Scotland and wales could bid for quiet easily.
Hampden
Celtic Park
Ibrox
Murrayfield
5th 30k stadium (updated Dundee, Hearts etc...)
Millennium Staium
Swansea
Wrexham
Why bother with Ireland...
theres a lot more to it than just the stadiums. anyone here ever tried to get accommodation in Cardiff when there is a match on?? absolute nightmare! i can only imagine what wrexham and swansea are like if the biggest city in wales is so difficult!!Originally Posted by pete
The FAI, IRFU and GAA should really get together and build a proper stadium in Cork, possibly rebuilding the Parc from scratch (it's in a great location). Unfortunately there are too many small-minded people running the various sporting organisations in Ireland to ever pool resources properly.
I hope that was being sarcastic
Scotland could almost go it alone - if 3 stadiums were allowed in 1 city
3 in Glasgow - Hampden plus Ibrox and Parkhead
2 in Edinburgh - Murrayfield and a redeveloped Meadowbank (owned by Edinburgh City Council it is the biggest sporting complex in Scotland)
Aberdeen - Pittodrie upgrade
Dundee stadium - built from scratch & rented afterwards to the 2 Dundee teams - talked about for at least a decade
Re-developed Rugby Park in Kilmarnock OR 3rd stadium in Edinburgh - new stadium shared by Hibs/Hearts.
experienced that twice in the last 6 weeks.been to cardiff 3 times since xmas.seen cardiff city v southampton, stoke and sheffield wed. not a spare room in the city for the last two games becasue of A: wales v scotland and B: powergen cup double header in millenium stadium. slept in cardiff arms park after a heavy night of drinking after bluebirds v stoke
wales and scotland should not even consider a joint proposal with ireland.remember the last one?we made a mockery of scotland.uefa delegates were brought on a tour of a crumbling lansdowne, an unavailable croke park and an empty field!
Celtic park holds a lot less than Croker does!
I agree with the SFA having to use Hampden and the problem of picking between Celtic Park and Ibrox, as regards Celtic Park not being a 5 star, that I dont know but its a lot better than Hampden, never been to Ibrox to have an opinion on it.
that is only going to be 26,000 seater on completion, I say only, ofc in referance to the 30k mimmum : >
j'accuse!
why were you not in the pub? !
I wasn't being sarcastic. If the FAI, IRFU and GAA had all gotten together 20 years ago then we'd have a 40,000 all seater in Cork, 30,000 seater in Limerick and Croke Park would be even nicer than it is already.
There was a time when the IRFU wanted to redo Lansdowne, the GAA were building Croke Park, the FAI had plans for Eircom Park on the table and Bertie wanted to build his Bowl. Yes, at a point in time there were four stadium projects in Dublin all taking place simultaneously, to satisfy the ego of four different organisations. This is hardly an example of good resource management. Imagine what could have been done if these people had put their differences aside and all went into business together.
Sarcasm on the location of Pairc Ui Chaoimh. Its right next to the river and causes the biggest traffic jams you could possibly imagine.
The GAA will never join forces with the other associations. The FAI & IRFU should be following the formula of the Lansdowne Road project of stadium sharing run by an independent stadium company.
ah right, fair enough. i always walk to it
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