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Talks the GAA want each province to have a landmark stadium Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Croke park, Casement Park and now a Connacht GAA headquarters in Galway city. GAA top brass are waiting on news of the Galway outer bypass route and hope to build along the river Corrib working along side the Government's new Land Development Agency in a massive redevelopment plan for the Dyke Road area.The GAA want a fully covered stadium holding between 20 and 30 thousand people and will be used to promote high quality league games in dry conditions. brisbane (Galway) - Posts: 674 - 27/09/2018 02:58:01 2144054 Link
Great news if true, i would be of the strong opinion that the game needs to be decanted away from Croke Park and the game not always cradled in Dublin, particularly if the S8 structure is going to conitinue. Having provincial stadiums would be brilliant for the game. I also think the proper infrastructure increases revenue streams. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 27/09/2018 11:09:23 2144075 Link
Replying To brisbane: "Talks the GAA want each province to have a landmark stadium Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Croke park, Casement Park and now a Connacht GAA headquarters in Galway city. GAA top brass are waiting on news of the Galway outer bypass route and hope to build along the river Corrib working along side the Government's new Land Development Agency in a massive redevelopment plan for the Dyke Road area.The GAA want a fully covered stadium holding between 20 and 30 thousand people and will be used to promote high quality league games in dry conditions." Pairc chiaran in athlone is a suitable venue is a suitable location to build a state of the art venue that would be accessible from all 4 corners of the country. The area is enough to build a stadium and at least two training pitches. maroonkingdom (Westmeath) - Posts: 41 - 27/09/2018 11:38:50 2144086 Link
Replying To brisbane: "Talks the GAA want each province to have a landmark stadium Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Croke park, Casement Park and now a Connacht GAA headquarters in Galway city. GAA top brass are waiting on news of the Galway outer bypass route and hope to build along the river Corrib working along side the Government's new Land Development Agency in a massive redevelopment plan for the Dyke Road area.The GAA want a fully covered stadium holding between 20 and 30 thousand people and will be used to promote high quality league games in dry conditions." They could stop investing 'bad money' on Tuam, Pearse, Ballinasloe etc then.....all competing for Galway funding when it should all being going into one stadium The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 705 - 27/09/2018 11:45:59 2144089 Link
Replying To maroonkingdom: "Pairc chiaran in athlone is a suitable venue is a suitable location to build a state of the art venue that would be accessible from all 4 corners of the country. The area is enough to build a stadium and at least two training pitches." Must say I agree with that ,have always wondered why there hasn't been a big stadium built there before seen as its location is so central and motorway access from the east and south and parts of the west ,train network and lots of hotels Galwayjoe86 (Galway) - Posts: 258 - 27/09/2018 12:03:34 2144096 Link
No reason why they wont invest this stadium in Athlone - would make logical sense for players who work from Dublin and would have to travel back in order to make use of the facilities. Be a good idea to have the stadium there too so that the shower of cowboys don't take away Athlone from Roscommon. There would be a civil war breaking out over less matters WaitingInTheLongGrass (Roscommon) - Posts: 165 - 27/09/2018 12:04:31 2144097 Link
A stadium for Galway the headline should read. IF they build it then MacHale Park and Hyde park aren't going to suddenly close. Any new stadium in Galway should be multi purpose with A new home for Connacht rugby. They will be waiting for a while for that outer bypass though....traffic in Galway is chronic at the minute...worse than the peak boom. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 27/09/2018 14:47:09 2144118 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "A stadium for Galway the headline should read. IF they build it then MacHale Park and Hyde park aren't going to suddenly close. Any new stadium in Galway should be multi purpose with A new home for Connacht rugby. They will be waiting for a while for that outer bypass though....traffic in Galway is chronic at the minute...worse than the peak boom." FACT! The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 705 - 27/09/2018 15:40:22 2144124 Link
Replying To Galwayjoe86: "Must say I agree with that ,have always wondered why there hasn't been a big stadium built there before seen as its location is so central and motorway access from the east and south and parts of the west ,train network and lots of hotels" Easy access from everywhere except most of the west - that sounds perfect for a Connacht stadium. neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 27/09/2018 17:07:15 2144131 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "A stadium for Galway the headline should read. IF they build it then MacHale Park and Hyde park aren't going to suddenly close. Any new stadium in Galway should be multi purpose with A new home for Connacht rugby. They will be waiting for a while for that outer bypass though....traffic in Galway is chronic at the minute...worse than the peak boom." The proposal for Galway city's Bypass is to come before Cabinet on Tuesday. Dont think you could say a stadium for Galway, GAA is strongest on the west coast of Ireland from Donegal to cork with Galway city central to it with improving roads Galway is ideal.I take it you consider Connacht gaa centre of excellence is actually the Mayo gaa centre of excellence????? brisbane (Galway) - Posts: 674 - 27/09/2018 18:29:18 2144142 Link
Replying To neverright: "Easy access from everywhere except most of the west - that sounds perfect for a Connacht stadium." Where did I mention Connacht ?? I only said I'm surprised there has never been a stadium built there because of its location Galwayjoe86 (Galway) - Posts: 258 - 27/09/2018 18:38:45 2144143 Link
Replying To Galwayjoe86: "Must say I agree with that ,have always wondered why there hasn't been a big stadium built there before seen as its location is so central and motorway access from the east and south and parts of the west ,train network and lots of hotels" The GAA want each province to have a landmark stadium which i think is a great idea but with Athlone in both Connacht and leinster central between munster/ulster it should also have a state of the art stadium. Athlone is overlooked a lot is it because mullingar is the Westmeath GAA stronghold? or because half of Athlone is in Roscommon? Is Athlone a big GAA town? brisbane (Galway) - Posts: 674 - 27/09/2018 18:42:49 2144144 Link
Replying To brisbane: "The proposal for Galway city's Bypass is to come before Cabinet on Tuesday. Dont think you could say a stadium for Galway, GAA is strongest on the west coast of Ireland from Donegal to cork with Galway city central to it with improving roads Galway is ideal.I take it you consider Connacht gaa centre of excellence is actually the Mayo gaa centre of excellence?????" No I don't and Mayo are building our own center in Castlebar but I would shoot down any suggestions that Galway before the centrw of all GAA big games in Connacht. If a new stadium was to be built and include Connacht Rugby then great but would that mean the selling of Pearce stadium where Galway have invested a lot? Tuam seems to have a very active group behind it to get things moving too. Hyde park has a great new surface with plans to develop a new stand and other facilities. You already have MacHale Park, Sligo and Carrick grounds have also improved. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 27/09/2018 20:52:18 2144156 Link
What is it with Ireland and "having great houses" maybe the GAA should ensure the houses can feed it's kids before building an extension. McHale Park cost Mayo a fortune ending up in a loan from Croke Park. Roscommon went through the same thing and Galway haven't a pot to ps in because of Mountain South. Our financial irregularities about to be laid bare to the nation and probably be on par with Fr Ted in the next week or so and now there's talk of a stadium. Real money for struggling clubs should be the GAA's main focus. Bright shiny toys should be down the list of priorities. SamandLiamSoon (Galway)** - Posts: 588 - 27/09/2018 21:21:33 2144161 Link
I don't see the sense in this at all, Connacht already has venues that with some investment and modernisation would serve the province well. Roscommon have plans to redevelop Hyde Park and MacHale Park could be enhanced greatly if the concrete seating behind both goal ends was removed and both areas left as decent terraces. Sligo have a lovely ground and Leitrim have also improved Carrick and as has been mentioned there is a great committee working very hard on bringing Tuam back to life and with Pearse Stadium I don't think Galway need any more stadia in place. The focus should be on improving and enhancing the grounds we have as opposed to building new ones. Our own ground in Navan is about to embark on a much needed redevelopment, Semple is planning a corporate area in the Kinnane Stand, Kildare are also embarking on improvements in Newbridge. We have enough stock of stadia without adding more, improve what we have from a comfort and facilities point of view, not so much capacity, and we would be far better off. Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 28/09/2018 00:32:57 2144184 Link
Replying To The_DOC: "They could stop investing 'bad money' on Tuam, Pearse, Ballinasloe etc then.....all competing for Galway funding when it should all being going into one stadium" Just to clarify , the Gaa , county board etc have invested zero money in Tuam. Works have commenced and its all fundraising by our own local committee. If anyone would like to see how its going check out the DAFTS ( Development Advocate for Tuam Stadium ) page on Facebook. Belclare1 (Galway) - Posts: 1626 - 28/09/2018 08:05:50 2144190 Link
Replying To Belclare1: "Just to clarify , the Gaa , county board etc have invested zero money in Tuam. Works have commenced and its all fundraising by our own local committee. If anyone would like to see how its going check out the DAFTS ( Development Advocate for Tuam Stadium ) page on Facebook." The one time I'll agree Belclare. Seems to be a great group in Tuam organizing funding to get Tuam Stadium up to scratch. I was only very young at the time but I remember an electric atmosphere in Tuam when Mayo played Galway in 99. Have been there for club and college games down the years and it's so easy get in and out of unlike Salthill. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 28/09/2018 09:19:55 2144195 Link
Since everyone always seems so worried about Leitrim and how the GAA takes away from them to give to us Dubs are we should develop as the Provincial Ground Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada!! witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 28/09/2018 09:50:40 2144196 Link
gaa want another white elephant in connacht,it is not enough to have one in cork. perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 28/09/2018 12:06:25 2144216 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "The one time I'll agree Belclare. Seems to be a great group in Tuam organizing funding to get Tuam Stadium up to scratch. I was only very young at the time but I remember an electric atmosphere in Tuam when Mayo played Galway in 99. Have been there for club and college games down the years and it's so easy get in and out of unlike Salthill." In fairness they are not taking no for an answer and believe that some day in the future big games will return on a regular basis to the venue. The work been done by this committee is phenomenal. Galway Mayo at least in the national league in the next few years is a possibility. Belclare1 (Galway) - Posts: 1626 - 28/09/2018 12:21:07 2144220 Link