Originally Posted by
peadar1987
Just as a mental exercise:
We'd need 12 stadia of 30 000 capacity or above (because there are 24 teams, which I don't agree with, but that's another story).
We're never going to get that on our own, so we'd have to share, with Scotland, probably. Maybe Northern Ireland as well, although UEFA don't like trinational bids.
So we'd have:
Ireland/Northern Ireland
-Lansdowne Road: 50,000
-Thomond Park: Could be brought up to over 30,000, if the FAI paid the IRFU to do it!
-Possible new Connacht rugby stadium, but it would have to be built from scratch
-Possible new Norn Iron stadium, with over 30,000 capacity
Scotland
-Murrayfield: 67,000
-Celtic Park: 60,832
-Hampden Park: 52,103
-Ibrox: 51,082
-Possible new Aberdeen stadium: 30,000+
So we'd need to beg, borrow or steal three stadia off the GAA, or else build stadia that wouldn't necessarily get used.
Off the top of my head:
-Páirc Uí Caoímh in Cork, or else build a new 30,000 seater stadium to be shared between Cork City, Munster Rugby, and possibly Cobh, in the hope that it would generate enough excitement to actually attract some people to watch domestic games there
-Croker
-Semple Stadium
I think it's a nice idea, but in the end, I don't reckon it's doable
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