Why does our national stadium hold only 50K?

prinzeugen · 07-01-2019 01:13AM

VeryTerry wrote: »

I don't think it does. Was the USA game a sell out? That's coming off the teams greatest ever year. I've been to plenty of games when the team aren't doing so well and the attendences have been very low. The successes of the current team won't last forever and demand will shrink back.

I've been to football matches and the place isn't even half full.

The USA game was not far off a sell out. The reason tickets are going for €2000 for the England game is because there are idiots willing to pay that for them.

England/NZ games attract the sort of people that only buy tickets as a status symbol.
They have no interest in rugby (but pretend they do) and only go to socialise. The

Some of the ones I have seen over the years almost seem to enjoy paying stupid amounts as its another way of them showing off their "wealth"!

Richard Hillman · 07-01-2019 01:16AM

Abbotstown would have been a nightmare. There isn't a train station close, no LUAS and only Dublin Bus to rely on. People from Clondalkin, Palmerstown, Tallaght etc would have had to go through the city center if they wanted to use public transport, which would have led to the M50 being carnage on match days because people would have just driven.

I do think they made a mistake with rebuilding Lansdowne Road though. They should have went for a larger stadium in Irishtown.

TCM · 07-01-2019 01:16AM

Guy:Incognito wrote:

Maybe we should apply to host the GAA world cup final there.

Na, its better watching the "Rugby World Cup" made up of essentially 9 teams and some other non identities to make up the numbers. LOL.

keepalive213 · 07-01-2019 01:16AM

I also heard at the time of some of the old soil being sold to an Irish sports chain to sell in the shops in keyrings etc.. but again I have no idea if that's true.
As far as I know the old soil went back into the new pitch anyway.

Church on Tuesday · 07-01-2019 01:17AM

Have to say I think the Aviva is a gorgeous stadium.

I'm sure in the future there will be some way to build onto the three main stands if demand is there.

Collie D · 07-01-2019 01:18AM

prinzeugen wrote: »

The USA game was not far off a sell out. The reason tickets are going for €2000 for the England game is because there are idiots willing to pay that for them.

England/NZ games attract the sort of people that only buy tickets as a status symbol.
They have no interest in rugby (but pretend they do) and only go to socialise. The

Some of the ones I have seen over the years almost seem to enjoy paying stupid amounts as its another way of them showing off their "wealth"!

I’d speculate that a lot of them are corporate client gigs and get expensed rather than coming out of an individual pocket.

And I’d speculate further that it’s not slightly dodgy lads outside stadiums selling them either but established clubs around the country cashing in.

VeryTerry · 07-01-2019 01:18AM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

They should have went for a larger stadium in Irishtown.

Was that ever on the cards? I'm assuming it was on the Glass Bottle site if it was?

prinzeugen · 07-01-2019 01:18AM

VeryTerry wrote: »

The Wikipedia actually has all the rugby attendences and all the test matches have sold out in the last 3 years. We'll see what happens when Schmidt goes I suppose.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviva_Stadium

I would take those figures with a pinch of salt. They look more like numbers of tickets sold/available rather than actual attendance.

awec · 07-01-2019 01:18AM

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

Have to say I think the Aviva is a gorgeous stadium.

I'm sure in the future there will be some way to build onto the three main stands if demand is there.

It looks lovely, but has functional issues IMO and some poor design choices.

The biggest one being the lower tier is far too shallow. Needed to be much steeper to provide a better view.

diusmr8a504cvk · 07-01-2019 01:19AM

ted1 wrote: »

All to do with cost, only a handful of matches will sell out. The rest of the time he stadium will be half full with no atmosphere and running a loss.

That's just plain wrong.

Patser · 07-01-2019 01:21AM

Del2005 wrote: »

We don't have a national stadium. Croke Park and Lansdowne Road are owned by their respective organisations

What about the Tallaght stadium, council owned, open to all types of sports - Soccer , rugby league and union, American football all played competitively there.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallaght_Stadium

diusmr8a504cvk · 07-01-2019 01:24AM

TCM wrote: »

Na, its better watching the "Rugby World Cup" made up of essentially 9 teams and some other non identities to make up the numbers. LOL.

As opposed to the All-Ireland where everyone has a chance of winning it

prinzeugen · 07-01-2019 01:27AM

Collie D wrote: »

I’d speculate that a lot of them are corporate client gigs and get expensed rather than coming out of an individual pocket.

And I’d speculate further that it’s not slightly dodgy lads outside stadiums selling them either but established clubs around the country cashing in.

These are individuals. They go nuts when they find out they are not in the premium level but up in the rafters!.

As far as I am aware, procedures were put in place a few years ago to stop clubs cashing in. I have a vague recollection of a clubs entire allocation being cancelled a few days before a match because some of them appeared on a well known site for 4 x face value.

Collie D · 07-01-2019 01:30AM

Luca Weak Lockjaw wrote: »

As opposed to the All-Ireland where everyone has a chance of winning it

But in Gaelic football, despite the gulf in clsss between Dublin and Leitrim (for example, no offence) there’ll still be a massive interest and a healthy club scene in Leitrim despite them having little chance of winning.

His point was not just about the competitiveness of the game as most sports will have an elite. It’s about actual interest and participation, of which there is very little outside of a handful of countries with rugby.

The Satanist · 07-01-2019 01:36AM

We should build a 500,000 seater mega stadium just in case there's a massive bandwagon that needs looking at. Name it the Leo Multicultural Soup Bowl.

Collie D · 07-01-2019 01:37AM

prinzeugen wrote: »

These are individuals. They go nuts when they find out they are not in the premium level but up in the rafters!.

As far as I am aware, procedures were put in place a few years ago to stop clubs cashing in. I have a vague recollection of a clubs entire allocation being cancelled a few days before a match because some of them appeared on a well known site for 4 x face value.

Crazy amount of money to spend on a game. I wouldn’t do it even if I had it but I have a bee in my bonnet in general about ticket touting.

Good to hear clubs are being cracked down on. I know the GAA watch these sites but thought it was still common practice and more or less ignored in rugby circles. I know of one person whose first game was the win against the All Blacks with a ticket sourced through a club but he says he paid face value. Not sure I believe him as he lives almost two hours drive from said club and I’m not even sure he’s been in that town, let alone have a connection to the rugby club.

Tefral · 07-01-2019 01:44AM

I worked on that job as a Quantity Surveyor. A little known fact is that there could have been close to 5k more seats but the average rugby fan is bigger than the average soccer fan so the seats are 50mm wider to accommodate them.

The whole reason it's that size is due to the objectors at the smaller end. Irish rail actually own the air above the tracks also so there was loads of issues with that and planning too.

prinzeugen · 07-01-2019 01:58AM

Collie D wrote: »

Good to hear clubs are being cracked down on. I know the GAA watch these sites but thought it was still common practice and more or less ignored in rugby circles. I know of one person whose first game was the win against the All Blacks with a ticket sourced through a club but he says he paid face value. Not sure I believe him as he lives almost two hours drive from said club and I’m not even sure he’s been in that town, let alone have a connection to the rugby club.

I think they must only crack down on club tickets that appear for sale online. There is little they can do about tickets got through a friend of a friends uncle.

The number of people getting scammed seems to be dropping also thankfully.

dxhound2005 · 07-01-2019 02:01AM

Tefral wrote: »

I worked on that job as a Quantity Surveyor. A little known fact is that there could have been close to 5k more seats but the average rugby fan is bigger than the average soccer fan so the seats are 50mm wider to accommodate them.

The whole reason it's that size is due to the objectors at the smaller end. Irish rail actually own the air above the tracks also so there was loads of issues with that and planning too.

If it is done on averages a lot of the seats will be too small ?

prinzeugen · 07-01-2019 02:14AM

Tefral wrote: »

I worked on that job as a Quantity Surveyor. A little known fact is that there could have been close to 5k more seats but the average rugby fan is bigger than the average soccer fan so the seats are 50mm wider to accommodate them.

The whole reason it's that size is due to the objectors at the smaller end. Irish rail actually own the air above the tracks also so there was loads of issues with that and planning too.

They are all about the same size IMO. Would the 95th percentile not be used? I did that stuff in school designing seats but can't remember the exact ins and outs of it.

Seats/chairs are usually sized to fit 95% of the average male population. Or something like that.

The "air" above the railway lines must have changed hands since as its now classed as stadium property.

orourkeda1977 · 07-01-2019 02:27AM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Well tickets are selling (for the rugby) at 2000. So lots.

(You might be right on the football though).

A fool and his money are easily parted.

orourkeda1977 · 07-01-2019 02:28AM

The Satanist wrote: »

We should build a 500,000 seater mega stadium just in case there's a massive bandwagon that needs looking at. Name it the Leo Multicultural Soup Bowl.

The 2000 euro paddy wagon memorial

prinzeugen · 07-01-2019 02:42AM

orourkeda1977 wrote: »

The 2000 euro paddy wagon memorial

I remember when there was talk of Connor McGregor doing some sort if fight in the Aviva.

90% of the stewards said they would not work it. That was when everyone was on his bandwagon and before they realised he was a wagon.

07-01-2019 02:52AM

The Satanist wrote: »

We should build a 500,000 seater mega stadium just in case there's a massive bandwagon that needs looking at. Name it the Leo Multicultural Soup Bowl.

Definitely needed in case Garth Brooks ever comes back to this country............

Tefral · 07-01-2019 06:25AM

prinzeugen wrote: »

They are all about the same size IMO. Would the 95th percentile not be used? I did that stuff in school designing seats but can't remember the exact ins and outs of it.

Seats/chairs are usually sized to fit 95% of the average male population. Or something like that.

The "air" above the railway lines must have changed hands since as its now classed as stadium property.

All the seats are the same size in the stadium you are correct. There are 50mm wider than the seats that would be typically used in a soccer stadium, as a result the capacity is just under 5k less than what it could have been if it was seating used in a typically soccer stadium.

VinLieger · 07-01-2019 09:41AM

Pauliedragon wrote: »

Is there a reason the Aviva stadium only holds 50000 people? I read today tickets for the England rugby match are selling for 2000 euros. Why doesn't the Aviva hold 80K? Wales have a 75K stadium with a similar population. I'm not trying to be smart it's a genuine question.

Because the people living in havelock square wanted more money to sell up