<page_title> Sports on the Gold Coast, Queensland </page_title> <section_title> Current professional clubs </section_title> <table> <cell> Brisbane Bears <col_header> Club </col_header> </cell> <cell> Victorian/Australian Football League <col_header> League </col_header> </cell> <cell> Carrara Stadium <col_header> Stadium </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1987 <col_header> First year </col_header> </cell> </table>
The Brisbane Bears became the first professional sports team based in Gold Coast in 1987 when the team entered the Victorian Football League and played at Carrara Stadium.