I was in Croke Park today for the 1st time since 1981 when I was a kid. Of course it's very familiar to me from TV, and we all agree that it is a very good stadium. I have a big problem, however, with the Hill 16 end and the fact that the stadium is not oval all round. It looks like they just ran out of money and didn't bother finishing it.
So I cannot agree with the "world class" tag that the stadium has been given. When they complete it, I will re-consider. And I don't care what they say, it does not look finished.
They can't do anything, there simply isn't the room.
Well maybe they can build over the railway but they need to buy up a row of houses on Clonliffe Road and that's going to cost millions.
Stadium design and facilities have moved on since Croke Park. You have to remember that it is built to early 1990s specs and the oldest part of the "new" stadium are now 11 years old. Visit somewhere like Wembley and you'll see a huge gulf between it and Croke Park in terms of facilities etc.
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Wembley cost almost 6 times the price of Croker though.
Stadium design and facilities have moved on since Croke Park. You have to remember that it is built to early 1990s specs and the oldest part of the "new" stadium are now 11 years old. Visit somewhere like Wembley and you'll see a huge gulf between it and Croke Park in terms of facilities etc.
Modern sports stadia are generally designed to last c.25 years, so it shouldnt be too long before the GAA have to start building again.
Actually Croke Park was designed and built to standards light years ahead of its time. It was the first of its kind in Europe. Croke Park placed a large part in the design of Arsenals new stadium and the facilities at Croke Park especially at corporate level are considered among the best in Europe. Both Wembley and Arsenal have copied from Croke Park in terms of the facilities they offer.
csirl - have you ever been to croke park ? doesn't sound like it.
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