Whatever. Just do a proper job.
That's a bizarre suggestion to half build a stand. If they are going to "come back later" they might as well build in the big gap by the half a terrace on the far side or build a new stand over that side.
Also the new stand has a very similar footprint to the old one so their might be planning or entry/exit issues. Very few GAA stadiums have their capacity set by the amount of available space in the stands/terraces.
Like others, I see no evidence of a covered terrace.
A lot of this thread is about having higher quality stadiums, but not necessarily huge ones. This one is hardly big enough, so meets the second requirement but only 20% of its capacity is seated or covered.
If they didn't have enough budget then they should have built a deeper covered stand in the central part of the pitch, with uncovered seating or terracing at near the goals for now, and then come back and roof that later.
I just think that such a lack of ambition in one of the largest counties with a fast growing population is alarming for the GAA.
Yes,it's a bizarre metric to build a county ground by.
I've only been to Newbridge once,there's no covered terrace? It's a very basic ground but looking forward to seeing new stand at some stage
there is no covered terrace on the other side of the pitch. Unless they’ve built one and not put it on the launch video which would be unlikely
That 70 people from each club in Kildare couldn't fit in the stand is the most bizarre criticism of anything I think I have ever heard. More than 10,000 people can be accommodated in the rest of the stadium, including on a covered terrace on the other side of the pitch.
So that's a no,no and regularly no...
Ok,cool.
Monaghan, Armagh, maybe Kilkenny hurlers.
What I specifically said, which was not at all cryptic, was that the stadium was not ambitious.
Kildare has the 6th biggest potential audience, but little interest in attracting it. There is no part of Kildare more than 40 minutes drive from Newbridge, you can even go on a train there. In Donegal many parts of the county are twice as far and there is no chance of a train, Cork, Antrim have areas more than an hour from the city venue of the ground. If 70 people came from each club in Kildare, they wouldn't fit in the stand.
I assumed your own cryptic post was complaining that the stadium was too small which it is not.
But in a few generations Kildare should have a population advantage.
I think a stand of that quality to hold 5k or 6k would have been better but its still a great job
Also outside of Mayo (population 150k,regularly get 15k) what county get 10% of their population at league games?
This statement may be philosophical or there is something missing!
Basically Kildare are offering a dry seat to 1% of its people, which suggests that they are not planning to get to grips with the numbers any time soon.
The Kildare population is small. It's the population of Kildare that is big.
It is something Kildare GAA will eventually need to come to terms with and tap into though.
Unambitious. This is 5% of the population of the county, some counties could get 10% of their population at a league game.
In the videos it looks like all the terraces are still the same but if they have a bigger pitch they must of taken some of the space between the terraces and the old pitch
Its a County Ground which will have at most on a good year maybe 10 games between league & Championship i would say its big enoght. I would also say they are hoping to sell 3k in season tickets every year.
A total capacity of 15k seems small for a big County like Kildare.
It looks great.
Super facilities,its a bit on the small side with only 3k capacity but that's probably the nicest stand in any county ground.
Well done to all involved.
Video of St Conleth's;
https://twitter.com/KildareGAA/status/1844099457929052355
it is. State of the art is more spurs stadium or the sofi stadium though. It’s pushing credulity a bit.
Does the new pitch go right up to the terraces which were bizarrely set back behind a road ?
Unless youre Cavan and you unveil a pie in the sky project that's so unattainable that you can't even guess how much its going to cost!
They've done a decent job in kildare,as you say it's whatever their budget allows.You would think a big county like kildare could build bigger and maybe they will develop the other sides when budgets etc allow.
Its still a fine job between the Stand and bigger pitch. I taught they might try and extend the terrraces but you can at the end of the day only do what your budget allows you
I hear it’s state of the art. To confirmation in the piece though 😕
Kildare have St Conleths back in use now
https://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/kildare-gaa-to-officially-re-open-state-of-the-art-st-conleths-park-this-month-after-major-facelift/a592414005.html
The ambition is great and all but even developing those pitches will be expensive. There is a big level change there and it will require a lot of earthworks, you can see the retaining wall around Pitches 3 and 4 there. I don't think they own that land either, unless it was bought relatively recevntly. They have already spent money on a different pitch layout. I think they'd be doing well to get two pitches on the far side of the river., if they had that plus the 3G and the "Back training pitch" it would be similar to most similar sized county's COE.
There is no way that all that work has gone into the planning application without a detailed analysis been done on the costings, obvioulsy it is a massive outlay and that's why he is keeping quiet on it for now.
The polo grounds develoopment is what needs to be concentrated on and would be far more benifical to the people in the county.
The Breffni project looks like pure pie in the sky stuff at the moment. A new stand with improved spectator and player facilities would be a reasonable aspiration but beyond that I can't see it happening.
Kieran Callaghan, Chairperson Cavan GAA has admitted that either it hasn't even been costed or if it has wont reveal it. Why go for planning and not reveal the projected cost?
"While refusing to speculate on what it might cost to deliver, Mr Callaghan suggests the government allow Cavan GAA to take a bite out of the €13bn in unpaid taxes set to be returned to the Exchequer by tech-giant Apple."
Hoping for a contribution from the Apple money is not realistic. It is likely that the money from that will go to housing and rail/road/water infrastructure.
"The cost-benefit of such an investment, Mr Callaghan considers, would be generational in its return".
Again does he have that information and if so why is he not presenting it? If he has it surely that would help the case for obtaining funding? I'm guessing there is no CBA.
Full redesign and planning are needed, will take a couple of years from when that gets the green light.
The official line is that the €50m remains in place but it would be very easy for a future government to say that was for that Casement project, not another one. €50m would build a good stadium but it's not for the Irish taxpayer to fund the whole thing, a reasonable contribution would be enough.
What is the status of casement park now. I now Jarlet burns is taking about delivering a county grounds for Antrim but we will be looking at full redesign and planning needed.
Will the state leave the 50 million in a bank account for Antrim because who is to say what happens in the future as we all remeber 2008
Nobody should bring an umbrella to a terrace. Buy proper wet gear and make sure to go into the dry side of the crowd
