croke park

[anmadrarua]

i wish to fuck the GAA and RTE would get over being amazed by croke park. fair enough its big and well constructed. but thats what you expect when you pay a few million to a builder. they were at it again yesterday. marvelling at the size of it and how impressive it is. its not so impressive that all other stadia pale into comparrisson. all it has is size. and as for this bullshit that "there cannont be a bigger crowd at a sporting event this weekend." cock. the TV cameras showed huge patches of the stand that were empty. im sure it was a sellout allright but some people obviously couldnt be arsed to attend this makey uppy game. plus they reckoned without the crowd at twickenham.

[BlueSkies]

Excellent point, you certainly are an insightful chap.

[anmadrarua]

Excellent point, you certainly are an insightful chap.

ja reckon?

[Tube a Pringles]

I think I read somewhere that if they put in some temporary seating for the Ireland France game they could break the world record attendance at a rugby game.

[anmadrarua]

surely that would reduce the capacity?

[west cork rebel]

You would think they would want to show off this stadium to the world by the way they keep on going on about it, but no, when they get an excellent chance to do it they get fussy.

[St_Cyrill_of_Tyrrenhaes]

surely that would reduce the capacity?

But isn't the hill being closed to punters during the rugby internationals because it's terraced?

[optimus]

the hill is a fucking disgrace. makes the stadium look half completed .. stupid dubs

[ho chi feen]

The hill is shite.

[St_Cyrill_of_Tyrrenhaes]

the hill is a fucking disgrace. makes the stadium look half completed .. stupid dubs

There's a row of houses behind the hill that the GAA would have to demolish if they wanted to make it like the rest of the stadium. If they weren't the stupid mucksavages that they are, they would have realised it would have made more sense to actually move the pitch fifty yards towards the train tracks to give themselves the extra room needed to make it an all seater.

[Pez123]

the hill is a fucking disgrace. makes the stadium look half completed .. stupid dubs
I agree, a horse-shoe stadium, it's the laughing stock of Europe, you have plenty of Polish lads here now who are prepared to do some work, finish the thing...

[Rebelred]

There's a row of houses behind the hill that the GAA would have to demolish if they wanted to make it like the rest of the stadium. If they weren't the stupid mucksavages that they are, they would have realised it would have made more sense to actually move the pitch fifty yards towards the train tracks to give themselves the extra room needed to make it an all seater.
not to mention the train track directly behind the hill. Its a great terrace to watch a match from though

[MonTheHoops]

There's a row of houses behind the hill that the GAA would have to demolish if they wanted to make it like the rest of the stadium. If they weren't the stupid mucksavages that they are, they would have realised it would have made more sense to actually move the pitch fifty yards towards the train tracks to give themselves the extra room needed to make it an all seater.


Everything has a price except for Doob sentimentality it appears. Place should have been wonderful. It's 3/4 of Europe's finest stadium. At the moment it looks like it's waiting to be finished. I hope it gets finished in my lifetime.

[Up For The Ba]

it's the laughing stock of Europe,

Ya completely, its really not big enough at all, what were they thinking.

[Rebelred]

Ya completely, its really not big enough at all, what were they thinking.
I know yeah, bloody amatuer organisation! Imagine the cheek of them, having the foresight to plan ahead in the late 80's and go about building a world class stadium.
Thats the kind of thing proper,professional bodies would do...

[antipop]

The record attendance for a Rugby game is well over the 100,000 as Aus played the All Blacks in Sydney before the 2000 Olympics It may not be the record but 70000 80000 wouldn't break it. For modern stadia Croke Park is one of the more ugly ones alright but thats down to a lot of things cost,lack of space etc.I hate stadia where the outside looks like the inside inside-out. Still the best looking thing in that dump in North Dublin any way.


Anyway no one does stadia better than the yanks. Some of the new stadiums are Jaw dropping. Houston Seattle and Cardinals stadium in Arizona spring to mind.

[EDDIEB]

The record attendance for a Rugby game is well over the 100,000 as Aus played the All Blacks in Sydney before the 2000 Olympics It may not be the record but 70000 80000 wouldn't break it. For modern stadia Croke Park is one of the more ugly ones alright but thats down to a lot of things cost,lack of space etc.I hate stadia where the outside looks like the inside inside-out. Still the best looking thing in that dump in North Dublin any way.


Anyway no one does stadia better than the yanks. Some of the new stadiums are Jaw dropping. Houston Seattle and Cardinals stadium in Arizona spring to mind.


The new Reliant Football and the Minute Maid Baseball stadium & the Toyota Basketball centre which holds 24,000 indoors in Houston are fantastic and they still have the Astrodome.
The new Landsdown Road will only hold 50,000 spectators while the Millenium Stadium Cardiff can hold 75,000 and a retractable roof.

[POL]

retractable roofs are ghey

[St_Cyrill_of_Tyrrenhaes]

The record attendance for a Rugby game is well over the 100,000 as Aus played the All Blacks in Sydney before the 2000 Olympics It may not be the record but 70000 80000 wouldn't break it. For modern stadia Croke Park is one of the more ugly ones alright but thats down to a lot of things cost,lack of space etc.I hate stadia where the outside looks like the inside inside-out. Still the best looking thing in that dump in North Dublin any way.


Anyway no one does stadia better than the yanks. Some of the new stadiums are Jaw dropping. Houston Seattle and Cardinals stadium in Arizona spring to mind.

The Emirates is pretty jaw dropping. Stade de France, the Olympiastadion in Berlin and the Alllianz Arena in Munich aren't bad either.

Wembley? (Assuming it ever gets finished.)

[EDDIEB]

The Emirates is pretty jaw dropping. Stade de France, the Olympiastadion in Berlin and the Alllianz Arena in Munich aren't bad either.

Wembley? (Assuming it ever gets finished.)

Wembley should be ready soon for an England Under 21 international before any "big" games are staged there.
Stade De France is OK but there is too much of a gap between pitch and seating and its in a seedy part of Paris.The Emirates looks great except for the team !
Tha Allianz Arena is amazing allright.

[Forsberg]

Anyway no one does stadia better than the yanks. Some of the new stadiums are Jaw dropping. Houston Seattle and Cardinals stadium in Arizona spring to mind.

Agreed. They also realise that there's more to a stadium than the no. of seats.

The new Cowboys Stadium thats due to open in 2008 I think , looks geuinely jaw dropping.

As proud as I am that we have 3/4 of a top class stadium here, it still doesn't compare to to numerous stadia in practically every major city in the U.S


I agree with the original post in this thread. We have to stop talking up Croke Park. . It's not that good.

[AmadeusDC]

The record attendance for a Rugby game is well over the 100,000 as Aus played the All Blacks in Sydney before the 2000 Olympics It may not be the record but 70000 80000 wouldn't break it. For modern stadia Croke Park is one of the more ugly ones alright but thats down to a lot of things cost,lack of space etc.I hate stadia where the outside looks like the inside inside-out. Still the best looking thing in that dump in North Dublin any way.


Anyway no one does stadia better than the yanks. Some of the new stadiums are Jaw dropping. Houston Seattle and Cardinals stadium in Arizona spring to mind.

Isn't the Cardinals one just a direct copy of one of the World Cup stadiums used for Germany 06? That said, the Yanks do make some amazing grounds alright. I've been to the Ravens and Panthers stadiums and seen the Bengals one. All are amazing!! Sometimes you wonder though if they were built to look good or to be a good sporting venue. Croke Park does look unfinished but is still a great stadium to watch a game. -AmadeusDC-

-AmadeusDC-

[k974]

croke park is a great stadium and all but could have been so much better if they used the other design but then the money passed around to the boys and all that

[megatron]

jaysus lads and lassies would ye stop and have a good think, how in gods name can ye compare croker to other stadiums, one big difference an amateur sport is played in croke park nearly every stadium ive seen posted has a professional sport played in it croke park suits the gaa fans down to the ground the only bollix is its in dumpland, its the best stadium in ireland what more do we want?

[megatron]

ffs, its easy to have what i will admit is a fine stadium when ur a fucking penny pincher....don't pay players and get every fucking government grant going...fucking corrupt shower of cunts

nice stadium though...cant wait to see the beautiful game there


fucking blasphemy bottle of cop should be thrown at u

[k974]

ffs, its easy to have what i will admit is a fine stadium when ur a fucking penny pincher....dont pay players and get every fucking government grant going...fucking corrupt shower of cunts

nice stadium though...cant wait to see the beautiful game there

they didnt penny pinch on croke park it could have been done around 60 million cheaper

[norrie rugby head]

But isn't the hill being closed to punters during the rugby internationals because it's terraced?



soccer only
half of landsdowne is terrace

[norrie rugby head]

I know yeah, bloody amatuer organisation! Imagine the cheek of them, having the foresight to plan ahead in the late 80's and go about building a world class stadium.
Thats the kind of thing proper,professional bodies would do...


you mean like the rugby lads did 30 years ago?