Stadium Updates (All Clubs)

[EatYerGreens]

Gigs are being planned for the last season in Dalymount.

Ryan Gigs themed away shirt incoming then...

[Nesta99]

I cant wait to see the plans for the multi-use basketball court that St Olivers Community School in Drogheda got €7.2m allocated for. I can understand why DUFCs new ground didnt get funding yet when looking for €16m, 7.2 is half hearted but Louth GAA were seeking €7m to finsih their funding but were also overlooked. I wont lose sleep over that but its an odd one with groundwork done, stands on site to be erected, County Board with a couple of million in the bank to add to what Croke Park have agreed and supposedly €15m IIP money ringfenced. There must be some pretty big problems or a bunch of messing at local or organisational level not to get this funding over the line considering what has been committed!!!

[Mr A]

Ryan Gigs themed away shirt incoming then...

Makes sense, if there is anyone associated with playing away from home it's Ryan Giggs.

And since it wasn't very far away from home it's a perfect fit for a Dublin club.

[bohsmug]

Sad yes - but long overdue tbh.

Definitely needs doing. Even me saying it'll be sad "when" Dalymount is knocked hints at a bit of self deception. A significant portion of it has already been demolished.

[2 Year Contract]

Good progress made on the Brandywell even since last week!

https://x.com/bradley_steve/status/1...318214773?s=46

[Nesta99]

Precast/prefab really does come together so quickly. I just dont get why some projects would still use poured concrete unless there is someone in the pockets of concrete product providers or builder, not looking at any project in particular. It does beg the question why stands havent come down in price in any significant way and are millions of Euro. Regulations from UEFA I presume on steel based stuctures, not ulike bleachers in the US, should be rlaxed for small venues. Between Tallaght, Sligo now, Derry also, Dalymount and other projects in the works, added to crowds being up and our sides being in European groups semi regularly its is pretty much a wish list from Foot.ie circa 2001 happening. Tbh 25 years for things to happen doesnt even seem that long by usual norms.

[nr637]

Good progress made on the Brandywell even since last week!

https://x.com/bradley_steve/status/1...318214773?s=46

Looks impressive, always great when you see LOI stadiums being improved, I reckon Derry fans are already looking forward to the new season and having the a new viewing option.

[pateen]

Any monies mentioned for Turners Cross?

[Shearer]

Any monies mentioned for Turners Cross?

Got funding in the Sports Capital Grant in September.

[brendy_éire]

Any monies mentioned for Turners Cross?

Are there plans for Turners Cross?

[2 Year Contract]

Get whoever’s building the new Brandywell stand to do the new Dalymount, Showgrounds, Richmond, Drogs stadium and the lot will be done by the start of next season at the rate they’re going

https://x.com/bradley_steve/status/1...161979655?s=46

[oriel]

Brilliant to see so many grounds improving around the league.

One thing though that it constant, there is no way any one club could have moved forward without capital grant to pay for most / all of it, or for it to be owned by local authority or a football association. Fair play to Sligo for their 16.4M grant, the application I heard was top class, and the late Tommie Gorman helped with it I heard, plus Sligo had a club rep also working in the council, so it was nailed on to succeed, again fair play to them.

Its about time domestic football in this country has started to get serious money in, never sat right with me why the GAA got an almost free stadium built in Croke Park, is there any debt there, I don't think so, plus it was multi millions, dwarfed what Sligo got, 'take the money guys'. The GAA stadium in Cork is in debt but that was due to an over spend.

Sligo have proven to be the template, do your homework correctly, run your house in order, all bills paid, live within your means, and aim high, good luck to them.

Same for Derry who have the unique situation of being able to draw down money from a jurisdiction they are within but don't play games in a competition in, again its just great to see.

Dundalk are in no position to apply for Large Scale Grant given current position, and to be totally frank, its our own fault for spending all euro monies on dominating Irish football from 2014-2020, what is there to show for all of that now, website stats, wiki searches, that's about it.

[redobit]

Get whoever’s building the new Brandywell stand to do the new Dalymount, Showgrounds, Richmond, Drogs stadium and the lot will be done by the start of next season at the rate they’re going

https://x.com/bradley_steve/status/1...161979655?s=46

Standard enough to be fair. Its all pre fabricated. None of the elements of structure are built on site. Concrete and steel built in a factory somewhere and assemble on site.

[TonyD]

Get whoever’s building the new Brandywell stand to do the new Dalymount, Showgrounds, Richmond, Drogs stadium and the lot will be done by the start of next season at the rate they’re going

https://x.com/bradley_steve/status/1...161979655?s=46

It looks from that picture as if the stand only goes about halfway across the pitch ? Hopefully not.

[joey B]

It looks from that picture as if the stand only goes about halfway across the pitch ? Hopefully not.

That’s just one section of it ,it goes right the way behind the goal…..

[nr637]

Could Drogheda's Cup win now be used by the club to persuade Town Planners & local TD's who know doubt have jumped on the 'magic of the Cup' bandwagon, to consider the clubs plans for new stadium plans and facilities!
While, I suppose a win over Bray will also help the club by keeping it's Premiership status also!

[Nesta99]

Town planners and Drog Corp councillors are not opposed to Drogs stadium, LCC have allocated the land, they just wont fund the development. Why would they when there could be money from central govt. They would be involved in the planning and grant application process. The Drogs stadium is on a reserve list i think if another project doesnt draw down their grant they could step in. It is mad that this could be the case while the GAA County Ground didnt even make the reserve list when a lot of grant money has already been spent and everything needed is on site to build including the stand. Drogs proposal is a greenfield site in the vicinity of what will be new road access from the port area of the town that will run north then west twoard the M1 around the northern fringe of the town, like a inner ring road. It will be a major improvement in providing vehicular access from south to north without having to go through the town, should ease traffic for easier access to the hospital and opens up a large tranche of land fo development northside. I think this is the main reason opening up this land with a new road. All development south of the town is now in Co Meath and has been for years. LCC miss out on planny levy income for ost developments in Drogheda but carry the bulk of the cost of administrating the largest part of the town north of the Boyne roughly. This allows LCC to cash in, and help balance the growth of the town equally on both directions from the town centre. Not pariculrly relevent to the potential stadium but some context especially as past plans for similar areas were rejected with no infrastructure. If there is a pitfall for the stadium plan it will be timing ie will services be in place before the stadium or could it be open but not able to go online, connext to water and sewage et al.

Any club with an ounce of sense should be frantically be engaging project development consultants with this sort of money being bandied about. It is not policy to give to some and not to others as long as applications, plans and execution/commencement is up to scratch and there isnt historical issues. I kind of wondered how Dundalk could be allocated grants for pitch and lights when owing money to revenue as surely a tax compliance cert is needed and if you are not compliant?? When projects get overlooked like Louth GAA there is always a good reason eg builder has history with the tax man and you wait for another round of grants to reapply with a different builder though in Louth GAAs case the gut instinct is the golden passport funding and whether all those have been fulfilled with the 1mil investment each and job provision actually happened. Funnily enough there are many factions making claim and counterclaim and pointing fingers on why things have been problematic. For the smallest county we are miles apart when it coms to commn ground.

[Tomas]

Any Bohs fans here? Havent been to Phibsboro, or Ireland at all, for about 8 years. Dalymount was really aging at the time. Now I see you have improved on a couple of stands. So what about the stand behind the goal, towards the city. There was nothing at the time. Any progress there? And, my best wishes to "Mick", lovely ol fella responsible for a car park behind the opposite goal, "the Shed". Bless... and a great club pub run by Bohs supporters, in 2013 or so, I could get a pint of Heineken/Carlsberg for something like 3,20 euro. Can imagine its double that price these days.

[2 Year Contract]

Any Bohs fans here? Havent been to Phibsboro, or Ireland at all, for about 8 years. Dalymount was really aging at the time. Now I see you have improved on a couple of stands. So what about the stand behind the goal, towards the city. There was nothing at the time. Any progress there? And, my best wishes to "Mick", lovely ol fella responsible for a car park behind the opposite goal, "the Shed". Bless... and a great club pub run by Bohs supporters, in 2013 or so, I could get a pint of Heineken/Carlsberg for something like 3,20 euro. Can imagine it’s double that price these days.

The whole ground is being knocked down and redeveloped, with the pitch rotating 90 degrees from its current position. Some pictures of what it’s due to look like here: https://www.newstalk.com/news/pictur...k-like-1641841

2025 is apparently Bohs last year in the current Dalymount before moving out for a few years for redevelopment

[Glen Of Aherlow]

The whole ground is being knocked down and redeveloped, with the pitch rotating 90 degrees from its current position. Some pictures of what it’s due to look like here: https://www.newstalk.com/news/pictur...k-like-1641841

2025 is apparently Bohs last year in the current Dalymount before moving out for a few years for redevelopment

Has to be a bit of worry as a LOI fan moving out of your ground while it's being redeveloped , will things go on years longer than expected ?