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

[seafoid]

Someone said upthread that the buses past Casement only go every 15 minutes. Does Belfast not have different arrangements for buses feeding crowds to big matches ?

[imtommygunn]

what big matches would they be?

[markl121]

Someone said upthread that the buses past Casement only go every 15 minutes. Does Belfast not have different arrangements for buses feeding crowds to big matches ?

transport in the west is brutal, used to work on the Stewartstown road, could take half an hour to get there from divis. Buses very irregular although the glider has helped this. Usually gridlock all the time god help it on a match day in casement

[An Watcher]

I'm sure if there's a major sporting event the required buses will be pit on.  Why have them on now?

[seafoid]

I thought Protestants were organised and would be well able to sort out regular buses to a stadium if a match was on. But are regular buses an Irish concept and thus unacceptable to Jim Allister ?

[Milltown Row2]

I thought Protestants were organised and would be well able to sort out regular buses to a stadium if a match was on. But are regular buses an Irish concept and thus unacceptable to Jim Allister ?

Not sure about Protestants being organised

Anytime I go to Ravenhill I get train in from where I live to bus/train station and there is a bus that brings you to Ravenhill and then back to bus/train station.

[clonian]

I thought Protestants were organised and would be well able to sort out regular buses to a stadium if a match was on. But are regular buses an Irish concept and thus unacceptable to Jim Allister ?

Not sure about Protestants being organised

Anytime I go to Ravenhill I get train in from where I live to bus/train station and there is a bus that brings you to Ravenhill and then back to bus/train station.

There's a park and ride from outside Belfast Met I think too. It works well.

I'm sure a solution can be found from Sprucefield etc

[seafoid]

Why didn't they link the euros to Windsor Park, trading as "the National Stadium" . #Notions

Is the Casement site bigger than the Windsor Park site ?

[Rossfan]

You need to go out for a walk Seaf

[Feckitt]

Watching Cliftonvilke v Larne live on BBC tonight,  before the match they kept talking about the big crowd     but it looks like less than 1000 to me.

[marty34]

Is the top stand/or half stand on the far side not open or is it not finished?

[Applesisapples]

I would assume that there will be park and ride for big games, as there is for Ulster Rugby matches and concerts.

[seafoid]

According to the Examiner, Pairc ui Chaoimh will  host a European Rugby semifinal on the weekend of 4/5 May. The stadium can hold over 40,000 . The last time it hosted a rugby game, €5.6m was spent by patrons between tickets and refreshments and a further €3.7m was spent in Cork.


Imagine that happening in West Belfast on a regular basis

[p3427977]

According to the Examiner, Pairc ui Chaoimh will  host a European Rugby semifinal on the weekend of 4/5 May. The stadium can hold over 40,000 . The last time it hosted a rugby game, €5.6m was spent by patrons between tickets and refreshments and a further €3.7m was spent in Cork.


Imagine that happening in West Belfast on a regular basis

I've more chance of winning the lotto than PUC hosting a semi final.

[Sportacus]

According to the Examiner, Pairc ui Chaoimh will  host a European Rugby semifinal on the weekend of 4/5 May. The stadium can hold over 40,000 . The last time it hosted a rugby game, €5.6m was spent by patrons between tickets and refreshments and a further €3.7m was spent in Cork.


Imagine that happening in West Belfast on a regular basis

Define 'regular'?