One of the worlds most immpressive stadiums. Affectionately known by cricket fans around the world as "the Gabba," courtesy of the suburb it resides in, the Brisbane Cricket Ground had an inauspicious beginning. In 1895 a lease of an area of swampland, previously set aside as a recreation reserve, was granted to the Queensland Cricket Association for the establishment of a cricket ground. The spectator areas of the ground have been progressively renovated since 1993 with new bleachers, grandstands, lighting and an electronic scoreboard. A final 24-bay grandstand filling in the area where the Brisbane Lions Australian Football Social Club is, will be completed after the Olympics.