Surface Grass Built 2011 Capacity 12,200 | Broke ground 2010 Construction cost A$ 11.3 million Owner Mackay Region | |
Location Cnr Casey Ave & Bridge Road, Mackay, Queensland Opened 20 August 2011 (2011-08-20) Address 2 Casey Ave, South Mackay QLD 4740, Australia Similar North Ipswich Reserve, Dolphin Oval, Pizzey Park, Sunshine Coast Stadium, Campbelltown Stadium | ||
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Stadium Mackay, currently known as its sponsored name BB Print Stadium Mackay, is a rectangular football stadium situated in Mackay, Queensland, Australia. The stadium is home to the Intrust Super Cup's Absolute Enterprises's Mackay Cutters and Queensland State League's Whitsunday Miners.
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The 2016 to 2020 naming rights deal is the first time a local business has been given naming rights to the stadium and was one of the deciding factors by Mackay Regional Council and CAS Ltd (the board overseeing BB Print Stadium Mackay). BB Print Stadium Mackay was previously known as Virgin Stadium Australia.
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The 12,200 capacity stadium was funded by the Australian Government at a cost of 11.3 million and opened on 20 August 2011 at a Mackay Cutters home game. The stadium consists of a western grandstand that can accommodate 2,000 people including 10 corporate boxes, 6 corporate suites and broadcast box. 2.5 million of the total 11.3 million cost of the stadium was spent on installing lighting that is of NRL and television standard so that the stadium could possible host regular season NRL matches. On 1 March 2016 it was announced that the grounds would be renamed to BB Print Stadium Mackay after BB Print purchased the naming rights to the stadium.
On Sunday 24 June 2012, BB Print Stadium Mackay hosted its first NRL game when the 2nd placed Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs played a 'home' game at the venue against the ladder leading Melbourne Storm in Round 16 of the 2012 NRL season, the NRL's Women in League Round. In front of a ground record crowd of 11,876 the Bulldogs defeated the Storm 20-4 with Mackay product Ben Barba setting up one of the tries of the season for Bulldogs team mate Josh Morris. Barba fielded a Storm kick only one metre from the dead ball line, then evaded his opposition and ran 70 metres down field before centre kicking for Morris to score next to the posts for what was a 109-metre try.
The stadium hosted its second NRL game on 7 July 2013 when the Bulldogs hosted the Newcastle Knights in Round 17 of the 2013 NRL season.
The stadium hosted a pre-season match between A-League clubs Brisbane Roar and Sydney FC on 16 September 2012.
BB Print Stadium Mackay is home to the Intrust Super Cup's Absolute Enterprises Mackay Cutters and has also hosted; NRL games, the internationally televised Professional Bull Riders (PBR) events, Nitro Circus and Monster Trucks along with the highly successful Kiss concert.