Ulster GAA confident Casement Park will be ready for Euros
October 11, 2023
The present day Casement Park. Pic via Antrim GAA
Ulster GAA head of operations Stephen McGeehan is confident that the new Casement Park will be built in time for Euro 2028.
McGeehan expects the much-delayed revamp of the Belfast venue to begin next spring, despite the spiralling costs involved. Building the new 34,500-capacity stadium is now a matter of urgency as it formed part of the UK and Ireland’s successful bid to host the Euros in five years’ time.
"At the moment our contribution remains £15m, but the conversations are continuing," he told BBC NI.
"We're talking to the executive departments. We're talking to the British Government and we're talking to the Irish Government and over the course of the next couple of months, the final contributions from all stakeholders will be finalised.
"We're hopeful that some time in April or May of next year we will get started on site.
"After that the build programme is going to be two years, possibly two years and six months depending on some variations on plans that have to be finalised and put in place.”
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