RSC New 2000 seater stand gets go ahead

[BohsFans]

now were short 750,000 euro cos of his big mouth and the corpo cant come up with the balance, the B****rd should be "shot" :D for doing something stupid like what he done .

the funding has been withdrawn?

[BohsFans]

bump

http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1990

[s-side hoop]

the goverment chipped in another 1.6 million today on top of the fai grant of 600,000 towards the new 2000 seater stand on the far side of the rsc,
waterford city council expects a total bill of around 3 million euro in which they said they will fund the rest towards it.

hopefully they spend a few bob on buying a roller and a few sprinklers for the pitch aswell.

do the GAA know about this??? according to them you need to fund it 50% or else they can have it!! its their God given right after all!!! god bless them!

[gael353]

Two words here lads, Martin Cullen, a crooked ****er at the best of times. Buying votes with this 3 weeks before an election. Harps got €750,000 recently, oh look Sinn Fein are about to take two seats :rolleyes: in Donegal. In Limerick East, FF are trying to hold onto Peter Powers seat so watch the limerick forum in the next few days i wonder will limerick recieve a grant :eek: For the first time ever btw

[dubman]

2.7m for how many seats?, you would get a new stadia for that

[teckno]

The Football Association of Ireland has agreed to provide €750,000 of funding for a €2.7m development at Waterford Regional Sports Centre that will see the ground’s seated capacity reach 3,000 and bring the facilities in to compliance with the requirements of UEFA, soccer’s European governing body.

Waterford City Council will now proceed with the project which has also secured a total of €1m in funding from the Department of Arts, Sport & Tourism.

The tendering process for the project has already been completed with McInerney Construction set to begin work on the development within eight weeks.

As well as a new stand opposite the existing structure at Kilbarry, the scheme – due for completion in the first half of 2008 - includes additional ancillary facilities and turnstiles. The development will add 1,680 seats, bringing the total seating capacity to 3,000.

It was also confirmed today that a Football Community Development Officer is to be appointed for Waterford city with funding from the FAI and Waterford City Council.

News that work on the development can now proceed has been welcomed by Cllr Cha O’Neill, Mayor of Waterford. “It is great news that the FAI are on board as significant backers along with the Department and City Council for this important project that will add considerably to the city’s sports and recreation infrastructure.

“The FAI already has a number of partnerships in place with local authorities around the country and they have been very successful. The Community Development Officer will work on the ground alongside Council staff in disadvantaged areas using football as a tool to tackle social issues.

“The scheme at our Regional Sports Centre will also dovetail with the leisure facilities the City Council is developing with private partners on the Tramore Road side of the land-bank and I want to pay tribute to City Manager, Conn Murray, for his determination to get this over the line.”

John Delaney, Chief Executive, FAI said that the increased number of seats at the RSC will allow the FAI to strongly consider Waterford as a venue for Under-21 and ‘B’ international matches. He added that the venue would also be awarded Regional Centre status by the FAI.

“This is very significant as it means that the FAI Technical Department will now use the RSC to host many of its activities in the southeast. These include the Emerging Talent Programme, coaching courses, referee training and many more of the 19 programmes they run,” said Mr Delaney.

The home of junior football in Waterford, Ozier Park, is also to receive a €14,000 grant from the FAI to facilitate the completion of its current capital programme
* taken from www.fai.ie

Fantastic news for Waterford today. The RSC is in line for some major development which included a new stand with modern facilities whilst also a regional football development centre will be constructed with two more grass pitches and Astro turf and changing facilities which will give Waterford football a home and training ground for all young teams up to Waterford United. Ozier Park is also going to undergo a major redevelopment project. Finally some excellent news on facilities which will see Waterford have the some of the finest football facilities in Ireland. Great day for the city

[Steve Bruce]

the goverment chipped in another 1.6 million today on top of the fai grant of 600,000 towards the new 2000 seater stand on the far side of the rsc,
waterford city council expects a total bill of around 3 million euro in which they said they will fund the rest towards it.

hopefully they spend a few bob on buying a roller and a few sprinklers for the pitch aswell.

Linfields Kop stand that holds 4500 cost £4million. Which is around €6million(very crude conversion)

It really depends on the sort of stand you want, you can tell the difference between a cheap stand and an expensive stand.

[BohsFans]

i wonder will limerick recieve a grant :eek: For the first time ever btw

wrong!

You got at least one b4 for Hogan Park.