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

[SaffronSports]

Whatever money is available should just be spent on land somewhere around Antrim or Ballymena and gradually build a facility there somewhere. Probably faster than this Casement crap anyway

[rodney trotter]

Could they build a reduced capacity ground of 20k with the money that is availabe? They are 90 million short and are messing around to get a vanity ground that will rarely be filled. The crowds are down in the championship.

[twohands!!!]

Kevin O'Donovan trying to sell the future of Pairc Ui Chaoimh as a municipal stadium which is basically code for taxpayers money.

Also yet more confirmation that there is basically no way to turn a profit on ordinary operations of the stadium due to the running costs.

When you consider how the current version of Casement has the scope to be an even bigger financial disaster than PuC it's mind-boggling that there is anyone still speaking publicly about being in favour of the current version.

"My vision is for it to be a municipal stadium. I think stadiums are expensive public goods that need public support and funding and need to be multi-sport. SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh wasn't built for that, but this is our way of maybe retrofitting a little bit of that. Building multi-sport training facilities in the future will be harder.

"This stadium is actually used far more than people actually know because we've all the club programmes, several inter-county teams and the camogie and ladies football are in here now. But, is it used 365 days a year? No, should it be used 365 days a year? It kind of has to be to pay the bills, the rates, the energy costs and so on.

https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41662664.html

[Rossfan]

Casement won't be repaying a huge debt.
Wouldnt naming rights cover a good bit of annual running costs?

[p3427977]

Casement won't be repaying a huge debt.
Wouldnt naming rights cover a good bit of annual running costs?

The total figure for the build includes running costs. The civil service price for the life of the project I think so the actual build isn't near the stated figure.

[Wildweasel74]

To cut even at Croke park, they used to talk about having to get it half full.

[marty34]

At Croke Park etc. on match days. Just wondering do the young programme sellers etc. get paid?

I presume the stewards are all volunteers? Or do they get paid also.

Security are an outside company?

[Rossfan]

To cut even at Croke park, they used to talk about having to get it half full.

That oul chestnut.
That was based on the total cost (incl the debt repayments back then) divided by the number of matchdays.

An AI Final must bring in about €6m in ticket sales.
Add in programmes, drink, food....
Other end of the scale the junior/inter Club Finals or the Ring/Rackard/Meagher Finals must bring in €50k each.