[2] A full stadium was then touted and later built in the late 1990s, planned to be ready in 1999 for NRL club the North Sydney Bears, before construction problems including large spells of inclement weather delayed completion.

[citation needed] In 2003, with no major sporting team in residence, the stadium played host to three group matches in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

[citation needed] The stadium gained its second full-time tenant in 2005 with the formation of the Central Coast Mariners, a team in the newly formed national A-League football competition.

Further use of the stadium in 2006 follows from it being the home ground to the Central Coast Waves rugby union team, which joined the Shute Shield in 2006.

[5] As described by reddit user kiasam111,[6] new boss Charles (Idris Elba) walks out of his office to find Andy (Ed Helms) looking at what appears to be a screen-saver with a series of photos of football.

A photo appears of two players, taken from an A-League game between Central Coast Mariners and Perth Glory, played at Bluetongue Stadium on 31 December 2008.

[7] The players in the photo (taken by Corey Davis of Getty Images)[8] are Marc Anthony (Perth) and Matthew Osman (Central Coast).

[9] VenuesLive took over the management of the ground from the Central Coast Council on 1 July 2022,[10] and Industree Group acquired naming right on 14 November 2022.