Will the quarter finals definitely be a double header in thurles on sat June 22 or is there another possibility?
Cork game will be standalone in Thurles to accommodate the large cork crowd.
Clare/Limerick v Wexford at 1pm on the Saturday in Cork
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Doubt it. Double header. There won’t be 10,000 for the Wexford game.
And Saturday fixtures always poorly supported.
Was talk of a switch with Tailtean cup games on the Sunday.
Looking like a 1pm quarter final in Cork for Wexford on Saturday, 22 June. Will you make that @Bandage?
Gas how some posters here experts on Kelly’s ankle. Obviously know better than lohan and clare medical team.
From John Fogarty in the Cork Examiner.
Munster GAA will report record-breaking gate receipts in excess of €5 million for their senior hurling championship for the second year in a row.
The total attendance for the 10-game round-robin stage of the competition was 270,750, 4,066 more than last season. That comes as somewhat of a surprise given Walsh Park was reopened this season after Waterford utilised the larger FBD Semple Stadium as its designated home venue in 2023.
The enduring appeal of the Munster SHC is set to continue with a sold-out Limerick-Clare final in Thurles on June 9. A crowd of 45,000, if the finalised capacity allows for it, would see the entire 2023 attendance figure of 310,440 eclipsed by over 5,000. Last Sunday week’s Tipperary-Cork game in Semple Stadium attracted 43,972.
While a marginal increase, combined with the increase in ticket prices, gate receipts will surpass the €5.4m mark that was achieved last year when there was a rise of €655,547 from 2022’s €4.736m figure as a total crowd rise of 48,420 (18%) was recorded.
A stand ticket for a round-robin game this season cost €30, 18% more than admission up to last year. The price of stand and terrace tickets for Sunday week’s final will also increase from the 2023 marks of €40 and €30 respectively.
There is an understanding among some Munster GAA officials that the championship is close to, if it hasn’t already reached peak appeal. Ticket sales for three of the 10 round-robin games were initially not made available to the public but rather distributed through the clubs due to expected demand, while the Cork-Tipperary Round 4 game was a confirmed sell-out.
Gate receipts for the Munster senior football championship should also be up as attendances improved this season to 36,264 from 28,158, a jump of 8,106 owing almost entirely to a Kerry-Cork Munster semi-final meeting in Killarney. That will be a welcome change considering the gate receipts were down in 2023 to €433,355 from €508,578 the previous year.
The vast majority of the net revenue gleaned from the championships will go back into the six counties particularly their capital projects which includes the further redevelopment of Walsh Park and Mick Neville Park in Rathkeale, Kerry’s centre of excellence in Currans and the upkeep of Semple Stadium, which alone will cost €4m.
Ticket orders for the third Munster SHC final meeting in a row between Limerick and Clare are expected to taken by the counties later this week.
I won’t Dan. I’m targeting the Michael Manning 10km in Dunshaughlin that Saturday evening so a trip to Cork & back beforehand isn’t viable. They might bring it to Portlaoise but I still wouldn’t be arsed going.
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Be better off knocking the place
It’s actually dangerous now. Munster final two years ago on a pissing wet day under the old stand was completely wedged.
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2024 Munster SHC attendances
Clare v Limerick (Cusack Park): 20,055
Waterford v Cork (Walsh Park): 11,973
Cork v Clare (SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh): 36,814
Limerick v Tipperary (TUS Gaelic Grounds): 33,475
Waterford v Tipperary (Walsh Park): 11,966
Cork v Limerick (Páirc Uí Chaoimh): 41,670
Clare v Waterford (Cusack Park): 19,893
Tipperary v Cork (FBD Semple Stadium): 43,972
Limerick v Waterford (Gaelic Grounds): 31,487
Tipperary v Clare (Semple Stadium): 19,418
Total (10 games): 270,723
Average attendance: 27,072
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Whither the Split Season
The average attendance in 2017 was 31k.
Interesting it was Limerick v Clare that bought it down with only 19k turning up.
No way should Semple Stadium be hosting a Munster Final with a crowd of over 40,000 in its current state.
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Puc was a vanity project.
Thurles should have been re built.
Cork could do with a 20k style stadium similar to the one in tullamore.
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Pretty much everybody likes going to Thurles. It’s so accessible for all the Munster Hurling counties and Kilkenny and Galway too and there’s all the tradition that goes with it and it’s just the right size of a provincial town to absorb a big match day crowd. Of course redeveloping Thurles should have been the priority. I just hope nothing bad happens there with a big crowd in. It is properly dangerous now.
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Jesus Christ above
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I’d love to see the Leinster comparison
19k went to Clare Tipp??? Holy fuck the Munster Championship is even more box-office than I thought.
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