Crowds in Croker

[jbyrne]

Its coming along well I was surprised that it was going to be another horseshoe stadium aka a mini croker with a few seats instead of the hill , its 3 levels for 3/4 of the ground then 1 level behind the north goal, weird design but assume they were influeenced by the infrastructure surrounding lansdowne.

the main plus point over croke park design will be that all four sides will be covered and therefore the stadium will be enclosed. should be great

[paul_oshea]

who worries that those cranes could end up boxed in when the other stand goes up?!

[paul_oshea]

the main plus point over croke park design will be that all four sides will be covered and therefore the stadium will be enclosed. should be great

No the main plus point will be its not a gaaaah stadium and run by gaa-ers or any such ilk.

[OneRedArmy]

the main plus point over croke park design will be that all four sides will be covered and therefore the stadium will be enclosed. should be great

All four sides covered, yes, enclosed, no.

The Havelock Square (North) end is so low (1 tier) noise will escape exactly the same way as in Croker and other horseshoe stadiums.

No the main plus point will be its not a gaaaah stadium and run by gaa-ers or any such ilk.

Amen!

Other main points include
1) Southside
2) Right sized pitch
3) A big screen which the FAI has control over.....!

[jbyrne]

All four sides covered, yes, enclosed, no.

The Havelock Square (North) end is so low (1 tier) noise will escape exactly the same way as in Croker and other horseshoe stadiums.

i doubt that. it will be pretty much fully enclosed and certainly far more enclosed than the old lansdowne or croke park

[paul_oshea]

All four sides covered, yes, enclosed, no.

The Havelock Square (North) end is so low (1 tier) noise will escape exactly the same way as in Croker and other horseshoe stadiums.

Amen!

Other main points include
1) Southside
2) Right sized pitch
3) A big screen which the FAI has control over.....!

Ya but those points are only minute in the bigger scheme of things!

Southside is crap though!

[p_o_r]

No I think the fact that we have a huge amount of extra tickets means that while some of those extra tickets are going to proper fans who sing and enjoy the action and get behind the team, there is a strong possibility that the types of fans described above will get tickets. I think there will be less of it at LR.

I agree.

The crowd for Cyprus was 55K ish. When the move to Croke Park was first announced it was widely agreed that now all ‘real fans’ would be able to get a ticket. Therefore all the real fans where in the ground plus a few others who did not know that much about what was going on.

As said above it will be OK in LR, because there will be no space for the idiots, seeing as the real fans will all be carted for.