Would Club all ireland finals get better attendance

[irish345]

If they move them from st patricks day and had them on some saturday in april or something or is the attendance ok or should they be moved from croke park all together but that would take away from the occasion of getting to croke park which would be a pretty big thing for a club player.

Is the current sitaution ok  or do some people get the feeling that people are concentrating on other things on paddys day so do you think having them on a different day would get a bigger crowd.Could it be the case that your not going to ever get a big crowd because gaa clubs are more of a thing supported by their own communities and your not going to get much casuals intrested in club finals unless there connected to that club.

Could having 4 or 6 games in the one day help things aswell have all the junior or intermediate finals on the same day aswell could that help things.

How much are the tickets for the club finals

[irish345]

Personally myself i like having them on saint patricks day

[Milltown Row2]

If they move them from st patricks day and had them on some saturday in april or something or is the attendance ok or should they be moved from croke park all together but that would take away from the occasion of getting to croke park which would be a pretty big thing for a club player.

Is the current sitaution ok  or do some people get the feeling that people are concentrating on other things on paddys day so do you think having them on a different day would get a bigger crowd.Could it be the case that your not going to ever get a big crowd because gaa clubs are more of a thing supported by their own communities and your not going to get much casuals intrested in club finals unless there connected to that club.

Could having 4 or 6 games in the one day help things aswell have all the junior or intermediate finals on the same day aswell could that help things.

How much are the tickets for the club finals

Have you just had a case of Red Bull?

[Eamonnca1]

I'd add the club Camogie and ladies football finals on the same day. That should do something for attendance. Might be tricky to split the takings between three organizations but it's not impossible. Above all I'd market the club finals to tourists, give them something more genuine than paddywackery. There's no reason why Croke Park shouldn't be filled on St Paddy's Day.

[lenny]

If they move them from st patricks day and had them on some saturday in april or something or is the attendance ok or should they be moved from croke park all together but that would take away from the occasion of getting to croke park which would be a pretty big thing for a club player.

Is the current sitaution ok  or do some people get the feeling that people are concentrating on other things on paddys day so do you think having them on a different day would get a bigger crowd.Could it be the case that your not going to ever get a big crowd because gaa clubs are more of a thing supported by their own communities and your not going to get much casuals intrested in club finals unless there connected to that club.

Could having 4 or 6 games in the one day help things aswell have all the junior or intermediate finals on the same day aswell could that help things.

How much are the tickets for the club finals

Need to be played the week before Christmas. Club championship needs to be completed in the one calendar year.

[five points]

There's no reason why Croke Park shouldn't be filled on St Paddy's Day.

Croke Park will never fill on St Patrick's Day, no matter what you put on. Too many competing attractions in every town in the land.

[five points]

Need to be played the week before Christmas.

That would be some traffic balls-up.

[Rossfan]

Semi Finals early December, Finals in mid January.

[Milltown Row2]

Its grand as it is, the tv coverage and build up to these games are great, if you've been involved with a club that has had the chance to play at Croker on St Patricks day you'll understand then what it does to a club and its future.

For a county like ours to have limited success at county level to having a club represent its county and province in Croke park is some achievment, Loughgiel, Rossa Cushendall and the great Dunloy teams have all graced the pitch on St Patricks day, ourselves and the Johnnies also had that opportunity in football.

The GAA calendar year is packed out, the break to play the semi finals  and finals in Feb and March is of no hinderance to anyone

[Duine Eile]

The GAA calendar year is packed out, the break to play the semi finals  and finals in Feb and March is of no hinderance to anyone

Try telling that to Kieran Molloy and Liam Silke!

[five points]

The GAA calendar year is packed out, the break to play the semi finals  and finals in Feb and March is of no hinderance to anyone

Try telling that to Kieran Molloy and Liam Silke!

The problem there is the colleges' refusal to play Sigerson and Fitzgibbon finals earlier than February.

[Eamonnca1]

There's no reason why Croke Park shouldn't be filled on St Paddy's Day.

Croke Park will never fill on St Patrick's Day, no matter what you put on. Too many competing attractions in every town in the land.

That's defeatism talking. The GAA could do far more to attract tourists to the games. There's more to the country than pubs and the Guinness storehouse.

[twohands!!!]

There's no reason why Croke Park shouldn't be filled on St Paddy's Day.

Croke Park will never fill on St Patrick's Day, no matter what you put on. Too many competing attractions in every town in the land.

That's defeatism talking. The GAA could do far more to attract tourists to the games. There's more to the country than pubs and the Guinness storehouse.

I'm convinced the GAA is leaving a serious chunk of easy money on the table in relation to getting tourists to games.

11.2 million tourists visited Ireland last year according to Tourism Ireland - I would say that out of that 11 million the number who attended a GAA match was tiny.

[irish345]

They should have the hurling finals and Football finals  on rte 1 or 2

maybe semi finals awell

[lenny]

Semi Finals early December, Finals in mid January.

Why a 5 or 6 week gap. Crazy. Semi early December, final 2 weeks later max. Mid December all finished in time for Christmas.