Lansdowne Road had capacity of 49k with terracing (half seated) and that reduced to 35k for competitive football games.
So 24k terrace places reduced down to 10k seats.
Will there be only One Team in Ireland by then ?
Should it transpire and Ireland qualify on merit, one ideal group would be with Brazil, Mexico and Japan.
Brazilians and Mexicans in carnival mode day and night, we join in of course and the Japanese tidy up afterwards.
12 games in Ireland, would the two Dublin stadiums support that? Or would they have to look elsewhere? You'd presume Pairc Ui Chaoimh, with seats put in, would be first on the list because of its urban setting and transport links (over, say, FitzGerald Park). All a bit pie in the sky all the same.
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Pairc Uí Chaoimh would be too small without redevelopment. Needs to be 40,000 all seater at a minimum and its only 45,000 with the terraces.
Would have to be the two Dublin stadiums only I'd guess. They're far enough apart and well connected for it to be OK I think.
The GAA can f*ck off.
The World Cup bid can f*ck off.
Sort out football in Ireland before throwing silly money at a vanity project that will have no positive effects on the game here.
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I imagine this bid might be facing even more of an uphill struggle after the scenes last night. Some awful stories going around.
I hope this gets rejected. I want nothing to do with them and don't understand why we have to be involved with them anyway. Surely a Celtic Nations Bid would make more sense.
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Oh it'll be used by football alright, maybe not soccer though
That's business. Why would the GAA bend over backwards for an amateurish organisation with a dodgy financial past?
They have the assets, the FAI want them. Let's talk business.
If only the FAI took a leaf from how the IRFU and the GAA conduct their affairs, this mightn't even be an issue.
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Presumably any Celtic Nations bid wouldn't have the required stadia. Stadiums hosting group stage must have 40k capacity, quarters have 60k, and semis/final must have 80k.
Within Ireland, Scotland, Wales that leaves 7 stadiums, if you include the use of Croker, Murrayfield and Millenium stadium.
For reference, the expanded 2026 WC will have 16 stadiums across Canada, Mexico and USA.
Even if Cardiff City stadium got a 7k expansion for the occasion, the likes of the GAA got behind it and made Casement Park and Pairc Ui Chaoimh available, 10 stadiums would hardly be enough to host it.
As I've said before, we're better off running a mile from the idea, and especially after the scenes in London over the last few days.
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You're prob right.
In Ireland though, off top of my head: Lansdowne, Croker, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Casement, Thomond Park, Pearse Park, Nowlan Park, Semple Stadium, Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, Fitzgerald Stadium...that's 10
Am i missing something? Is there a minimum capacity requirement?
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The money required to get those stadia up to FIFA regulation or UEFA Cat 4 would be astronomical, and you're just effectively giving the GAA brand new stadia as a result and nothing towards football legacy.
Also, Thomond Park is far too small at 25k, and that includes terracing, so realistically it cuts to about 18k when you change that to seating. Only five grounds in Ireland give a capacity of over the 40,000 minimum required for a world cup anyway, and only two of those have more than 40k seats (Croker and Aviva).
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The Gaelic Grounds and Semple aren't delapidated exactly, but they're nowhere near the requirements here.
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