Qld. We love him but the cockroaches (NSW) loathe him. One of the best League players of ALL time
10:09 foreshadow
One feature of Suncorp is the bus station underneath, great for getting to games and concerts. Plenty of pedestrian access from the city centre and Milton train station as well. I’ve seen U2 and Bon Jovi concerts here and Robbie Williams in his prime sold out two nights here as well. We don’t call it The Suncorp Stadium, it’s just called Suncorp Stadium or Suncorp for short.
I did notice that actually and stupidly didn't mention it.
@@RobReacts1 fun fact when we had the 2011 floods here in Brisbane, Suncorp flooded, pretty sure their are some videos on RUclips
2:08 is Brisbane Grammar School
That road at 1:42 is Regent Street, and I do indeed live there. So weird seeing my old car and my house on a Rob Reacts video.
Haha I wasn't actually expecting to hear back from someone who lived there! Those hills!!
@@RobReacts1 Definitely got a lot of cardio walking to and from the University/City.
I think Suncorp Stadium is not just the best stadium in Queensland but maybe the best stadium in Australia because it provides a good variety of sporting and entertainment events like you said for Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer etc but it can also be used for preliminary events such as Professional Wrestling and Professional Boxing as well as major concerts. It definitely suits the theme & climate of The City of Brisbane and is perhaps one of the best looking stadiums in the world.
In my honest opinion though, i reckon most of the stadiums here in Australia are some of the very best designed/structured stadiums in the world. Like MCG, ANZ Stadium, Optus Stadium just to name a few, The Gabba is also a pretty nice stadium as well.
Nice vid mate! I found that quite interesting :)
Been inside that stadium during the NRL Magic Round
How was it?
@@RobReacts1 pretty good it's not as big as the MCG or stadium Australia but there's not a single bad seat in the stadium
The statues you saw was (from L to R) Darren Lockyer, Artie Beatson, Wally Lewis (gold guy holding the shield) arguably the greatest league player of all time, Alan Langer. At that end of the stadium, it's all League statues, at the southern end of the ground, you'll find a statue of John Eales, the only rugby statue.
I attend every home game of the QLD Reds, first match I went to there was the 2003 RWC, England vs Uruguay. I was seated in the top teir back corner, and I still felt like I had a fantastic view of the game! There are no bad seats at that ground!
Lang Park is only 1-2 km from the CBD area, so an easy walk. The thing that sets it on a different level to other stadiums (stadia??) is the connection between the fans and the players. There is only a very few metres from the sideline to the fans. If there is any match atmosphere at all, it is magnified in a feedback loop until the contest is all-consuming. It is a great place for spectators. Interesting fact.- The pitch went 2m under water during a Brisbane flood.
Wow.
"That guy" is the King - The Emperor of Lang Park. The immortal Wally Lewis. When it was just Lang Park there use to be a grassy hill on both ends. It was a great place to watch Rugby League - now it is even better. Many say it is the greatest true Rugby League stadium in the world. So Rugby League is the number one sport played here. Rugby use to be played primarily at Ballymore but it only holds just shy of 20,000 people so Rugby is the second sport played here. Soccer is played here as well but wouldn't get the same crowds. They have many other big events and concerts here as well. BTW it is true that it was originally a cemetery. There is a church in the South West corner of the block of land it is upon - they built the stadium around it.
Spent years in design and site during the redevelopment, got to see a lot of the behind the scenes stuff, walked the roof and cat walk, many great memories working on this. Fun fact, it doesn't have 52,500 seats, 52,500 is its licenced capacity - it has even less actual seats now they removed a heap for the new screens.
The bloke who looks like he won something is the Emperor of Lang Park . King Wally's Lewis 🏉
Around the other side is where you come through from the railway station. And the buses drop people off underneath the stadium
I'm an idiot because I did see the train station before I recorded and forgot to mention. With that and the buses, what a great way to help supporters get to the stadium!
Fancy....that's how we roll 😉😎
Suncorp gets a lot of concerts as well. I’ve seen the Foo Fighters there.
My old man actually worked on an upgrade to the stadium a while back, when they added the Wally Lewis statue. Apparently that statue didn’t turn up until the day before they were supposed to unveil the completed project to the State Premier, and the project team actually called a meeting and opened it with the line “Where’s Wally!?”
Hey, you can see my house in that first shot!
Brisbane - The worlds biggest country town.
Yea no That title goes to Perth
During the Brisbane floods, someone put scuba goggles on the statue of Wally Lewis.
I have been to many Broncos games there was also at the halfway line for Bon Jovi in 2013, by far one of the best stadiums in Australia. MCG is number 1 for cricket and AFL but Suncorp is probably number 1 for rugby league, union and soccer
How about Allianz and ANZ I think Allianz is bigger for Union more NRL games are played at both Bankwest and ANZ and most big international games are player at ANZ while their is only 1 Queensland a-league team so I strongly disagree with all three of those
At my school there we don’t even play on those fields 😂
You don't have your parachute. 😂
You didn't even notice the skate park
There are videos around of the stadium during the 2011 floods where it is full of flood water. It is hard to believe how high the water came during the floods when you see the stadium in this video.
ruclips.net/video/Yh8mnjrt3xM/видео.html
You mentioned the amount of shade & the sides that didn’t have much. Quit a few of us actually are sun worshippers. I love basking in the sun with a cold drink being entertained. Almost as good as the beach!
That's wally lewis! He was captain of qld for many years.
Sometimes the houses are on stilts because the area has been flooded previously, before the house was built. I believe this stadium has a roof that can be closed if it gets too hot.
I'm happy to see You enjoyed your virtual visit to My Original Home City. But it's still quite a distance from where I lived from Birth until I was 13. We lived closer to the Airport. I live in The Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland up a Mountain Range behind Cairns.
i remember when i used to go roar games there because my dad loves them and the croud was only about 5,000 in that massive stadium but now they have moved to a small stadium which is better for their crowd.
My guess would be it's probably Wally Lewis a Rugby League player
I used to work there! Love the stadium. The church and part of the graveyard are still there, but off the plaza from the Milton Rd entrance (the other end to what you were looking at). All the statues on the Caxton St end are Rugby League and there's one Rugby Union statue in the plaza on the Milton Rd end. If you search Suncorp Stadium Statues they have a page for them with the stats of the players. The people on the field would have been at the end of one of the state of origin games. It doesn't really serve a purpose except to allow people the chance to go on the field and for kids to kick some balls around. It's a pretty cool view from the field though. The player on the screen when you were on the field was Matt Gillet, so the photo would have been taken somewhere between 2012 and 2017. Fun fact: the Western Stand where you were up the top is where the original stand of the stadium back when it was Lang Park. The stadium got redeveloped and opened again as what you see now in 2003. And it's been flooded and had to undergo major repairs twice!
I really do like it as a stadium! It fits it's climate and surroundings well... Apart from the flooding!
Best rugby league stadium in Australia….
I’ve been there so many times with family and now friends it’s cool seeing it from your perspective
I always stay in the city and walk or more recently (just before the pandemic) a little bit out of the city where friends live and Uber in
Thanks for that. I’ve never seen that stadium before as I don’t live in QLD. Lots of interesting info.
Yeh you’re absolutely right. AFL isn’t big in Sydney at all. My son is 15 he’s played soccer/football since he was 4 years old (he’s reached academy level!) - a few of his friends have played rugby league but the overwhelming majority of his mates have always played soccer!
Used to be a cemetery (for us cockroaches), now it's kneedeep, kneedeep in cane toads...
Been to QLD on holidays a few times staying with friends who moved there. Yes, cane toads they were everywhere lol
Great stadium! Saw a State of Origin there back in the early 90s before they did it up. Also watched the football and rugby there. Definitely my favourite Aussie stadium...
Wonder if the Reds could win the Super Rugby this year, it's totally overdue for an Aussie team to win the cup. NZ has been too powerful the last decade.
Ooo let's get some rivalries going!
rob the fact that you have seen my house and my old house in under 10 minutes was kinda creepy ngl. and u live in a different country. but i guess i can say i have been on your yt channel then. but u did only see them from a far.
You wouldn't believe how many times I've heard that after doing these vr stadium tour videos!
@@RobReacts1 lol
A cemetary eh?. That's a grave statement Robbo. You could dig a hole for yourself mate.
I believe there is a NASTY ru
mour that a Pomm and his Bride have been granted a visa to go to Aust. Struth, wots the world coming to?
. Glad i don't live there.
I have been past many times on all sides, have only been in once. I wouldn't go to watch a game there again, too expensive, I watched the Broncos play against the Storm 10 to 15 years ago and it was about $40 for seats that it felt like I was watching ants.