They'd be safer sacking the whole show and start again. Get the army in to teach the children and the teachers!
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Show posts MenuQuote from: RadioGAAGAA on February 24, 2024, 09:52:28 PMQuote from: Dreadnought on February 23, 2024, 09:45:10 PMAlright then non lunatic. What's your grand plan? Corrigan Park forever?
Already said it many, many times on the thread. But for your benefit.
- Replace the old main stand with a new one, covered seating. All the facilities they could ever want could be placed underneath this as the new structure could be far more significantly hollowed out relative to old, and the back of it could be extended over the road to add further floor space. No big difference to light on houses to the West of Casement as the existing stand already blocks it.
- Stick a roof over the (renewed) terrace on the far side of the pitch. The back end of this structure can hold the badly needed amenities. It'd be relatively low profile though.
- Renew the terraces at both ends of the pitch. Don't cover them. If there is sufficient demand - as determined by polls, one of the ends could be uncovered seats.
Capacity of 30-40k for the one or two times a year it may be needed - which would be during the summer. Comfortably sufficient covered capacity for during the autumn/winter/spring. 3 or 4 significantly different price tiers.
Basically the stadium that the GAA needs at a cost that will benefit all in the long-run.
Instead we're getting an expensive to build, expensive to maintain milestone, which will come with astronomical ticket prices.
But hey - the Ulster Council might be able to hold a few concerts. That's what this is about right? Otherwise it makes no sense to build what they are trying to build.
Quote from: Sportacus on February 23, 2024, 09:29:51 AMTeaching union leader on the radio saying 50% of schools are in the red, spending more money than they have in their budget.
So that presumably means 50% of schools are not spending more than they have coming in. How is that?
Are some principals spending away beyond their means and others aren't? E.g holding onto staff.
Are principals given any training on finances and budgets?
Are some schools great at fundraising?
What else are the factors?
It's odd that half the schools are managing (extremely difficult no doubt), and half aren't. Perhaps even seems unfair that one school is busting their gut to stay inside budget, and the next one is merrily running up a deficit.
Quote from: NorthAntrim on February 23, 2024, 02:17:36 PMQuote from: Round or stuffed on February 23, 2024, 12:52:36 PMso have there been any fixtures released or is it likely that there will be in the next few days?
you dont need fixtures, contact your club secretary as its them holding the process up. Keep every weekend free from now until decemeber incase you make an all ireland final. And dont forget to go home and bate the wife because she hasnt the dinner ready
Quote from: Dreadnought on February 22, 2024, 11:45:11 AMQuote from: JimStynes on February 22, 2024, 11:23:25 AMI played the old Casement too. U14 feile final, and U16 county game. I still remember it and can say I played it. I can't see it not being used, and this stuff drives kids to love the game and such.Quote from: Dreadnought on February 22, 2024, 11:18:59 AMQuote from: Sportacus on February 22, 2024, 11:02:36 AMIt's the spoofing that annoys me. A bunch of amateurs and their only hope now is that the UK Government throw the money at it to deliver the Euros, whatever it takes. That may save their skin in the end, but never forget it has been a complete fiasco.Like who cares? The Euros will pay for it itself. Even if it will be a white elephant (which i don;t think it will), we often see tournaments build stadia and leave them in place for use. Why is this seen as a bad thing? It'll be paid for and got the money back in tax, and then will be used for otehr events
And every chance it will be an underused white elephant. The euros will be gone in a blink, and then what? Potentially one or two capacity games per year, and as far as concerts, there are plenty of established venues already so there'll be plenty of competition for the big artists to pick from - no guarantee at all of success there either.
And where will an Antrim U16 final be played? Will they really go to the cost of opening a 34k seat stadium for a club underage final?
And yes? Hardly would think they'll open up every stand and have 100s of stewards. But absolutely. Isn't this the point, that finals even underage ones are played at the main county ground? Jeez, this is mad stuff you're getting annoyed at. It hardly costs millions to open a gate and one stand for a club match
When Casement was open it was used all the time for Antrim club games with a few 100 people there.
Quote from: twohands!!! on February 22, 2024, 12:26:24 PMQuote from: trailer on February 22, 2024, 11:09:36 AMWhy are people so animated about the cost? Genuine question. Do you believe that by not building it the money will somehow be spent on some other part of government that will deliver some top class service or something? What is it about the cost specifically that people care about?
Because the same thing that happened in Cork is going to happen except it's going to be across all of Ulster GAA as opposed to just one county when it comes to the paying of it. It's going to hoover up a huge percentage of the available money while being built and for a good while after, especially if it isn't able to make profit as a going concern. I think there is a serious risk of cutbacks and restrictions on spending across every absolutely every aspect of Ulster GAA for a good number of years.
Quote from: Dreadnought on February 22, 2024, 11:18:59 AMQuote from: Sportacus on February 22, 2024, 11:02:36 AMIt's the spoofing that annoys me. A bunch of amateurs and their only hope now is that the UK Government throw the money at it to deliver the Euros, whatever it takes. That may save their skin in the end, but never forget it has been a complete fiasco.Like who cares? The Euros will pay for it itself. Even if it will be a white elephant (which i don;t think it will), we often see tournaments build stadia and leave them in place for use. Why is this seen as a bad thing? It'll be paid for and got the money back in tax, and then will be used for otehr events
And every chance it will be an underused white elephant. The euros will be gone in a blink, and then what? Potentially one or two capacity games per year, and as far as concerts, there are plenty of established venues already so there'll be plenty of competition for the big artists to pick from - no guarantee at all of success there either.
And where will an Antrim U16 final be played? Will they really go to the cost of opening a 34k seat stadium for a club underage final?
And yes? Hardly would think they'll open up every stand and have 100s of stewards. But absolutely. Isn't this the point, that finals even underage ones are played at the main county ground? Jeez, this is mad stuff you're getting annoyed at. It hardly costs millions to open a gate and one stand for a club match
Quote from: 5times5times on February 21, 2024, 12:59:11 PMPeople who want the Ulster final to remain in Clones need their heads examined.
Town = dump
Ground = dump
Roads = crap
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on February 17, 2024, 09:59:09 PMThe Sapranos. End of. Anyone who disagrees should be sin binned from Gaaboard for bad behaviour.
Quote from: gallsman on February 17, 2024, 07:31:24 PMQuote from: JimStynes on February 17, 2024, 01:12:41 PMQuote from: gallsman on February 17, 2024, 11:50:48 AMMasters of the Air is outstanding and you're all dopes.
It's very good but suffers from always being compared to Band of Brothers. And as the lads have said, BOB is the greatest show ever made. One of the best things about BOB for me was the interviews with the real life characters at the start of each episode. 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war.....' 😢😢
It's really, really, really not.
Quote from: gallsman on February 17, 2024, 11:50:48 AMMasters of the Air is outstanding and you're all dopes.