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Would a full house of either the likes of Paic Ui Chaoimh, Portlaois, Thurles, Tullamore, Pearse Stadium or Castlebar depending on the teams involved be a better prospect for the players and supporters alike to be playing in a full house with a good atmosphere rather than a 50/60% of the captacity of Croke park? (Without it turning into a us against them topic) Ninnallik (Galway) - Posts: 43 - 23/01/2019 14:58:04 2159113 Link 0 |
I would leave the semi finals in Croke Park, going into other venues your running the risk of people not getting a ticket. They use the Galway vs Dublin game last year as evidence to change venues but between Galway fans having the hurling to go to and bit of belief was gone, id put the lack of crowd down to them reasons.. tommy132 (Mayo) - Posts: 602 - 23/01/2019 15:17:05 2159116 Link 1 |
Yea this pretty much is bang on.
waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 23/01/2019 15:33:36 2159118 Link 3 |
It'l never happen ,but I would like to. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 23/01/2019 15:53:12 2159125 Link 1 |
I think flexibility should be in whatever thinking the GAA do on this. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13718 - 23/01/2019 16:13:09 2159128 Link 4 |
From a supporters' point of view, this makes sense given the distances some fans travel to for the games, though there was some griping about the Limerick venue in 2014 (from a vocal minority, I'd assume) even when it appeared to be the best option, on paper, for the counties involved. From a fairness point of view, this also makes sense. I doubt you'd get too many arguing to the contrary. From a logistical point of view, what are the options? From the suggested listing, PUC is out of the way for most counties likely to make it to the last 4. Pearse Stadium, O'Moore Park and O'Connor Park have capacities of 34k, 27k and 20k respectively (from the always reliable Wikipedia), making them largely unsuitable given the probable level of demand. McHale Park is a little better at 38k but still probably wouldn't meet the demand of fans. Semple Stadium (46.3k) and the Gaelic Grounds (49.9k) are the best options but even these wouldn't cater for the "modest" crowd that attended Dublin v Galway last year. The latter would have met the demands of the Tyrone v Monaghan semi last year (49.7k), though would it have made sense to bring both those teams down to Limerick? That was the only semi final played in Croke Park in the last 10 years that had an attendance of less than 50k. This doesn't even consider the corporate boxes who have paid their subscriptions based on the fact that they'd get the semi finals as part of their contracts. I'd have no problem with going to see a semi-final outside of Croke Park. As a season ticket holder I'd assume I'd get a ticket in such cases and I really enjoy the road trips. I just haven't really heard too may viable alternatives. Kurt_Angle (Dublin) - Posts: 567 - 23/01/2019 16:42:48 2159132 Link 0 |
True could be done on a year on year basis depending on counties involved
Ninnallik (Galway) - Posts: 43 - 23/01/2019 17:39:19 2159136 Link 0 |
Would like it personally, not just for Dublin, but all counties really. doesn't make any sense having Mayo Vs Kerry etc in Croke Park when a suitable ground could be found closer to home as an example. Ultimately i would love the GAA to have facilities around the country to host games of this caliber. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 23/01/2019 17:55:37 2159139 Link 4 |
No problem with it as long as my season ticket still guarantees me a ticket. Mind you I think there may be a capacity dependent clause in their Ts&Cs if memory serves. Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 23/01/2019 18:18:16 2159141 Link 0 |
Wouldn't it be refreshing! but money will talk and nothing will happen. Themall1916 (Kerry) - Posts: 98 - 23/01/2019 18:19:06 2159142 Link 2 |
Serious undervaluing of our associations home ground , we seem to have latched onto advantages left right and centre , I've gone to all Ireland semi finals were my county weren't playing particularly hurling and have no interest going anywhere else to see them anywhere else , as someone who puts the mileage in going to away games for multiple Dublin squads it's nothing to do with money , it's to do with stature tradition , semi finals belong on the big stage , at this rate some won't be happy until it's used twice a year for finals and the rest of the summer for concerts Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 23/01/2019 18:32:45 2159146 Link 4 |
From a hurling point of view at least, I think the semi's stay in Croke Park. From a capacity issue, the crowds at semi's should require the bigger capacity (though not always). In 2017, the 2 hurling semi's had crowds of 68,000 and 72,000 respectively. So only CP would do. Last year, the semi's had crowds of 54,000 and 71,000. Maybe the Clare/Galway semi crowd could have been handled in Thurles, but just barely. Marlon_JD (Tipperary) - Posts: 1823 - 23/01/2019 18:35:33 2159147 Link 0 |
Misleading headline. I was here to say 1989, Jones Road, after the Offaly win. Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 23/01/2019 19:15:32 2159153 Link 1 |
Agreed plus Dublin domination. More inevitability I guess.
kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1947 - 23/01/2019 19:28:54 2159156 Link 0 |
Semi-final venues could be left open until semi-finalists and draw are known and then decide on most appropriate choice of venue. neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 23/01/2019 19:35:50 2159157 Link 0 |
The only options for a semi would ld be Pairc Ui Chaoimh,thurles and Limerick. No other stadiums have enough capacity. Galway is a non runner..too small ,same for castlebar and clones.
bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts: 1710 - 23/01/2019 19:37:26 2159158 Link 0 |
Don't agree with it. Semi finals onwards should be played at Croke Park. The teams competiting want to play there. Possibly super 8 games should all be outside of Croker and spread the economic impact that comes with big games to regional cities and towns. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11236 - 23/01/2019 19:51:13 2159159 Link 5 |
spot on .
superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 2837 - 23/01/2019 23:19:44 2159194 Link 0 |
Read the article, time to get the money on Galway. Uimhir.a.3. (Galway) - Posts: 409 - 24/01/2019 01:11:39 2159206 Link 0 |
The griping in 2014 was mainly because some people believed that Croke Park should have been available for the game. The fact that it was unlikely to be needed and they were making money from the colleges football game was missed by some. It turned out to a great bit of luck to have it switched to Limerick, though unfortunately not the result for us. No way would a half full Croke Park have matched the atmosphere of a packed Gaelic Grounds. A great game, a great atmosphere, a pitch invader, a great night in Limerick and a few quid going into the tills of local businesses. It's worth trying again but only, as another poster says, unless the anticipated crowd would be too big for a stadium other than Croke Park.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7360 - 24/01/2019 06:55:14 2159210 Link 3 |