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

[BigGreenField]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jg9r6d9klo





The aim of the fund is to improve sporting facilities for players and fans, with clubs like Glentoran, Cliftonville, Larne, Derry City and Coleraine among those expected to apply.

Making the announcement, the Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has admitted that much more money will be required but insisted the new fund was "only a beginning".

An estimated £200m is needed to bring facilities in Northern Ireland up to the required standard.

[p3427977]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jg9r6d9klo





The aim of the fund is to improve sporting facilities for players and fans, with clubs like Glentoran, Cliftonville, Larne, Derry City and Coleraine among those expected to apply.

Making the announcement, the Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has admitted that much more money will be required but insisted the new fund was "only a beginning".

An estimated £200m is needed to bring facilities in Northern Ireland up to the required standard.

This will be an absolute disaster. I'd reckon we'll see legal challenges.

[twohands!!!]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jg9r6d9klo





The aim of the fund is to improve sporting facilities for players and fans, with clubs like Glentoran, Cliftonville, Larne, Derry City and Coleraine among those expected to apply.

Making the announcement, the Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has admitted that much more money will be required but insisted the new fund was "only a beginning".

An estimated £200m is needed to bring facilities in Northern Ireland up to the required standard.

This will be an absolute disaster. I'd reckon we'll see legal challenges.

Why do you think it will be a disaster?
What basis do you think there will be for legal challenges? Struggling to see anything to bring a case on.

[p3427977]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jg9r6d9klo





The aim of the fund is to improve sporting facilities for players and fans, with clubs like Glentoran, Cliftonville, Larne, Derry City and Coleraine among those expected to apply.

Making the announcement, the Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has admitted that much more money will be required but insisted the new fund was "only a beginning".

An estimated £200m is needed to bring facilities in Northern Ireland up to the required standard.

This will be an absolute disaster. I'd reckon we'll see legal challenges.

Why do you think it will be a disaster?
What basis do you think there will be for legal challenges? Struggling to see anything to bring a case on.

Certain clubs have apparently been told they're getting certain amounts of money before the application process as even begun.

[LC]

A full and transparent process similar to below no doubt:

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/mystery-as-school-that-didnt-apply-for-funding-got-710k-after-meeting-with-dup-ministers/a878562655.html

[BigGreenField]

Aside from the blatant inequality of provision , I have significant difficulty that professional organisations (with significant prize money) who choose to spend money on players wages and transfer fees (to the point of becoming loss making) rather than infrastructure then seek to be bailed out by state resources. (Also the reason I am against the mad increase in county spending for Gaa teams).

Also not impressed that even modest soccer clubs will leave their pitch unused a lot of the week to keep it pristine for senior matches and expect councils to supply facilities in full. I'd guess 90% of Gaa activity in NI takes place in club or school facilities, for soccer I'd guess 80%+ on council facilities.

Soccer has had 50 years+ of funding support with little grass roots efforts to improve and needs to shut its whisht.

(Casement should also be capped in scale and size, we've enough monuments to excess  about this place).

[twohands!!!]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jg9r6d9klo





The aim of the fund is to improve sporting facilities for players and fans, with clubs like Glentoran, Cliftonville, Larne, Derry City and Coleraine among those expected to apply.

Making the announcement, the Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has admitted that much more money will be required but insisted the new fund was "only a beginning".

An estimated £200m is needed to bring facilities in Northern Ireland up to the required standard.

This will be an absolute disaster. I'd reckon we'll see legal challenges.

Why do you think it will be a disaster?
What basis do you think there will be for legal challenges? Struggling to see anything to bring a case on.

Certain clubs have apparently been told they're getting certain amounts of money before the application process as even begun.

Well if that's the case there should be legal action taken - could well be a difficult one to prove though if there's nothing in writing.

[Rossfan]

Antrim getting awkward....

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2025/0207/1495278-antrim-wont-play-armagh-game-if-not-at-corrigan-park/

[p3427977]

Antrim getting awkward....

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2025/0207/1495278-antrim-wont-play-armagh-game-if-not-at-corrigan-park/

Fair play. Hope they don't give in.

[Armagh18]

Just right. Home advantage is home advantage, as annoying as it will be for all the supporters who miss out

[AustinPowers]

Just right. Home advantage is home advantage, as annoying as it will be for all the supporters who miss out

I agree. But  ticket sales are more important,  it seems

[armaghniac]

Just right. Home advantage is home advantage, as annoying as it will be for all the supporters who miss out

I agree. But  ticket sales are more important,  it seems

No, clearly ticket sales are valuable as revenue can be put to good use. But beyond that the GAA is a community organisation, people should be welcome to come along to games and a handful of people should not be allowed determine whether thousands of others should be allowed attend. Louth played their home games in Inniskeen last year, why should Antrim be more important than Louth?

[tiempo]

Just right. Home advantage is home advantage, as annoying as it will be for all the supporters who miss out

I agree. But  ticket sales are more important,  it seems

No, clearly ticket sales are valuable as revenue can be put to good use. But beyond that the GAA is a community organisation, people should be welcome to come along to games and a handful of people should not be allowed determine whether thousands of others should be allowed attend. Louth played their home games in Inniskeen last year, why should Antrim be more important than Louth?

Week on week thousands decide (by their absence) that only hundreds (or less) attend scores of games around the county  at all levels. Its Antrims call and more power to them, having to watch on TV or the pub is a first world problem, there'll be plenty of other games for everyone to attend before and after this game

[armaghniac]

Just right. Home advantage is home advantage, as annoying as it will be for all the supporters who miss out

I agree. But  ticket sales are more important,  it seems

No, clearly ticket sales are valuable as revenue can be put to good use. But beyond that the GAA is a community organisation, people should be welcome to come along to games and a handful of people should not be allowed determine whether thousands of others should be allowed attend. Louth played their home games in Inniskeen last year, why should Antrim be more important than Louth?

Week on week thousands decide (by their absence) that only hundreds (or less) attend scores of games around the county  at all levels. Its Antrims call and more power to them, having to watch on TV or the pub is a first world problem, there'll be plenty of other games for everyone to attend before and after this game

Why should the GAA deliberately turn people away? Especially as in the case of the Armagh people they have actually gone to games during the year? The GAA should not be elitist. Twenty years ago Armagh did not play at home, they went and won and Sam, they did not make prima donna statements to the TV.

[Armagh18]

Just right. Home advantage is home advantage, as annoying as it will be for all the supporters who miss out

I agree. But  ticket sales are more important,  it seems

No, clearly ticket sales are valuable as revenue can be put to good use. But beyond that the GAA is a community organisation, people should be welcome to come along to games and a handful of people should not be allowed determine whether thousands of others should be allowed attend. Louth played their home games in Inniskeen last year, why should Antrim be more important than Louth?

Did Louth kick up a fuss or were they happy enough?

Players should be the priority and wherever they want to play is where it should be played as they have home advantage imo.