Melbourne Storm fans may lose a home game to Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium double-header for the next three seasons

The NRL announced its 2016 draw on Friday with the Storm having four home games in the first six rounds but miss out on seeing reigning premiers North Queensland Cowboys.

The Storm have a deal to send the Cowboys home game north in 2016. Credit:Getty Images

The Storm and Cowboys game will be paired with Brisbane Broncos and Manly Sea Eagles game in a Brisbane double-header which the NRL and Tourism Queensland hope will draw a capacity 52,000 crowd on May 14.

The Storm have a deal with the stadium and Tourism Queensland that sends the Cowboys home game north in 2016 and has an option to send an unspecified home game to Suncorp in 2017 and 2018 if the event is a success as expected.