QuoteLive stream of the announcement: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/about-euro/index.html
There seems to be a thin line (and a million miles) between being money mad and being corrupt. Neither are particularly attractive characteristics but the at least the former is legal. I wouldn't be too well up on UEFA's dodgy dealings, if that is the case, but the GAA really grind my gears with their greed. For all my complaining though, I still hand over my money at the turnstiles. I'm sure Euro 2020 will be the same if the package is attractive enough.
Live stream of the announcement: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/about-euro/index.html
The semi-finals and final host first announced; it'll be London. Our capacity of 50,000 means we can only host group stage and round-of-16 games.
And we'll host group stage and round-of-16 games.
Great news!! I wonder how it will work i.e if we qualify for the tournament will our group games be in Dublin or would we be in another venue?
Well I'm delighted with that anyway.
Fantastic news.
With our recent home record...Originally Posted by Bungle
More seriously, are the group games all for the same group, or just three 'random' games?
And if they'd used Croke, then they could have bid for the Final. Hopefully they'll learn from that.
Croke Park would never have been in the running to host the final.
What category of stadium would Croke Park be if it were ever to be considered? Not that I'm saying it will be if this concept continues, but does it fulfil the criteria of a category four stadium? For some reason, I have a feeling it wouldn't.
Er, not this time...
Almost subliminal interjection there of Don Givens heading home against the USSR in 1974, no doubt it was to exploit the current mood of anti Russian imperialism and garner positive vibes to us.
Good work by the FAI to get this.
http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/...5_DOWNLOAD.pdf
I reckon it would fall down on some of the media stuff. Aviva Stadium is well equipped here while Croke Park would never have a need for 25 commentary positions so may not have incorporated it
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Voting breakdown. 4 bids deemed not good enough so 15 cities looking for 13 packages. Cardiff (by a vote) and Stockholm the only 2 to lose out.
http://www.uefa.org/mediaservices/me...d=2151195.html
Dublin voted 2nd highest (behind Amsterdam) of those looking for minimum package
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First and formost you have to look after your vips in a category 4 stadium
Croke Park i think easily qualifies, it has 90 spaces for print journalists, 40 for radio commentary and 15 for tv.
The UEFA requirement is for 25 TV and radio positions.
According to this, you need 85 TV/Radio commentary positions for a group or round of 16 game (and for quarterfinals too):
http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/...1_DOWNLOAD.pdf
Sector 7, p.55, which is page 121 of 198 in the whole pdf.
Fantastic news, and good to see the Dublin bid so highly rated.
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