Aviva Vs Croke Park

Both Croke Park and Lansdowne look sh*t IMO. Croke Park looks unfinished with the Nally Terrace and Hill 16. The North Stand in Lansdowne road is terrible looking also. 

i always have loved croke park since i was a kid. the old ground had a distinct look and feel to it with the history in it. took a while to get used to the new place but now i love the ground. was in the premium level with my dad for the all Ireland hurling final. how can you moan about sitting down for a beef dinner and a few beers before a big game :) 

Don't agree that it should be completed. All these bland wrap around stadiums look soul-less. Croke park's Hill end is distinctive. 

My understanding is that the stadium was built big enough that they could put a station in underneath the Canal End if they desired. However, it would obviously necessitate additional electrification from Connolly and be relatively expensive with limited use aside from matchdays. There is only one track down from Connolly onto the line that runs under the Canal End. The line itself is double track but that one single track bit limits capacity.

The other thing is that Drumcondra and Croke Park stations are close enough. Frankly, there should be specials from down the country into Connolly on match days, with ones from the South and West stopping at Drumcondra having come through the Phoenix Park Tunnel. For safety reasons, they could obviously only stop there on the way up and not on the way down, because you wouldn't want hundreds of people on the platforms there after a match, necessarily.

The long term goal of Irish Rail is electrification of the Maynooth line in addition to the building of the Dart underground through the city centre from Heuston via Stephen's Green and Pearse to the Docklands. If that happens, there will be a Dart station at Drumcondra serving Connolly and all stations Southwards. The issue then would be for people coming from the North, who would only have Darts heading via Clontarf Road, the Docklands, Pearse and Heuston - they wouldn't have close stations without changing at Pearse for Connolly and Drumcondra, or walking all the way from Clontarf Road or the Docklands.

But a station at Croke Park, while possible, doesn't appear to be on the radar.


Edited by SuperDave84 - 10 Dec 2014 at 9:01pm

kevincronin2000 wrote: I wonder is there any chance of Croke park getting a Dart Station in the future

Hardly neccessry, Drumcondra station is about a 10 min walk

corkery wrote: kevincronin2000 wrote: What I would like to see is the terrace in hill 16 level with the other lower stands and an upper tier stand go around the 4 sides of the pitch. The latest development will have more to do with stadium access etc... Na, a terrace is tradition.  I think Croke park is much better but the pitch is far too big for soccer.

No keep the hill as a terrace but seat an upper level stand over it.

corkery wrote: kevincronin2000 wrote: What I would like to see is the terrace in hill 16 level with the other lower stands and an upper tier stand go around the 4 sides of the pitch. The latest development will have more to do with stadium access etc... Na, a terrace is tradition.  I think Croke park is much better but the pitch is far too big for soccer.

So was the canal end . Seat it all and cover it up. It looks stupid and unfinished.

What I would like to see is the terrace in hill 16 level with the other lower stands and an upper tier stand go around the 4 sides of the pitch. The latest development will have more to do with stadium access etc...

We need to go back to Dalymount.