The new club was given very little time in which to set itself up, with few players and no suitable home ground. Brisbane's main outdoor venue, Brisbane Cricket Ground, was encircled by a dog racing track at the time. The only other stadiums that were reasonably large enough to accommodate the Bears were rectangular fields better suited to rugby league, rugby union and soccer than for an Australian rules team. Rugby League and Rugby Union had long been established as the main football codes in Brisbane. Without an acceptable facility in Brisbane itself, the Bears-based themselves at Carrara Oval on the Gold Coast where temporary stands, club rooms and facilities were erected around the ground. Since 2011, it has been the permanent home of the AFL's second Queensland based club, the Gold Coast Suns.