Limerick GAA Discussion Part 2

One of the worst in hurling but we are blessed compared to the state some of the football counties have let their grounds get to. Big mistake not to knock it with the rest of the stadium.

The majority of GAA stadiums willingly took a hit on capacity numbers and it will never go back up.

If they ever do build a new Mackey it's actually more likely to go down even more.

standard of most gaa grounds are a disgrace in every county bar dublin and puc at a stretch. They are not about comfort design or facilities. They are just concrete structures to contain 43k people for two hours.

Nearly 20 years old thomond park is a completely different supporter experience. Way more professional. I would be confident in bringing any uk/usa person there. While Gaelic grounds thurles definitely not

i know rugby is professional etc etc but that doesn’t mean the grounds have to be decrepit. Tullamore built a lovely main stand from bag packing at dunnes and Tesco so surely limerick gaa could do similar main stand but bigger.

And a roof over the north. Even a white tent thing that the rds used.

Upgrades don't win you championships I assume. If it cost x amount to upgrade could put that money into sponsoring the team to help them improve on the pitch rather than stadium upgrades.

Land gets more expensive the closer you get to the city centre. Even on the Dock Rd.

Any move would only be further from the city and any other option is just fantasy.

Tip or not it's sadly the 3rd best stadium in the GAA. So in terms of central money it is way down the investment list.

Sadly this is it. The price of even the most modest stand of the size required has gone crazy.

Ticket situation seems bad for the final , most clubs are 4 and 5 times oversubscribed for stand tickets for final and terrace tickets not much better , I mentioned at work I have 2 season tickets and was offered 300 for the two open stand tickets by someone fairly desperate and not short of a few Bob not that I’m parting with my tickets

Quad can win you games/championships, a new stand won't.

The 3 finals against Clare were all effectively sellouts but anyone who wanted a ticket could get one. This is very different because no fanbase can match Limerick or Cork when going well. Not trying to claim we have better fans its just demographics.

It will be manic if both meet in the final. Cork have 400k people more than our "usual" finalists Kilkenny.

Limerick and Clare require different sized stadiums. And it would be 3/4 teams sharing not 2 which would be tough and the club championship later rounds would cause problems.

Also fuk Clare.

Tickets for the Clare End and City End up for sale on Ticketmaster.

up now - city end

Will the team be named tonight on account of the Sat evening match

Sound ,your prob right but i thought Flanagan did ok against Clare and Shane O Brien was poor so u never know

Well whoever he picks hopefully they are all ready to go hard from the throw in and hopefully be ready for the usual shite before the ball is thrown in

Might see him drop out for SOB or Flanagan come Saturday unless there's a fitness issue with both.