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heighway2heaven 
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Favourite stadium to watch football. Absolute quality. |
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theheff1989
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I was at that too Wexford minors playing that day. The crowd was desperate. The bandwagoners fans then Baldrick. |
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They're both great for what they are intended for (ie Croker great for GAA, crap for football; Aviva great for football, crap for NFL). I think the aviva feels a little "cheaper" (seats/stairs/bars) than Croker, but being closer to the action is a big plus. The atmosphere in both is great if the action on the field is living up to it.
Wouldn't have any problem with the location of either, plenty of boozers around both. Feckin delighted I live in a city with these two magnificant stadia |
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I think the atmosphere at the Italy qualifier and France playoffs were better than any atmosphere at Lansdowne
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Where do you want us to play our games? Richmond Park? You'll be on top of the pitch, they'll need about 10 balls to finish the game, but one end is called "the shed", with half the roof of it demolished. You'll fork €15 out to stand in that tip every time. We pay fair prices to go to Lansdowne, we deserve some comfort for it. It won't be "soulless" for the Poland game, but rather too much "Polska BC"  for my liking. Edited by planning - 04 Feb 2013 at 4:01pm |
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France probably best I've ever seen |
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Both average stadiums IMO
Both could have been so much better |
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I think the design could have been much better. For starters the stands are still too far from the pitch imo, the north end is sh*te and them white pipes look horrendous and blocks the spectators view of other fans. The corporate section is too big. I have been in the Millenium stadium and that is much much better. Its tight and the atmosphere is way better. We should have built a smaller version, 40,000 capacity stadium with fook all corporate seats (ideally none) and have it built with atmosphere in mind. The aviva was built for rugby to be honest. Very big corporate sectors, with business in mind not atmosphere. Someone said the aviva was built to have good acoustics. Thats a load of rubbish. You cant hear the PA for god's sake and the atmosphere is shocking. As someone said the lower terraces could have been made a bit steeper. It's a functional arena thats all that can be said for it. Might win awards for architecture but it wont win any rewards on or off the pitch for atmosphere.
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theheff1989
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In what way, I like that croke park has terrace but my ideal one would be like Dortmunds one. |
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I would love to nuke both Lansdowne Road and Croke Park, I also hate ****s who call a football ground after a sponsor
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heighway2heaven
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Posted: 04 Feb 2013 at 6:27pm |
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You cant compere two stadia that were built for different purposes Croke park is a tremendous stadium built for and used by an amateur association and no better place to be when its near a full house Down or Dublin games
 a statistic used in local gaa circles is that it only breaks even when the attendance is over 26000 people - The GAA shouldnt be about money and Croker should be used for all GAA showcase games no matter the code regardless of attendance -Never had any bother around the pubs be it Cat and Cage / Kennedy's / Skylon -Northside or the Big tree / Meaghers / etc etc on the other side - as for the new Aviva dont know much about that side of town apart from Clann na Gael fontenoys 3 euro a pint midweek - the vintage - the old jurys hotels x 3 but as a stadium not the best ive ever been in
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GreenArmy!
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Croke Park:
Pros:Capacity very high nice to see a terrace,even if its not symetrical to the rest of the ground when full makes incredible noise. Cons:To people outside of Ireland such as away fans in the football it seemed like a temporary stand. And playing surface too big for football Lansdowne: Pros:Very nice and modern looking Good facilities The fact that there is a section where you can stand,sing and shout (SS) Cons:The north stand!would have been nice to see a two tier end or something along those lines not so much a carbon copy of the south but definitely not the half-arsed north stand we have now As somebody said above it can be quite soulless. and of course the sponsored name. Edited by GreenArmy! - 04 Feb 2013 at 7:01pm |
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Aviva doesn't have nice facilities. Crap, tight entrances for the jacks, massive queues for the shops and bars that don't open for soccer matches. I know they open for rugby matches, but frankly they could be used as shops during the soccer matches selling far more than they do. The queues are terrible at the shops for football matches, way worse than at rugby matches (i've been twice) even when the attendance is the same.
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Claret Murph
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Posted: 04 Feb 2013 at 8:03pm |
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I am happy that I will never need to go back to Croke Park again
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Landon Donovan
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Posted: 04 Feb 2013 at 8:08pm |
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I find Lansdowne road very cramped in the concourse area and not nearly enough toilets. TBH they were probably better off building a new stadium on a green field site, which they will probably have to after this version of Lansdowne Road is expired. The queues for booze at rugby matches is actually alright. Food is no goer for rugby or football. |
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theheff1989
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What's the deal with the toilets in LR they are so cramped and pokey. Is this the same all over only been in the south stand., cant remember what they like in east stand.
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Landon Donovan
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Posted: 04 Feb 2013 at 8:13pm |
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I was in the east stand before and its still the same. Even in the premium area in the South there are huge queues. |
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