Canberra Stadium

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Canberra Stadium (known under naming rights as GIO Stadium Canberra) is a stadium located in the Canberra suburb of Bruce, adjacent to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). It is primarily used for rugby league and rugby union as the home ground of the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League (NRL), and the ACT Brumbies in Super Rugby. The stadium opened in 1977, and remains the largest stadium in Canberra with a total capacity of 25,011 spectators. Australian general insurer GIO Insurance has held naming rights to the stadium since 2014. The stadium hosted preliminaries of Football in the 2000 Summer Olympics. It has also hosted group stage games in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, and the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. It has also hosted three Super Rugby Grand Finals in 2000, 2001, and 2004, as well as the 2020 grand final in Super Rugby AU.

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