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St Annes Park capacity?

  • 10-12-2019 11:21pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,624 ✭✭✭✭


    How many does it hold for a concert like Duran Duran?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,842 ✭✭✭s8n


    okidoki987 wrote: »
    How many does it hold for a concert like Duran Duran?

    close to a million


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,050 ✭✭✭Ricosruffneck


    okidoki987 wrote: »
    How many does it hold for a concert like Duran Duran?

    20k


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,624 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    Guess I'll be closer to the stage with Ricosruffnecks offer ;)
    Cheers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 971 ✭✭✭phunkadelic


    20k
    Hard to find definite capacity, but this indicates it is 12k:


    https://www.loveclontarf.ie/news/kodaline-concert-st-annes-park-info/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,147 ✭✭✭piplip87


    Yeah I'd reckon about 12,000 was at Kodaline. Fantastic venue. Plenty of space. Long walk into the site from the park gates but very good venue


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 581 ✭✭✭deeks


    Any nearby hotels apart from Clontarf Castle that might be handy for this?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,624 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    Driving or walking?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭RubyK


    okidoki987 wrote: »
    Driving or walking?

    Sorry to hijack deeks - I too am looking for recommendations for hotels, within walking distance.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭whomenonotme


    RubyK wrote: »
    Sorry to hijack deeks - I too am looking for recommendations for hotels, within walking distance.


    Only Clontarf Castle within walking distance, there are B&Bs though (e.g. quick search gives https://ireland-bnb.com/dublin-bed-breakfasts-clontarf.html)



    Marine Hotel at Sutton Cross and Hilton Dublin Airport on Malahide Road are 10 minutes drive away.


    130 bus service is decent enough to get back into the city centre from Clontarf (Mount Prospect Ave side of the park), every 25 mins I think after 8pm. Or buses from Howth Road.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,624 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    Yeah B&B or Airbnb would be the way forward.
    Would imagine there will be big demand for accomodation as the 3 gigs on.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,882 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    got a ticket to duran duran for june but after watching a few recent gig footage on youtube im meh about it now

    Lot of dad dancing on stage/prob on the field itself and a field full of drunken middle aged women

    it will be a laugh by drink will be needed i imagine ha


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 632 ✭✭✭return guide


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    got a ticket to duran duran for june but after watching a few recent gig footage on youtube im meh about it now

    Lot of dad dancing on stage/prob on the field itself and a field full of drunken middle aged women

    it will be a laugh by drink will be needed i imagine ha

    you bought a ticket, then did your research by YouTube?

    Duran Duran were a band of the early 80's, that is close to 40 years ago, you are going to get Grandad dancing - enjoy, I know I will.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,863 ✭✭✭hynesie08


    you bought a ticket, then did your research by YouTube?

    Duran Duran were a band of the early 80's, that is close to 40 years ago, you are going to get Grandad dancing - enjoy, I know I will.

    Yeah, he doesn't actually like gigs, just obsessed with ticking off some weird bucket list to say he saw them....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,882 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    hynesie08 wrote: »
    Yeah, he doesn't actually like gigs, just obsessed with ticking off some weird bucket list to say he saw them....

    Yeah I dont like gigs at all, I use my time and what money I have to tick off a bucket list

    I'll enjoy the gig no matter what


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,289 ✭✭✭fafy


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    Yeah I dont like gigs at all, I use my time and what money I have to tick off a bucket list

    I'll enjoy the gig no matter what

    Saw them at the Marquee a while back, and i suspect they may play the Marquee again this year as dates coincide, an enjoyable gig, a nostalgia trip, but enjoyable all the same, once was enough though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,861 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Assuming this gig is the one finally happening next month? :)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭sam t smith


    Where is the best place to go in the park to hear the concert for free?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,159 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    Park was completely closed off & surrounding roads were residents only for the last gigs a few years ago - couldn't even walk the dog down Sybil Hill to cut into Furry Park



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,872 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    They're fairly heavily stewarded with Garda back up from what I can remember of the last gigs. The whole park is secured and hanging around the surrounding streets isn't tolerated I'm afraid.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭sam t smith


    Thanks, presume same applies to the entrances on the Howth Road, Watermill Road etc? Out of curiosity, where exactly is the stage? At the end of the main avenue (opposite end to the main gates)?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,872 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    The stage is offset to the left of the plateau where the house used to be. So if you're walking on the main avenue from Sybill hill it's to the left at the end after the clock tower. That whole area is for the crowd with food facilities on the Clontarf side. Each entrance is fenced off with people corralled in & out of the venue.

    Plenty of prep, engineers, set up crews, sweepers etc.. days before the gigs, so you'd want to be up a tree with lots of cereal bars, water & plastic poop bags a couple of weeks in advance if you're set for free gig!!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭sam t smith


    Cheers @John_Rambo , don’t worry, I have a new plan. Tunnelling.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭Stillill42


    Bravo, Sam. Admirable commitment. Keep us posted.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,861 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭sam t smith


    Someone took pity on me and got me a ticket. 🥳



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,386 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    Is it easy to get back to Dublin, how long does it take?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 277 ✭✭newirishman


    You can walk to GPO in 1h 15min. But apparently MCD did some work with Irish Rail and Dublin bus, so hopefully Darts aplenty and some buses to get back into town after the concert.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,386 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    Okay but in terms of making bus in city to head back down the country could be a non runner shall we say?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Raheny and Harmonstown would be your DART stations. About 15-20 minutes walking to each I think. 15 minutes into town then.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭sam t smith


    You might actually be closer to Raheny DART depending on the available exits.

    Ignore I read that as Killester and Harmonstown and can’t delete this post.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 277 ✭✭newirishman



    Concert will finish around 10:30 or thereabouts, and I'd plan for an hour to get into town one way or the other. Dart is probably most predictable.

    But MCD might still publish some more transport info. There's already concerts on the weekend beforehand, as well as Fri & Sat before then Duran Duran concert. Keep an eye on the interwebs, it'll give you an idea what to expect.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭cullenswood


    What is parking like in the area?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,872 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    From what I can remember the last time Raheny was closed for some reason and there was a corridor from Harmonstown.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 277 ✭✭newirishman




  • Registered Users Posts: 9,348 ✭✭✭nozzferrahhtoo


    Apologies for hijacking this thread to ask my question but seemed better than clogging everyone up with a new thread.

    We happen to be flying in from Germany while Dermot Kennedy is on in St Annes. So scored 2 tickets. My 11 year old daughter is excited as this is her first live concert of any kind.

    For this reason I would like to get up the front as close as possible. I have never been to St Annes before. Where is the actual ticketing checking entrance for the gigs? And is it possible to camp out there a LONG time before the show actually starts in order to be one of the first to get in.

    I was taken to a few U2 gigs in the past and this is what we did. Camped right at the entrance and were one of the first people in, and which point there was a SPRINT as people being let in ran to be the first up the front :) I think my daughter would get a kick out of doing the same here.

    So all infos on tricks and tips to achieve this, appreciated greatly!



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,872 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    You can't arrive before the time of the concert, you'll be asked to move away from the area.

    However, I wouldn't worry about not being able to get to the front at a Dermot Kennedy concert, most of the people attending will be asleep, bored senseless or trying to hang themselves from the trees. Just be careful you don't stand on anyone on your way up.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,863 ✭✭✭hynesie08


    While John Rambo is slightly exaggerating, if you get there an hour before gates, you'll be as close to the front as you want, the DK crowd will be milling the pink gins and posing for the gram until the support act ends.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,273 ✭✭✭downtheroad


    St Anne's Park is in the middle of a very residential area. There's about 50 streets you can park on and be no more than 10 minutes from the perimeter of the park.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,872 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    There's be no parking in the area, same as last time there was concerts in St. Annes Park.

    I'm a resident, and they sent a letter saying they'll have checkpoints at all the points in, Mt Prospect avenue (both ends) Vernon Ave, Howth Road, Kincora road, Clontarf road, Watermill Road, Howth Road Killester, Brookwood avenue, Harmonstown road from 7am to 1am.

    I actually don't mind people parking, it's no skin off my nose, but just warning you in case you end up trying to park outside the cordons with everyone else that drove.

    Best of luck, enjoy the gigs!!

    Post edited by John_Rambo on


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,348 ✭✭✭nozzferrahhtoo


    Know nothing about the singer myself. Living here in Germany my daughter just decided its someone she likes. So the fact his show happens to coincide with us being home anyway, has made her somewhat excited and beside herself.

    So where specifically IS the ticket checking entrance, and stage?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭sam t smith


    Hi, does anyone know if the Saturday market will be running as normal on the concert weekends?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 277 ✭✭newirishman




  • Registered Users Posts: 2,337 ✭✭✭positivenote


    Guys,

    Just wondering about what alchol will be on sale at the Paul Heaton gig. Orchard thieves or Vodka is the question as Its all the wife will drink... if its not being served we will drive in to the gig.

    Anyway of finding out? Bringing the kids as well (10 and 11) so any advise on this would be great

    Cheers



  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 5,692 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nowso


    Plastic cups of warm heineken will be available lol



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    And islands edge, and orchard thieves (diabetic piss). Seems to be a cocktail bar as well. I've only been to the noodle place myself so far as I was starving



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 604 ✭✭✭bobbyg


    Anywhere close by to get decent pub grub before the gigs?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 277 ✭✭newirishman


    Manhattan Pub Cross the road from Raheny dart Station is alright for food.



  • Subscribers Posts: 41,830 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    We were able to drive right onto all saints Road yesterday and park pretty much directly across from the "Blue route" entrance to St Anne's. 10 mins walk from there into the concert.

    There is a car park within the park that's available as well


    Oh and the wood fired pizzas were delicious



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,398 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Any idea on stage times today? With the weather I’m not going to bother with support.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,862 ✭✭✭statto25


    I was at the gig last night and the bar was a sh1tshow. Hour wait for a drink at least. More than an hour for a taxi which is par for the course but I'm not from the locality so I'd no idea where I was going as there were no signs or stewards along the routes



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