I was talking to someone who works in the Sports Sponsorship Industry and who may or may not have played a role in this Supervalu Park deal being struck and he says Cork have been totally and utterly mugged off here.
1 million over 3 years is effectively peanuts for a stadium of that size.
Its a free million when theyâre in desperate need of it. Nobody will call it anything other than PUC anyway. Lads are shook Cork are making headlines again. Times are tough.
Cork Royal Sporting Grounds
Annoyingly though in any press releases, media things etc., itâll have to be referred to by the sponsored name.
Some people still call McDonaldâs Mandyâs, it will be graaand. Let the media away with their shite talk.
What has the size to do with it?
Bigger the stadium the bigger the sponsorship should be.
The stadium will be at capacity a maximum 6 or 7 times in those 3 years
Marty mustnât be feeling himself when he didnât avail of the riverside background for his report there
SuperValu will get their million worth when they are dragged over the coals for the next two months, then ultimately decide to go ahead with the sponsor but keep the stadiums historic name.
Big news story here on RTĂ 1
Seriously, who gives a shit, itâs bizarre
The Lough looks nice though in the freezing conditions
And youâd be doing well not to be backing onto water around there
Surely it should be commercial marketability?
Cork GAA will continue to fund its club game irregardless of any cash injection from Musgraves. As a club delegate I know this.
Thereâs differing levels of funding a county can do. As a Limerick man growing fat from the sugar you know this too
The Journal understands that the renaming of the stadium in Cork was discussed at todayâs Cabinet meeting, with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar stating that work would get underway to ensure that stadiums that have received substantial sports capital grants from the State cannot be renamed for commercial reasons without government sign-off.
Government has allocated âŹ30 million towards the development of the PĂĄirc UĂ Chaoimh stadium.
Senior sources confirmed that the governmentâs thinking is that if the State provides substantial grants to stadiums and sports organisations in the future, having a say in any renaming of that asset should form part of the deal.
It is understood that the matter was also raised with Varadkar at tonightâs Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting, where that Taoiseach was told by members if the government is putting âbig moneyâ into sports stadiums, it should have the right to be involved in any discussions around rebranding.
The Irish Examiner this week reported that the deal being considered would see Boston Scientific, Statkraft and PepsiCo gaining subsidiary stadium branding privileges in an effort to drum up new sponsorship revenue.
The paper said the deal is for a five-year time period, and could be worth âŹ1.5 million.
PĂĄirc Ui Chaoimh has grappled with debts for years, with stadium losses last year adding up to âŹ331,000.
Ah here same as the gaa go debate last year, what do we want the gubberment to run the gaa?
Wont work. Thereâs already a precedent set with the Aviva
Only a matter time.
https://twitter.com/OfficialCorkGAA/status/1747368796648611997?t=wNURx8i5b8tDfX0lid4JRQ&s=19
The centra trucks are swirling