Bring a baby to Croke Park?

Tarakiwa

Hi!

I have a ticket for the game this weekend and was wondering .........

If I bring my 18 month old daughter with me will they let her into the stadium? Will I have to pay or do they just let her sit on my lap for free??

Any advise would be greatly appreciated!!

twinytwo

Tarakiwa wrote: »

Hi!

I have a ticket for the game this weekend and was wondering .........

If I bring my 18 month old daughter with me will they let her into the stadium? Will I have to pay or do they just let her sit on my lap for free??

Any advise would be greatly appreciated!!

Id be very surprised if they charged you. They shouldnt. Iv seen parents with small kids go into matchs and they have never had to pay/use a ticket. You might end up with some cranky old guy on the gate??...Obviously she would have to sit on ur lap. Just be carefull though because when the crowd goes off she will get one hell of a fright.

Pshan

twinytwo wrote: »

Id be very surprised if they charged you. They shouldnt. Iv seen parents with small kids go into matchs and they have never had to pay/use a ticket. You might end up with some cranky old guy on the gate??...Obviously she would have to sit on ur lap. Just be carefull though because when the crowd goes off she will get one hell of a fright.

There isn't too much room on the seats for babies to be sitting on laps, you could certainly try but I wouldn't be surprised if you were refused.

Serenity Now!

You'll be refused.
On at least, the insurance issue alone.

Mint Sauce

have seen on a couple of sites, including the croke park site that no children can be lifted over the turnstyles, every person going in needs to pay, although tbh, great to start them young, but would she not be bothered by the crowd and noise, or even get restless in the same spot for that amount of time

RuggieBear

You will need a ticket for the child. No ticket is no admittance.

It's a H&S issue tbh...you can't have people sitting on others laps in case of an emergeny evacuation and the like.

Tarakiwa

RuggieBear wrote: »

You will need a ticket for the child. No ticket is no admittance.

It's a H&S issue tbh...you can't have people sitting on others laps in case of an emergeny evacuation and the like.

I called Croke Park and they have confirmed that this is the position.

1 ticket = 1 person (regardless of age).

In fairness the lady that I spoke to was very polite but she left me in no doubt that my daughter would not be granted admitance to the venue without her own ticket.

So - new dilema! I have 2 tickets (side by side!). Do I bring my 18 month old daughter and hope that she will not winge / cry / get scared or do I give the tickets to 2 rugby fans who will enjoy it?

RuggieBear

babysitter?

Tim Robbins

Tarakiwa wrote: »

So - new dilema! I have 2 tickets (side by side!). Do I bring my 18 month old daughter and hope that she will not winge / cry / get scared or do I give the tickets to 2 rugby fans who will enjoy it?

Babysitter or don't go. I can't see how a young baby would enjoy the breakdown, lineouts and offloads and it could get messy amongst all the hussel and bussel of the big crowds.

Ideal world the middle tier wouldn't be corporate and would be family friendly and could hold prams and the maybe even the pet dog. But alas it's not the case.

Relevant

€80 to bring an 18month old to a match? You must be loaded!

In all seriousness you should also consider the people arond you, I wouldn't appreciate an 18month old crying beside me for the whole game

Tim Robbins

Relevant wrote: »

€80 to bring an 18month old to a match? You must be loaded!

In all seriousness you should also consider the people arond you, I wouldn't appreciate an 18month old crying beside me for the whole game

Quiet for the kicker now...

Crash

Thats what soothers were invented for Tim.

cgarvey

Croke Park have a strict policy on that (and have full-height turnstiles to help enforce it).

More importantly though, I'd question why you'd want to bring the little thing to a game in Croke Park? Will she not be, quite literally, frightened by the noise level, and the suddeness of that, or is she used to that?

Build her up slowly .. go to a cheaper more family-focussed game like a Magners league game! She's not going to remember the occasion anyway, will be bored, will distract you (or someone else, if you're not distracted!) and will quite probably be intimidated/firghtened by the noise.