Casement Park in line for major overhaul - 40,000 all seater Stadium.

[Wildweasel74]

Here, nobody would have nothing to cry about if they allowed the Maze stadia to be built years ago.

[imtommygunn]

What's the issue with it? The name ? The location? Both?

If it's location well how do people think nationalists feel going to Windsor park.

[Nanderson]

What's the issue with it? The name ? The location? Both?

If it's location well how do people think nationalists feel going to Windsor park.

too taigy of a place for unionists to want to spend a few hours. also they dont want to see the GAA get handouts from their UK government

[general_lee]

They're some craic.
They're also (those singing) a bunch of stupid bastards.
They chose pumping money into Linfield's stadium rather than have a brand new 40k shared arena that would not only have been built by now; but would also be shortlisted for hosting one of the world's biggest sporting events.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

It's almost worth casement not getting built and having the tournament played everywhere else but the wee 6 and NI fail to qualify. F@ck them.

[6th sam]

There is an ever-shrinking section of unionism, who are some of the most unreasonable people on the planet. The rest of unionism has consistently failed to call this out. Though many are embarrassed by it , they're either afraid to call it out( they'll be called Lundies) or say nothing as this bullying has been effective for years. But they're running out of road .  They could have had a world-leading 40k stadium in their heartland , in the most accessible are of the north, but they went on their own. Despite residents reasonable opposition to Casement , political issues also contributed to delay .
The NI team and their support pulls from a small pool , but supporters and their representatives are still prepared to antagonise the majority of the feeder population. Supposedly intelligent politicians like Kate Hoey with experience of London Olympic athletic stadium being offered to Soccer club, West Ham, won't countenance Casement hosting soccer then GAA. Despite her stadium "expertise" and regular attendance at Windsor Park, She pretends she thinks there's scope to turn Windsor into a 30k stadium overnight . I hope I'm wrong but sadly , unionist bullying has worked for years and there's a real chance it'll work again🤦🏻

[marty34]

There is an ever-shrinking section of unionism, who are some of the most unreasonable people on the planet. The rest of unionism has consistently failed to call this out. Though many are embarrassed by it , they're either afraid to call it out( they'll be called Lundies) or say nothing as this bullying has been effective for years. But they're running out of road .  They could have had a world-leading 40k stadium in their heartland , in the most accessible are of the north, but they went on their own. Despite residents reasonable opposition to Casement , political issues also contributed to delay .
The NI team and their support pulls from a small pool , but supporters and their representatives are still prepared to antagonise the majority of the feeder population. Supposedly intelligent politicians like Kate Hoey with experience of London Olympic athletic stadium being offered to Soccer club, West Ham, won't countenance Casement hosting soccer then GAA. Despite her stadium "expertise" and regular attendance at Windsor Park, She pretends she thinks there's scope to turn Windsor into a 30k stadium overnight . I hope I'm wrong but sadly , unionist bullying has worked for years and there's a real chance it'll work again🤦🏻

You'd think it has to go ahead.

Too much input now for it not to.

[Rossfan]

That Kate Hoey seems the ultimate bigot.
Of course the ones with the Irish Catholic surnames are always the worst of them.

[Armagh18]

What's the issue with it? The name ? The location? Both?

If it's location well how do people think nationalists feel going to Windsor park.

Do you think they give a f**k about the nationalists lol

[trailer]

Heard that GAA might be prepared to double their commitment to £30m with Irish Gov also coughing up some cash.

[Applesisapples]

Firstly on the idea of a "national stadium" no matter where it was built it would have been an anathema tomany if not most GAA fans and Soccer and Rugby could not have filled it often enough to make the atmosphere or the economics viable. On Casement there is no reason why it can't be or shouldn't be used for ulster Finals and semi's. Belfast has done park and rides for many events and as someone else has alluded you won't get parking near the ground so you will have to use the services provided. NI Fans on Saturday once again reminding us why it is a team for one community only, despite attempts by the IFA to spin and whitewash. There is also no reason why a new Casement couldn't also be used for large-scale rugby fixtures including internationals. I'm not from Belfast but it seems to me that lurking below all the efforts to disparage the Casement project is an attempt to continue the historic demonisation of the good people of West Belfast.

[NAG1]

A partner to the main contractor who had experience of building stadiums and actually was working on Anfield at the time of going bust has obviously been dropped from the programme.

The main contractor remains in place and confident of ability to deliver. I don't think this is main stumbling block at this point, had it been started and they went bust then I think it may have been.

[twohands!!!]

There is also no reason why a new Casement couldn't also be used for large-scale rugby fixtures including internationals.

I'd imagine the IRFU have no interest whatsoever in holding international games in Belfast - Aviva is just a far better proposition in terms of making money for them. Really struggling to imagine any sort of scenario where the IRFU would be interesting in holding any international in Casement. The last time Ireland played an international in Ravenhill was 2007 and prior to that was 1954.

Maybe some club games might be a possibility but I would imagine that it would be a fairly infrequent occurence to see rugby in Casement.

[Milltown Row2]

There is also no reason why a new Casement couldn't also be used for large-scale rugby fixtures including internationals.

I'd imagine the IRFU have no interest whatsoever in holding international games in Belfast - Aviva is just a far better proposition in terms of making money for them. Really struggling to imagine any sort of scenario where the IRFU would be interesting in holding any international in Casement. The last time Ireland played an international in Ravenhill was 2007 and prior to that was 1954.

Maybe some club games might be a possibility but I would imagine that it would be a fairly infrequent occurence to see rugby in Casement.

There could be the lowly European competitions played there, Féile an Phobail will have plenty of events there every summer also. There will also be bands coming. There will be some calculation to show what it needs to break even each year and thats all that matters   

[RedHand88]

Digger on site this morning!