Preston Building Sports Complex
Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
Preston Building Sports Complex, Tweed Heads, Australia — opened 1985, 225 rugby league games hosted, home of Tweed Heads Seagulls (Queensland Cup).
Sourcing caveat: The task brief flagged a possible overlap with 'Seagulls Stadium' elsewhere in this project's venue list. Research here indicates they are two different grounds: Seagulls Stadium was in West Tweed Heads and hosted the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants (NSWRL premiership, from 1988, capacity around 13,500), while Preston Building Sports Complex (formerly Piggabeen Sports Complex) is the Tweed Heads Seagulls' Queensland Cup ground. Both are in the same general area and share the 'Seagulls' branding, which is the likely source of confusion, but the club histories and competitions are distinct and RLP treats them as separate venue entries.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1985 (Rugby League Project's venue record gives "Year Built/Opened: 1985" (matching the Tweed Heads Seagulls' purchase of the 40-acre Piggabeen site in December 1985); the earliest match in RLP's own results log for the ground is from April 1998, so an exact first-match date for the 1980s/90s has not been independently confirmed.) |
| Home club | Tweed Heads Seagulls (Queensland Cup) |
| Closed | 2008-2011 (Seagulls temporarily relocated to Ned Byrne Field, Cudgen, while Piggabeen was redeveloped) |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 225 |
| Top recorded crowd | 0 |
| Years used | 1998–2026 |
| Location | Tweed Heads, New South Wales |
Name history
- Piggabeen Sports Complex — 1985/86-2025 (base/community name)
- Seagulls Sports Complex — 2025-2026
- Preston Building Sports Complex — since 2026, current sponsored name
Rugby league history
This ground in Tweed Heads West, New South Wales, has been the long-time home of the Tweed Heads Seagulls, Australia's oldest provincial rugby league club, who currently compete in the Queensland Cup. The club bought the 40-acre Piggabeen site in December 1985 and developed it into their home ground, generally known as the Piggabeen Sports Complex. The Seagulls moved away temporarily to Ned Byrne Field in nearby Cudgen from 2008 to 2010 during a major redevelopment, returning to Piggabeen in 2011; a community clubhouse followed in 2013, and a NSW Government grant in 2018 funded further upgrades including facilities for female players. The ground took the sponsored name Seagulls Sports Complex briefly in 2025 before becoming Preston Building Sports Complex, its current name, in 2026. It should not be confused with the separate Seagulls Stadium, which stood elsewhere in the Tweed Heads area and was the home of the unrelated Gold Coast-Tweed Giants/Gold Coast Seagulls NSWRL premiership team from 1988 — a different club, at a different venue, from the Queensland Cup's Tweed Heads Seagulls.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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