EURO 2020 - "A EURO for Europe" Confirmed - You Boys in Green Forum

The source say we're bidding is from a German paper, wouldnt read too much into it

But if we did bid three ways it would still mean 1/8 teams gets a spot so don't rule it out.

Braga's stadium in Portugal

Its common knowledge that UEFA don't allow terracing in stadiums anymore , given that all of our GAA stadiums have terracing and the majority of the big counties have stadium capacity's of 30,000+ . One solution is to simply upgrade all the seats in the two main stands of a GAA stadium provided its big enough to reach the minimum capacity required to meet Uefa standards and regulations. Braga's stadium is the perfect example , we wouldn't be using the terracing thats always on either side of a stand in a GAA stadium.

Croke Park and Landsdowne are ready as they are. Thomond Park would need to increase its capacity by 10,000.

GAA stadiums capacitys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gaelic_Athletic_Association_stadiums

5 stadiums (w/o Croker) have capacity's of 40,000 + already , we could host a European Championships imo , it'd be alot of work and money but i'm sure it could be done.

Edited by Green Devil - 22 Mar 2012 at 12:54pm

"He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland,"

Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan

Del-Piero wrote:

irishmufc wrote:

McHale park?not a hope.it should be bulldozed.it must be the windiest Gah ground in ireland.everyyime ive gone there its been hailstones,pissing rain.even if its sunny its still windy.that place would freeze a polar bear

That honour must surely go to Pearse Stadium!

i was only in pearse stadium once in 09 when mayo won it in the last minute from gardiner Star

and it was a nice day.there was a fantastic atmosphere but it seemed like a sheltered enough spot but this was in july to be fair.its a nicer stadium,more compact stadium than mchale park i found.

Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been.

Liatrom Red wrote:

irishmufc wrote:

McHale park?not a hope.it should be bulldozed.it must be the windiest Gah ground in ireland.everyyime ive gone there its been hailstones,pissing rain.even if its sunny its still windy.that place would freeze a polar bear

Was thinking the same myself.

Did a reckie whilst over in the west last weekend and apart from the floodlights it and the surrounding area are as dilapidated as when I was last there over 10 years ago. Apparently, it's a 42k all seater these days. Perhaps so with someone sat on your shoulders!

Not enough money swilling around in the coffers for Ireland to get this on their own I'm afraid. Be great if a Celtic bid was successful, but I have to say I love travelling for the big tournaments to foreign pastures so wouldn't be that gutted if it wasn't.

what i do know was years ago it used to hold 35k for connaught finals many moons ago but they wouldnt allow those number again id imagine.it would be great for thecountry if we got it but i prefer going abroad myself

Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been.

Gaa stadiums need to be updated anyway because of health and safety no reason the gaa fai irfu and government can't all work together and aim to host the rugby world cup and one of the euro between 2020-2028

Bit of a stupid question but if we did host a tournament (croker and lansdowne). would we still play in Lansdowne, with 25k less fans able to go ?

Id choose lansdowne as long as id get a ticket

Maggie Thatcher, Winston Churchill, Lawrence Of Arabia, Elton John! Yiz can all go f**k yerselves

Have yez no faith in our Government lads. Those tricycle lads will be long gone. Like a rocket the man said
"MINISTER FOR Finance Michael Noonan has given an upbeat assessment of the Irish economy, saying it could grow by more than 6 per cent in nominal terms next year and “take off like a rocket” if the world economy picks up".

Football is all very well a good game for rough girls, but
not for delicate boys.

It's not just about stadiums, the transport infrastructure is a shambles, are there enough hotel rooms? Not sure the Welsh or Scots have the facilities either, it would be very expensive all round.

sure it would be class for travelling reasons if it went to Germany or Netherlands. Then of course if it goes to Georgia/Azjerwhatever then there should be more tickets available.

Ideally they should be all held in one country though.