LOI games in the Aviva Stadium.

[dcfcsteve]

I appreciate what you're saying, but with the right PR the ground itself can add, significantly to the attendance. In England lower division league clubs that would be lucky to muster a few of thousand for a regular encourter can three-quarters fill Wembley for one of the minor cup finals or divisional play-offs. We even seen non-league clubs take big big crowds to Wembley.

But that's England. Where there is a long-standing tradition of people supporting their local football team - even if not all that often actively. Contrast that with Ireland where there is a tradition of indifference, and often down-right hostility, towards local football.

Plus - most of the English clubs you're thinking of are often from towns and cities bigger than Cork - which is the second biggest population centre in the LOI/Republic.

Apples and oranges...

[fionnsci]

Are Leinster moving their Magners League and all their Heineken cup games there?

I thought they'd signed a long-term deal with the RDS and would only move the bigger games?

Pretty sure they are two years into a 30 year lease. Right now though they'd easily get 30k+ for all Heineken Cup and Munster games.

They'll have fully outgrown the RDS in 10 years.