Soccer in Croke Park

**mjpcc** · 17/05/2006, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by ramondo

Sweet sufferin jaysus...

Hear Hear

**NeilMcD** · 18/05/2006, 9:35 AM

No matter how bad we are doing I cant see us been out of it by the time of the welsh home game in March.

**eirebhoy** · 18/05/2006, 9:52 AM

Originally Posted by gonzo

Seriously though, guessing the capacity will be in reality , c.75k?

Yeah, around that figure. I think the away fans get 7,000 (the Hill) and we have 70,000.

**Dodge** · 18/05/2006, 11:32 AM

Unless they're world champions

**soylent green** · 21/05/2006, 2:11 PM

Originally Posted by gonzo

The Definitive Capacity of Croke.......seen figures on here, ranging between 65 & 84k......we need somewhere to house all those Tricolours from the north-west!

Seriously though, guessing the capacity will be in reality , c.75k?

?

Hill 16 capaicty "in the region of 13,000, bringing the overall capacity of the stadium to 82,500"

[From http://www.gaa.ie/page/croke_park.html]

**blobbyblob** · 22/05/2006, 9:58 AM

Against my better judgement, I was dragged to Bon Jovi on Saturday night.

To say the roof lifted off the place when everyone(80k) started singing ole ole ole was amazing. Ive never heard a sound like it in my life.

There have been some terrific noisy occasions in Lansdowne but if this was anything to go by, the only problem we'll have is players hearing calls or instructions.

The mexican wave was fairly awe inspiring also.

Oh Bring it on.

**macdermesser** · 22/05/2006, 10:04 AM

80,000 people paid to watch Bon Jovi??!!

hopefully people will make noise at our home games and not watch it passively like a game on TV, the chief medium of consuming football for a significant proportion of Orrland fans for the big matches

**blobbyblob** · 22/05/2006, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by macdermesser

80,000 people paid to watch Bon Jovi??!!

My thoughts exactly.

Standing in midfield, I also tried to size up a fairly large soccer pitch. We are going to be very very far away from the action. Hopefully, it shouldnt detract too much from the spectacle.

**jbyrne** · 22/05/2006, 6:38 PM

Originally Posted by gonzo

SG,
Isn't that for terracing though? Heard from CP regulars, it will be c.75k.....with 5k.bucket seats on the hill. Fair play, if we get this for the Welsh & German games. Don't expect a full house for Slovakia though.

i would say all Irish seats will be sold for all Croke Park games. Blockbookers will have to take their allocation for all games as usual and i would imagine the other seats will be sold on a package basis i.e if you want to go to the big home qualifiers like germany then you will have to buy tickets for them all. The novelty value of playing in CP alone will help fill it. Croke Park full of fans more or less following the one team under lights..... cant wait!

**NY Hoop** · 23/05/2006, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by gonzo

SG,
Isn't that for terracing though? Heard from CP regulars, it will be c.75k.....with 5k.bucket seats on the hill. Fair play, if we get this for the Welsh & German games. Don't expect a full house for Slovakia though.

Eh see my earlier post. Hardly think Delaney is making up the figures.

KOH