Does anyone know when the second stand at Tallaght will be completed and opened? I had heard that the completion date was July but that seems unlikely now.
End of July start of August still seems to be the plan. Foundations and all are being worked on onsite and pre-cast supposed to be arriving soon. Also going to be opened in stages if rumours are to be believed. This should probably be in the stadium development thread if someone wants to move it.
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Thanks. Do they have any timescale for building stands on the rest of the stadium?
No as far as I know that'll only be considered if they can consistently fill the ground. It'd then depend on SDCC funding it and probably another grant from the government.Originally Posted by London-Irish
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I thought that planning permission was only granted for a capacity of something like 6500, and granting of any permission for future expansion would be subject to crowd behaviour, and the impact on the local area, so although plans exist for other stands, I don't think they can be built until further planning permission is granted.
I'm open to correction on this though.
Whoever usually grants these things, presumably.
Sorry, that looks very sarcastic now I've posted it. I'm not an expert, but I think whatever planning office approved the building of the first two stands haven't approved the expansion in capacity past 6500, until the impact of the 6500 capacity stadium has been assessed. I'm pretty sure planning matters are handled by a national body, and not just be the local council. Again, I'm open to correction on this.
There was loads of conditions attached to the original planning but as I understand it the original permission had expired before SDCC decided to finish the stadium. So really it's up to SDCC. The FAI seem to be keen to finish it too so they might provide funding of some sort and Rovers themselves, I'm sure, would be intersted in funding completion of the ground if they find they can sell out the 6,500 on a regular basis.
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That's a very big if.
"If you don't work harder I'll pull you off at halftime,"
“Crikey, at Manchester City all we get is an orange and a cup of tea,"
I'd go so far as to say it's highly unlikely.
I think the most likely scenario is that the FAI and SDCC will fund the completion of the stadium and the majority of Ireland's underage and B fixtures will be played there as well as FAI and League Cup finals. It makes sense to have a roughly 10,000 seat, modern, stadium in the capital for such occassions.
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League Cup yeah, but the FAI Cup Final needs 15-20k if not more. Its building up the competition we need to be doing !!!
The SFAI are the governing body for grassroots football in Ireland, not the FAI. Its success or the lack of is all down to them.
On recent showings, undortunately the cup doesn't need a 15-20k stadium, let alone more. Only one Cup Final in the last couple of decades has had over 20,000 at it.League Cup yeah, but the FAI Cup Final needs 15-20k if not more. Its building up the competition we need to be doing !!!
Possibly the wisest thing for the FAI to do is to leave confirmation of venue as late as possible so they can second-guess which teams will make the final before confirming venue. A tricky business, but sensible none-the-less.
The argument with the FAI cup final would be is it better to guarantee a sell out in a 10,000 seat stadium which means ticket demand and lots of hype or to have 15,000 lost in a 60,000 seat Landsdowne Road?
I'd be inclined to argue the sell out is the better option, at least for a few seasons, if a few of those sell outs produced high quality games it would build a mystique around the cup so the first final moved back to a bigger venue should produce a bumper crowd.
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What a great word, I'm having that. A nice combo of unfortunately and undoubtedly.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
Thomond Park?
It wouldn't make sense if it was, say, a Bohs-Shams final, obviously, but it's a nice size, and could help promote the game in Limerick
Thomond park is too far for teams to travel excluding maybe cork, limerick , waterford out of those 3 imo only 1 would i could see get to the final and that'd be cork.
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Thomond would be a difficult emough ground for most loi clubs to travel to,except the ones you have mentioned and maybe Galway aswell. Looks like another fai cup final at the royal Dublin society.
The RDS is a grand stadium. I enjoyed it last year, thought it was the ideal place for it.
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Did not like the RDS for our final although that was before the new roof/tent. Strangely I object to walking in mud to get to seat in a Cup final.
Have not been since it was renovated. It was a complete dump beforehand.
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