New Stadiums

lassassinblanc wrote: Is there a TV Studio in Tallaght Stadium ??

Yes. It is reinforced with bullet proof glass.

Shoco wrote: The stand alone won't bring it to a cat 4 stadium. The lights aren't good enough, there's not the proper VIP seating, not enough media facilities, not enough to camera positions, lack of hospitality area and so on, it's quite a long list actually

Edited by roverstillidie - 10 Nov 2016 at 3:46pm

Yep all required for a cat 4 stadium

The stand alone won't bring it to a cat 4 stadium.

The lights aren't good enough, there's not the proper VIP seating, not enough media facilities, not enough to camera positions, lack of hospitality area and so on, it's quite a long list actually

zizu Kilbane wrote: Mentioned elsewhere here I'm sure, but Tallaght is getting a third stand next year. Circa 2.6k. It will be a Uefa Cat 4 stadium then and will be able to host CL group stages (if a team ever makes it that far!) Plan to build a 4th stand over the next few years too.

Yea this has been in the pipe line a while now good to see it getting the green light , shame the design won't make the ground in to a bowl design stadium

I love that back road from Mallow- Ballyduff upper- Tallow- Lismore, but you would want yer wits about ya, and not get stuck behind the inevitable tractor or horsebox 

pre Madonna wrote: corkery wrote: pre Madonna wrote: Can anybody explain why the GAA need so many stadia that will rarely, if ever, be full? Everyone wants to be able to play a championship game at home. It is a joke, Pairc Ui Chaoimh will never be full more than once a year for matches.

RWC is in mind. Cork needs a major stadium, on the other hand Belfast does not need a 30k plus GAA staidum I've had this discussion with my friends/family who own bars in the area two major ones across the road from it Casement is going to be a nightmare. It'll get one Ulster final ever, due to taxes it's a nightmare to get out from unless the PSNI close one lane of the motorway (which they won't) and Antrim GAA isn't exactly boooming they're not going to fill it. It's in a heavily residential area which limits the concerts it can hold... 34k stadium for schools finals Ravenhill is to be expanded in the coming years to make it a 20k+ stadium the largest in the city. There is no way in hell Casement needs to be that size. A 20k stadium with excellent facilities inside would of been perfect, I think the GAA are partly winding up the Unionists and IFA which I'm all for but it's still madness.

Let's face it outside Thomond and Dublin this country needed new stadiums, some are in an awful state. Time for the LOI to make the change now and start updating their stadia and facilities.

Edited by SByrne24 - 08 Nov 2016 at 1:37am

eireland wrote: Pairc ui chaoimh coming along nicely

pre Madonna wrote: Can anybody explain why the GAA need so many stadia that will rarely, if ever, be full?

Everyone wants to be able to play a championship game at home.