The great stadium debate

**stovelid** · 27/11/2009, 12:10 PM

The number of Portaloos has nothing to do with how decent a facility the stadium is. That's an organizational issue on the day. There are enough permanent toilets for the normal capacity of the ground.

As for the food being a rip-off, tell me anywhere that isn't.

The weather was cat. Not much can be done about that.

**Acornvilla** · 27/11/2009, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by stovelid

The number of Portaloos has nothing to do with how decent a facility the stadium is. That's an organizational issue on the day. There are enough permanent toilets for the normal capacity of the ground.

As for the food being a rip-off, tell me anywhere that isn't.

The weather was cat. Not much can be done about that.

food in the flansiro is a grand price

and we have great value tea

**grayzer1888** · 27/11/2009, 8:11 PM

I was in Tallaght earlier in the season when it wasn't completely finished and found it to be a nice stadium. For me the best away ground has to be the Brandywell, the atmosphere and the craic above is what makes it my favourite.

**BonnieShels** · 01/12/2009, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by bishbash

yes i may be an absolute dreamer

but this is the type of stadium i would love to see throughout the league. Its got a capacity of just under 11,000 and is a great fascility. it would be fantastic if this was the quality of football grounds through even 50% of the league.
http://www.fussballtempel.net/uefa/Nor/Nye_Molde.html

That's a serious stadium, class.

We have the capacity and population in Ireland to have stadiums like this in all of the cities to be used for a multiple of functions. Municipal stadiums are one of the solutions.

They can be used for ALL sports (I know the anti-GAA fraternity here won't like that, but it helps with the viability of such a structure in this country), concerts etc. Dublin could have 2 of these without a bodger. rather than our present hotch potch of venues. TCS of course being one of them.

It's a an idea used to a great effect (and on a larger scale) in Australia (AFL) with games in Melbourne being played in Docklands/Telstra Dome and the MCG. The clubs tend to have their administrative offices/gyms/training facilities in the area that they were originally from or near enough to it, eg. Collingwood>Olympic Park, Carlton>Princes Park.

So whilst Shels might no longer play out of Tolka they could keep the offices there or train there or even move down to Ringsend. Likewise with Bohs/Fungus etc. (I'm not suggesting they move to Tolka/Ringsend, ye know what I'm getting at.