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Propagandhi®
Liam Brady Joined: 09 Aug 2010 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1904 |
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Posted: 09 Aug 2010 at 6:44pm |
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“Built on greatness” the website proclaims — but Dublin’s £333 million Aviva Stadium doesn’t appear to be living up to its promise. With the Irish taxpayer footing around £159m of the bill, fans are disappointed that the roof is leaking. Dermot McMonagle from Cavan was in the Upper Tier of the South Stand last Saturday for the under-20 match between Munster-Connaught and Leinster-Ulster. He told the Irish Mail on Sunday: “There was quite a heavy, swirly shower after half-time. It was coming down through the roof at a couple of places near at hand, within eight or nine feet and later it was coming down behind me too.” Mr McMonagle and several others complained to stewards, who commented: “Well, the people that make the decisions around here don’t come up here.” Fortunately, fans were able to move from affected seats as the stadium was not full to capacity on Saturday. Rain would have caused a bigger outcry if it had arrived on Wednesday when Manchester United thrashed the Airtricity League XI 7-1 as 49,861 of the stadium’s 50,000 seats were occupied. The showcase match itself saw problems, when fans faced hours of queueing for tickets. The FAI had announced tickets would be on sale between 9am and 5pm on the day. However following some sales in the morning, a makeshift ticket booth only opened at 4.30pm. The FAI is said to have launched an internal investigation into the complaints about leaks. A spokesman for the Aviva Stadium confirmed that a number of leaks had been identified and that work had been undertaken to rectify the problem. Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/new-aviva-stadium-lsquosprung-a-leak-during-first-gamersquo-14901902.html#ixzz0w9hHo17Z |
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Paulie
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FFS, it's a new stadium, there are going to be teething problems. Dermot McMonagle from Cavan (if that is indeed his real name), needs to cop on.
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FFS, some people always want to look to the negatives. Its a brand new structure, €333m, surely there's gonna be a few snags that need to be ironed out.
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Enough said look where he's from.. |
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Jack Charlton I love buses Joined: 06 Jan 2009 Location: Amsterdam Status: Offline Points: 7381 |
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Spot on Paulie. There are always going to be minor problems at the start. Let's hope we only have these minor things to worry about. |
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got my kitchen done a while ago.there were snags.we rang the guy and he came round and fixed them.perspective please lads.my main issue would be the quality of the actual pitch.croker took a while to get right and wembley as we all know is in bits.they get experts on grass in from everywhere but never semple stadium in thurles
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Exactly the reason we had the mickey mouse warm up games for both codes with good attendances (one due to good marketing and cheap seats, one exploiting the amount of barstoolers in the country), it means these problems can be addressed early and before the big boys get there
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2 points to make -
Mr McMonagle and several others complained to stewards, who commented: “Well, the people that make the decisions around here don’t come up here.”
The FAI is said to have launched an internal investigation into the complaints about leaks. A spokesman for the Aviva Stadium confirmed that a number of leaks had been identified and that work had been undertaken to rectify the problem. Maybe the staff need to be briefed on potential issues and how to deal with these issues in the correct manner.
And yes there will be teeting issues hopefully they will be sorted out in the coming weeks.
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I'd be more worried about the zero lighting that they had in some of the tunnels around/under the ground. Accident waiting to happen
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kopite
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any photos from inside ground and tunnel areas last week??? |
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What happens on away trips, stays on away trips...except syphilis!
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Kevin Kilbane Joined: 24 Feb 2010 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 454 |
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Ah you we wearing dak glasses
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Is that about JD's salary
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