Stockland Park formally Quad Park is a multi-sport venue located at Kawana Waters on the Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in...

, Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

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In 2007 the Queensland Government funded a $22 million development on Quad Park and completed renamed it Stockland Park when the renovation was completed in 2009.

Development

The stadium is complete with a Sunshine Coast fitness sport and recreation TAFE training centre and state-of-the-art gymnasium. Also included with the renovations are corporate facilities, player amenities, warm-up rooms, function room, administration offices and teaching and lecturing rooms.

The stadium is designed so it can be configured from an Australian rules football ground to a rectangular soccer or rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

/rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 ground. Spectators sit no more than 10 metres from the sidelines. A main grandstand

Grandstand

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 seating 3,700 spectators under cover is situated on the wing while temporary seating can be placed around the field for rectangular events pushing the seating capacity to 12,000.

The venue has hosted four national events including a pre-season A-League

A-League

The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

 fixture between the Queensland Roar and Wellington Phoenix as well as it's attendance breaking pre-season NRL match between Manly Sea Eagles and Melbourne Storm

Melbourne Storm

The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....

, which attracted 8,119 spectators.