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Replying To tirawleybaron: "Athlone Town Stadium (090) 648 0001 https://maps.app.goo.gl/Wz8dpYbvyBCYvJxU9 Combined sports arena, retractable roof, corporate seating - 25k capacity" You got it. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 3035 - 08/06/2023 21:46:29 2485039 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Athlone Town Stadium (090) 648 0001 https://maps.app.goo.gl/Wz8dpYbvyBCYvJxU9 Combined sports arena, retractable roof, corporate seating - 25k capacity" You got it. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 3035 - 08/06/2023 21:56:57 2485043 Link
Replying To KillingFields: "We need to modernize our existing stadiums first not build more new ones. I wouldnt say there is too many stadiums. there is too many poorly equipped stadiums." It really depends on where the stadium is. Plenty of the grounds would be much better placed somewhere else in the county. I would argue that any stadium work should be completed with Public Transport - particularly rail links in mind. Our 2 most "modern" stadiums in Dublin and Cork are not best placed for getting large amounts of spectators in and out of. You can only really drive to them - or face quite a large walk. Neither are built with ease of access in mind. I would argue that the money spent on Pairc Ui Chaoimh would have been much better spent elsewhere on a new ground in Cork better linked. Take Galway for example - its very difficult to get to Salthill - if there is a lot of work needed there in the future (years ahead) why not consider moving to the other side of the city - say Oranmore or Athenry - much easier with access to the M6 / M17 / M18 - plus it would be near the main train line. brianb (Kildare) - Posts: 437 - 09/06/2023 17:24:08 2485158 Link
Replying To brianb: "It really depends on where the stadium is. Plenty of the grounds would be much better placed somewhere else in the county. I would argue that any stadium work should be completed with Public Transport - particularly rail links in mind. Our 2 most "modern" stadiums in Dublin and Cork are not best placed for getting large amounts of spectators in and out of. You can only really drive to them - or face quite a large walk. Neither are built with ease of access in mind. I would argue that the money spent on Pairc Ui Chaoimh would have been much better spent elsewhere on a new ground in Cork better linked. Take Galway for example - its very difficult to get to Salthill - if there is a lot of work needed there in the future (years ahead) why not consider moving to the other side of the city - say Oranmore or Athenry - much easier with access to the M6 / M17 / M18 - plus it would be near the main train line." Deumcondra Station is a few minutes walk from Croke Park . Salthill is a disaster location. Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2292 - 09/06/2023 18:49:06 2485168 Link
Replying To brianb: "It really depends on where the stadium is. Plenty of the grounds would be much better placed somewhere else in the county. I would argue that any stadium work should be completed with Public Transport - particularly rail links in mind. Our 2 most "modern" stadiums in Dublin and Cork are not best placed for getting large amounts of spectators in and out of. You can only really drive to them - or face quite a large walk. Neither are built with ease of access in mind. I would argue that the money spent on Pairc Ui Chaoimh would have been much better spent elsewhere on a new ground in Cork better linked. Take Galway for example - its very difficult to get to Salthill - if there is a lot of work needed there in the future (years ahead) why not consider moving to the other side of the city - say Oranmore or Athenry - much easier with access to the M6 / M17 / M18 - plus it would be near the main train line." 'Quite a large walk'! As vague as the rest of your post. Tuam Stadium, ever heard of it? GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7969 - 09/06/2023 19:56:53 2485180 Link
New 40K Stadium Required In Middle Of Country Yes, for soccer. The GAA has loads of white elephant stadiums that are never full. CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 853 - 09/06/2023 20:44:39 2485185 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Athlone is the perfect spot Existing sports grounds available for development - check Train line running adjacent to it - check Dual carriageway running adjacent to it - check Specification: 30k capacity 4k premium level 1k corporate seats 5k safe standing area Retractable roof Removable pitch (like Amsterdam area) Multipurpose facility - 1. April to July - GAA 2. September to April ,- Connacht/Leinster rugby 2. August - premier league club friendlies, US college match 3. September - international rules match, Cricket Match, Boxing event, FAI cup final 4. October - athletics event, rugby sevens event, international soccer match 5. November rugby internationals, music festival 6. December - ice skating/ hockey event, all Ireland club finals 8. January - euro basket event 9. February - six nations warm up (v Georgia), GAA intercounty league double headers 10. March - international soccer, St Patrick day festival event, gaa intercounty league double header If its designed with the above it would become the facility of choice for most events in Ireland." 30k hotel beds in Athlone? DCFCGAA (Derry) - Posts: 65 - 09/06/2023 20:44:46 2485186 Link
Replying To ecad123: "Agreed should be able to play the lenister final in thurlas, it should really not even be called the lenister championship any more, it should be given a new name!" Or else just go back to Connaught for yourself if you want or Munster Wex87 (Wexford) - Posts: 2 - 10/06/2023 02:38:44 2485213 Link
Replying To DCFCGAA: "30k hotel beds in Athlone?" Not that many Does Dublin have 80k beds? Athlone is on a train line to Galway, Limerick, Dublin so you wouldn't have to stay the night tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1382 - 10/06/2023 06:53:03 2485219 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Not that many Does Dublin have 80k beds? Athlone is on a train line to Galway, Limerick, Dublin so you wouldn't have to stay the night" Unless you were from Cavan, Monaghan, Fermanagh etc etc Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2292 - 10/06/2023 13:08:27 2485248 Link
Replying To Seanfanbocht: "Unless you were from Cavan, Monaghan, Fermanagh etc etc" It's the same as Dublin for Ulster teams But don't forget they are getting a new shiny stadium in Belfast tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1382 - 11/06/2023 12:22:16 2485465 Link
Replying To Seanfanbocht: "Unless you were from Cavan, Monaghan, Fermanagh etc etc" Athlone is no more than a two-hour drive from any of the places mentioned by yourself or the other poster. It's only about 1 hour 15 mins from Cavan. Would you really want an overnight stay for a journey that short???? Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2856 - 11/06/2023 13:36:15 2485481 Link
What is capacity of O Moore park, Port Laois. Surely that is the venue to be developed. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2614 - 11/06/2023 21:25:05 2485634 Link
Replying To galwayford: "What is capacity of O Moore park, Port Laois. Surely that is the venue to be developed." Agree 100%. Most central venue. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15673 - 12/06/2023 07:40:51 2485674 Link
Replying To Wex87: "Or else just go back to Connaught for yourself if you want or Munster" Wexford wouldnt even win the Connacht hurling championship at the minute even without Galway in it! The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 769 - 12/06/2023 09:07:55 2485686 Link
Replying To galwayford: "What is capacity of O Moore park, Port Laois. Surely that is the venue to be developed." That was where I was on about, close to the M7 on mainline rail lines. Cross-country from many places like Wexford and Galway but a lot easier than Croke Park to get to for much of the country. It could be a small bit smaller than Thurles but would suit many hurling matches if it was 40k. Capacity is 22k per Google. ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1336 - 12/06/2023 11:38:26 2485769 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "'Quite a large walk'! As vague as the rest of your post. Tuam Stadium, ever heard of it?" Yes - Tuam stadium; used to get a fair few games but not for a while. Seems to be the Galway equivalent of Athy. Good in it's day. Maybe Salthill is easy to get to from Castlebar but it's been a nightmare any time I've been there. The three toughest grounds to get to in my experience are Salthill, Pairc ui Caoimh and Croke Park. brianb (Kildare) - Posts: 437 - 12/06/2023 14:10:39 2485859 Link
Portlaoise is a fine venue in many ways, but not much space at any side of it to extend stand or terraces in order to accommodate approximately double the current capacity. You could extend the stand from the back a bit all right, but then you'd lose all the parking spaces and some or all of one of both pitches behind the stand (which are part of the Laois Centre of Excellence). Which links in with other things to be considered. Would the venue still be Laois County Board's and the Laois county grounds? Or would it be a communal (for want of a better word) GAA facility, in the manner of Croke Park? All sorts of issues either way re. ownership/management/maintenance etc., not to mention how the development would be paid for in the first place. Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 2856 - 12/06/2023 14:27:07 2485865 Link
Outskirts of Mullingar would be ideal, just off N4 and bang in the centre of the country. dec (None) - Posts: 295 - 12/06/2023 15:41:17 2485901 Link
Replying To The_DOC: "Wexford wouldnt even win the Connacht hurling championship at the minute even without Galway in it!" We could win Leinster next year all the same. We have won Leinster more recently than you have. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 15673 - 12/06/2023 16:27:52 2485945 Link