Can we not look forward instead of back?
The next World Cup final is taking place in a stadium with no roof.
Good for them.
It rains in Ireland, a lot.
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Never did us any harm up to now.
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Same reason they canât put a stand on the bank side of Walsh Park. That and the incompetence that of the county board.
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Spend a lot of money to do a half arsed job?
The Kilkenny boys are very interested in keeping dry, didnât bother them when it came to the powder
What would that achieve? The covered seated capacity is already over 65k, albeit the lower rows are exposed.
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Average rainfall per year in Dublin: 683mm
Average rainfall per year in New York: 1270mm
Also Met Life Stadium is primarily used in winter, Croke Park is primarily used in summer, or at least the major matches are in summer.
Paddy is different though
I cant understand why youâd roof a terrace just to make it look better from the sky.
Iâd consider roofing the seating area in the Gaelic Grounds because sitting in the rain is fucking lunacy.
There was plans to build the stand over the rail line and put in a station but it became too complex at the time. The development progressed faster than CIE could develop the DART or LUAS. One end of that line goes to Connolly, fair enough, the other off to the country somewhere. They need a loop line taking in Heuston to rail people in and out. It just didnât happen fast enough at the time. Then they ran out of moneyâŚ
The average age of a sports stadium before the wrecking ball comes is about 30 years. 50 at a push. The new lower Cusack opened in 1994. So there will be no further development at this stage.
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The GGA could do what Murderpool did at Anfield Road & start to buy up the houses at the back of the hill, let them go derelict, encourage anti-social behaviour & coerce remaining residents to sell to the GGA at below market value. Then they can redevelop that end too, just like those murdering orange bastards in Merseyside.
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You could build a stand with the rail line going through the seating areas, with mini-level crossings on the stairways. So when youâd come in up the stairwell before an All-Ireland final the steward would say to you, âRow Bâ, thatâs all the way down at the front, through the level crossing, thereâs a train coming now and the gates are closed, youâll have to wait to get to your seat.
Think of the worldwide attention this would get Croke Park. âThis crazy stadium in Ireland has a railway line running through the seats!â
Rail passengers would get brief glimpses of All-Ireland finals. Some woman heading back to Maynooth after doing a bit of shopping in town might accidentally see the goal which denies Kerry the seven in a row.
Whatâs the average rainfall for both cities between May and August?
I was at a match in the MetLife in July a few years back and it pissed rain.
Would it have been nice to have a roof over your head?
It would be nice for guys who spend their working hours on Google Earth looking at stadia
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Google maps but Iâll let it slide