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The Gabba
Highlights
• More than 468,000 patrons attended cricket and AFL matches;
• Commencement of the Australia v New Zealand cricket Test close to scheduled time, not withstanding significant damage to part of
the Gabba roof due to an extremely severe storm event;
• A total of three AFL matches with crowds in excess of 30,000 with a year best of 34,912 to watch the Brisbane Lions versus
Collingwood match in April 2009;
• Average attendance for Brisbane Lions AFL matches was 29,068 per match, an increase of almost 1,000 per match compared with
the previous season;
• Hosted the first Twenty20 All Star cricket match between Australia and the All Star team to start the International Cricket season;
• Secured the first Test match of the 2009/10 Summer cricket season against the West Indies and two One Day Internationals
involving Australia against both the West Indies and Pakistan;
• Hosted 141 non event day functions attended by more than 23,311 patrons; and
• Installed additional traffic control infrastructure on Stanley Street to enhance patron safety.
Significant Events
Event Type Team A Team B Date Patronage
2008
AFL - Season fixture Brisbane West Coast 19 Jul 27,784
AFL - Season fixture Brisbane Western Bulldogs 16 Aug 27,315
AFL - Season fixture Brisbane Carlton 23 Aug 34,327
Cricket - 4 Day Domestic Queensland Tasmania 10 Oct 857
Cricket - 1 Day Domestic Queensland Tasmania 15 Oct 825
Cricket - 4 Day Domestic Queensland Victoria 21 Oct 568
Cricket - 1 Day Domestic Queensland Victoria 26 Oct 7,535
Cricket - International Twenty20 Australia Australia All Stars 14 Nov 14,325
Cricket - Test Match Australia New Zealand 20 Nov 34,426
Cricket - 4 Day Domestic Queensland South Australia 28 Nov 886
Cricket - 1 Day Domestic Queensland South Australia 03 Dec 1,644
Cricket - Domestic Twenty20 Queensland New South Wales 26 Dec 10,514
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