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

[rodney trotter]

Will Casement be the biggest stadium in Ireland outside of Croke and Aviva ?

The redeveloped Pairce Ui Chaoimh will be a 50,000 all seater stadium.

[The Worker]

Will Casement be the biggest stadium in Ireland outside of Croke and Aviva ?

The redeveloped Pairce Ui Chaoimh will be a 50,000 all seater stadium.

The Gaelic grounds in Limerick hold 50k also.

[rodney trotter]

True, was referring to it being all seater Just googled and I was wrong terrace behind the goals in cork

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Will Casement be the biggest stadium in Ireland outside of Croke and Aviva ?

The redeveloped Pairce Ui Chaoimh will be a 60,000 all seater stadium.

wouldn't be so sure of that

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/cork-gaa-confident-p%C3%A1irc-u%C3%AD-chaoimh-project-will-get-go-ahead-1.1531060

[rodney trotter]

Yep, I saw that when I looked it up

[theticklemister]

Looks like a Derry takeover. Demented weirdo.

It will be finished in 2059 if that is the case then.

[Estimator]

I see they have appointed a contractor for the stadium.

It's beginning to fall into place.....

Ryan Feeney, Faughanvale, Co. Derry
Stephen McGeehan, Ballinderry, Co. Tyrone

Mark H Durkan, Derry City, Co. Derry

Heron Bros, Ballinascreen, Co. Derry

Hmmm

Fishing?

[orangeman]

This whole idea of having premium levels and VIP areas to my mind is far removed from the ethos of the GAA. I don't mind the smallish section you get in Semple, Armagh, Omagh etc. But this introduces division based on money and influence. I would see through it if Clubs were to get a sahre of such tickets for their use but that won't happen.

The rugby and soccer boys have plenty of money. They'll bring a lot of corporate money.

[T Fearon]

Surely its time for the concerned residents to occupy Casement Park a la Twaddell camp?

[Jeepers Creepers]

There an obvious punch line there T Fearon. People talking about soccer games. Which particular soccer games do they envisage being played at Casement?

[Rossfan]

There an obvious punch line there T Fearon. People talking about soccer games. Which particular soccer games do they envisage being played at Casement?

Linfield v Glasgow Rangers ?

[Tony Baloney]

I see from their full page spread in the IN rounders will be a feature at the new Casement. Can't wait. Hoping for a packed house.

[orangeman]

Is the thinking that in 10 or 15 years time that there will be one big love in and that all sides of the community will think nothing of going to some fancy named sports stadium where soccer, rugger, GAA, concerts etc etc will be held ?


We can't even get the county managers to agree on the make up of Mc Kenna cup squads FFS !

[orangeman]

Is the thinking that in 10 or 15 years time that there will be one big love in and that all sides of the community will think nothing of going to some fancy named sports stadium where soccer, rugger, GAA, concerts etc etc will be held ?


We can't even get the county managers to agree on the make up of Mc Kenna cup squads FFS !

In a way, yes. What seems to have happened is........We couldn't agree on the 'national stadium' at Long Kesh so......we'll give the Rugby boys the money they need to do up Ravenhill, give the Soccer boys the money they need to do up Windsor and dump a half arsed 'national stadium' on the GAA in the middle of Andytown. A stadium that is never going to be sustainable through GAA games alone, so unless they run with concerts and anything else that we had envisaged at the Long Kesh stadium, it'll go under.

This stadium will be built for concerts, not GAA games.

It is not being built solely for GAA. Anyone who thinks that is delusional. Anyone who peddles that "story" is telling lies.

A £76m spend on GAA is a nonsense.

Rugby, soccer, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, U2, will be playing in it.

[armaghniac]

Is the thinking that in 10 or 15 years time that there will be one big love in and that all sides of the community will think nothing of going to some fancy named sports stadium where soccer, rugger, GAA, concerts etc etc will be held ?


We can't even get the county managers to agree on the make up of Mc Kenna cup squads FFS !

Extremists like Mickey Harte and Jim Allister will never agree.

It will have to include all of those for it to be sustainable. Only once in the year can GAA games fill it and even that is up for debate - that is the Ulster Football Final.

Combinations of Down/Armagh/Tyrone in the final with a different combination will do the trick. Derry don't bring a crowd, it is a long way from Donegal, and Cavan/Monaghan/Fermanagh are neither nearby nor populous. Antrim is nearby, but hardly likely to play in a final. It isn't much needed for an AI quarter final, a proposed Athlone stadium in another thread would do great business for qualifiers, but not one in Belfast.

A "national" stadium in Andytown seems a bit novel, but sure most people thereabouts regard themselves as  "Northern" Irish anyway.