2011 UEFA Cup (Europa League) Final at Lansdowne Road

[bennocelt]

Rangers V Chelsea.

here's hoping

call me a cynical basturd, but i would much prefer if Delaney did something constructive for our LOI - the mans ego must be pretty big at the moment

[gspain]

i have been in the hill 16 seats for a rugby match and they are as good as the permanent seats in any other part of the ground. id say they are exactly the kind of seating used in the german stadiums such as dortmund, hamburg etc. Just because its german doesnt mean it has to be better. why would we need a derogation to put temporary seats into a ground that holds 70,000+ without them when we rarely get attendances that big?

Can you remember if you were you walking on the concrete or on a specially built structure?

[jbyrne]

Can you remember if you were you walking on the concrete or on a specially built structure?

concrete. hill 16 cost circa €25m to build which is massive for terracing. one of the reasons for this was to allow for safe, proper seating to be fitted. its like sitting anywhere else in the ground except has no roof. in fact i think the view is better than lower davin due to the steepness of the terrace

[gspain]

concrete. hill 16 cost circa €25m to build which is massive for terracing. one of the reasons for this was to allow for safe, proper seating to be fitted. its like sitting anywhere else in the ground except has no roof. in fact i think the view is better than lower davin due to the steepness of the terrace

Probably fine then. Assume they followed the model in Dortmund or maybe Dortmund followed Croke Park.

I think that model is a lot safer than those in the RDS or old Lansdowne. I'm sure they passed H&S checks and maybe it's just me but I'm not a big fan of these temporary stands. We did have some seats collapse at the Swiss game a few years ago too.

[Greenforever]

Probably fine then. Assume they followed the model in Dortmund or maybe Dortmund followed Croke Park.

I think that model is a lot safer than those in the RDS or old Lansdowne. I'm sure they passed H&S checks and maybe it's just me but I'm not a big fan of these temporary stands. We did have some seats collapse at the Swiss game a few years ago too.

I would imagine they copied Dortmund, just like Arsenal copied Croker for the corporate levels.

The seats on the hill are identical in every way to all the other seats in Croke Park.

The problem with Lansdowne was the seats were on a scaffold, however in my humble opinion if they are all right for the Ryder Cup and other major world events I don't see why they are not all right for UEFA or FIFA.