Dolphin Stadium | |
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 Western side of stadium, 21 July 2022 | |
 Interactive map of Kayo Stadium | |
| Former names | Moreton Daily Stadium |
|---|---|
| Location | Kippa-Ring, Queensland |
| Coordinates | 27°13′8″S153°5′50″E / 27.21889°S 153.09722°E /-27.21889; 153.09722 |
| Public transit |  Kippa-Ring |
| Owner | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| Operator | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| Capacity | 10,000 (9,420 seats)[1] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | Late-1970s |
| Opened | May 1979 |
| Tenants | |
| Redcliffe Dolphins (Queensland Cup) Peninsula Power (FFA Cup) Brisbane Roar (A-League Men, 2020–2023, 2025–2026) New Zealand Warriors (NRL, 2022) Dolphins, (NRL, 2023–present) | |
| Website | |
| moretondailystadium.com.au | |
Dolphin Stadium, commercially known asKayo Stadium, is a sports stadium in the suburb ofKippa-Ring in theCity of Moreton Bay, north of the adjoiningBrisbane metropolitan city,Queensland, Australia. Formerly known asMoreton Daily Stadium under a previous naming rights agreement, the stadium serves as the home ground for theRedcliffe Dolphinsrugby league club in theQueensland Cup, andNRL club, theDolphins.
The ground regularly hosts pre-season trials for theNRL, regularNRL games, and hosted the2001,2002,2003,2019,2021 and2022Queensland CupGrand Finals.
The creation of field, formerly known as Dolphin Oval, began when theRedcliffe City Council made re-claimed land available for sporting fields in the 1970s. TheRedcliffe Dolphins, who at the time were based at theRedcliffe Showgrounds, showed immediate interest and applied for the maximum area available. Redcliffe City Council engineer Kevin Tibbets took to the construction of the ground with the utmost enthusiasm, with the football club even hosting a trip interstate for him to study playing arenas in New South Wales.
The transition from theRedcliffe Showgrounds to Dolphin Oval presented some major problems. Due to the isolation of the area at the time of construction, normal services were not readily available and therefore had to be brought in. Due to the gravity flow to Klingner Road, expensive sewerage pumps had to be brought in, power for the floodlights had to go underground to the main oval and the run-through tunnel wastranshipped fromWestern Australia at a cost of $9,000, which was still cheaper than buying one from theEastern states.
The lighting at the showgrounds was far superior, but the Redcliffe Rugby League Old Boys, led by Neil Okamura, contributed a $5,000 loan, which was later turned into a grant, for suitable floodlighting. They also constructed a perimeter playing fence around the main oval at a cost of $2,780. In return, the football club provided the Old Boys with a solid can-booth at the northern end of the complex and were granted the rights to sell liquor on a commission basis.
The pressure to build a licensed club at Dolphin Oval was met with a great deal of caution, especially when the existing club at the Showgrounds was still profitable. But within 12 months after the sod-turning ceremony, the new clubhouse was opened by the Mayor of Redcliffe, Ald. Alf Charlish. With the help of the Federal Member for Petrie,Dean Wells, and his Government's contribution through their C.E.P. Funding, along with the football club's own financial arrangements with theCommonwealth Bank, the move was made possible.
However the heavily publicised and enforced "Don't Drink and Drive" policy by the Government struck the thriving bar trade, and, according toFrom Shellgrit to Dolphins, a book on the History of the Redcliffe Dolphins, says: "Suffice to say the club only barely kept its doors open and its creditors at bay until the advent of poker machines in 1992, but proudly was able to meet its financial commitments".
In January 1979, the committee proposed to name the complex the Don McLennan Oval after the club executive, but he requested that it be called Dolphin Oval.
Fittingly, the first game at Dolphin Oval was betweenRedcliffe andNorths, the club that originally proposed Redcliffe's admission into theBRL. The original lease was acquired to 1998 and later extended to 2008, before the Redcliffe Dolphins bought the land.
In June 2019,A-Leagues football clubBrisbane Roar announced it would move three of its home matches in the2019–20 season to the venue.[2] The club'swomen's team has played high-profile home matches at the venue.[3] In November 2019,Brisbane Roar played the first everA-League Men game at the venue againstMelbourne City, attracting a sell-out crowd of 9387. The Roar came from behind to win 4-3.
In October 2020,A-League Men sideBrisbane Roar announced it would move its home matches for the2020–21 season to the venue. For the2023–24 season,Brisbane Roar moved back toSuncorp Stadium in Brisbane for men's games, with women's games held atPerry Park andBallymore Stadium.
In June 2025 Brisbane Roar announced that they would play 2 Home games at Kayo Stadium during the2025–26 Season
During the2021 NRL season, all teams moved temporarily to Queensland due toCOVID-19 outbreaks in Sydney and Melbourne. A round 20 match betweenCronulla Sharks andManly-Warringah Sea Eagles and a round 21 match betweenCanterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs andWests Tigers, played on consecutive Sundays, were scheduled to be played at the stadium. However due to asnap lockdown, these were once again relocated toSuncorp Stadium. Subsequently, the stadium hosted its first NRL matches in round 22, when it hosted a double-header withNew Zealand Warriors vsCanterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, followed byCronulla Sharks vsNewcastle Knights, on 15 August 2021.
In September 2021, the New Zealand Warriors confirmed that they'll use the stadium as a temporary home base for at least the first half of the2022 NRL season due to uncertainties regarding quarantine free travel between Australia and New Zealand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
On 10 April 2022, the stadium hosted2021 NRLW Grand Final between theSt George Illawarra Dragons and theSydney Roosters, the first NRLW Grand Final to be held outside of Sydney.
The ground was redeveloped between 2015 and 2018 following announcement of the programme in 2014.[5] After securing funding fromMoreton Bay Regional Council and theFederal Government funding phase 1 of the redeveloped ground,Moreton Daily Stadium was opened.[6] The second phase of work completed in February 2018.[7] The third stage was completed in September 2020 with a new Northern Grandstand being built.[8] On 7 December 2022, it was announced that Moreton Daily Stadium will now be known as Kayo Stadium.[9] Broadcast standard light towers were installed in 2023 and were first used in an NRL game between the Dolphins andSt George Illawarra on May 25, 2023 at a cost of $3 million.[10]