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The Markets Field dressing rooms beginning to take shape.
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I got the grand tour of underneath the new stand at EDP on Friday. What a great facility! Bringing EDP upto and beyond UEFA standards.
Two big dressing rooms (seating 35 each) with great shower facilities etc, medic room, refs room, groundskeeper office (well deserved), tea room (already in use), 5/6 storage rooms for the Galway FA, some offices, a room that can be used as shop or similar at the away end and a very impressive entrance/tunnel ("run out onto the pitch area") in the middle of the stand.
Walls are painted and the dressing rooms are nearly finished (and to a very high standard), internal doors are up and painted. The floor covering is to be laid throughout the stand, I would imagine this will take a couple of weeks.
I didn't ask for a completion date, but I would imagine it will be ready to go by the end of June at the latest.
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Most of these facilities were located behind the goal on Dyke Road weren't they?
Any news on what they might do behind the goal once its done?
Ya everything apart from the chippers, sweet shop, kit shop and the tea room are located in the club house behind the dyke road goal.
No word on what they will do with the clubhouse yet. Upstairs is being currently used as a media briefing room (10/15 seats facing an interview table) and the security room/Public announcing room. And storage rooms. Down stairs there is dressing rooms, refs room and some small offices and toilets.
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Good article in Dundalk democrat today, interview with chairman on plans for oriel park. It's suggesting if the current owners get full ownership of the lease, and they've made a bit of progress on that (it's held by previous owner Gerry Matthews, or his company), that they could use some of the European prize money for ground redevelopments.
This can't start until the lease is sorted, as they can't apply for anything more than 20k capital sports grants until they have ownership, plus they will need to use their own money together with grants, as obviously the costs will be major. So hopefully things might move in the right direction on ground redevelopment in the not too distant future. All roads pointing towards that lease though, they need to get that under their control first.
We shall see how this develops.
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I'd say permanent structures to be built would be a priority as the stadium clearly needs a facelift on almost every side. Also there are no toilets on the shed side, and only temporary ones at the away end, and this is just unacceptable in this day and age.
The floodlights will also need to be upgraded. The main stand may possibly be looked at with a view to extend, (pending planning issues) additional seating all over the ground, covered if possible, and upgrading or more likely relocating the away end. It's a long long list to take the stadium into the modern era, and even if they can apply for grants, it won't happen overnight.
The pitch will be changed at the end of this season regardless, as it's the final year of the current version. The options will be an upgrade to next version artificial or a return to grass, as much as I'd like to see the latter, I can't see it happening. There would be far too much ground work required, but I could be wrong.
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While the pitch and floodlights are pressing (although not necessarily by the end of this season), I would be amazed if there is any other significant stadium development in the foreseeable future.
Getting into the next round of Champions League might accelerate the process marginally
Yep, I'd agree with this, taking into account everything, any redevelopments would more than likely be very gradual.
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Update on the Markets Field on Facebook today.
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Great progress at the Markets Field. Things really being done to a high spec. It should give the side a great boost in 4 weeks time.
Why have they (deliberately) not got a bar licence? A bar can be a decent earner for a club.
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New toilet(s) in EDP with a two up front feel.
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