Good article in The Observer last weekend speculating that it’s quite possible that it won’t be finished due to Everton’s finances. They don’t actually have the money committed to complete the construction. Looks like a nightmare waiting to happen especially if they were to be relegated.
Very good point that. I mean that could be the fairest and one that all five nations buy into - really us, Wales, the North and Scotland because hard to see England not qualifying for a 24 team euros.
Would be lovely if they gave us an automatic spot but if I was one of the other three FAs I’d be telling the FAI and the FA to do one and threaten to vote for Turkey if us and England got the two spots.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65245224
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2023...roke-park-cut/
Lansdowne Road and Casement Park represent the two Irish stadiums that have made the cut for the application in 2028. Croke Park was cut due to the "one stadium per city" rule. Two Stadia for Ireland, one for Wales, one for Scotland and the other six from England.
Up against the Turkey bid and an announcement expected later this year.
I wonder what the alternative to Casement Park is down as? In the event it isn't ready I mean. Presumably the needed venue will not resort to Ireland.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
Casement won't be done. So there will either be another stadium - either Croker or even more games in England - or maybe more likely the Casement games will just be spread around the other nine venues as needed. So maybe one extra game for Dublin in that event.
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Is Windsor Park not fit for purpose?
Folding my way into the big money!!!
It's too small.
You’d wonder could they not redevelop Windsor for what they are talking about spending on Casement Park. Or is it that they have already committed to the spend on Casement, and they’re not going to spend the money on two stadia ? Of course, as with everything in the North, there is probably a political element.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Considering that there is a complete impasse on the Casement park redevelopment, Belfast should have been wiped off the screen as a city venue. What were the architects of the application thinking, that there would be an miraculous intervention of sorts inside 2 years to transform the Casement morass into a magical stadium wonderland?
All I have read has just said London was exempted. It's not like England doesn't have other stadiums.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
Only one city can have more than one stadium. It's sort of like the "no Homers" rule in the Stonecutters.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
as part of Euro 2020, we were due 4 games. as part of this, we're probably due 5 games (51 games across 10 stadia). kinda feels disappointing. if we had 2 stadia, it'd be 10 games which i think would feel like a real hosting event.
Thats pretty standard in a lot of UEFA or FIFA competitions.
The national stadium (most likley based in the capital) as the final but also including a the largest club stadium in the capital. France 98 for example had Stade de France and Parc des Princes. South Africa had FNB and Ellis Park
qatar had 8 stadia within a space a little bit larger than cork... seems there's flexibility when there's enough cash involved
https://mydup.com/news/dunne-casemen...ublic-services
This is what we are dealing with..they could hand the bid to turkey single handedly....
That would go down well with their "friends" in the uk !!
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