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Are there any plans to redevelop the grass banks? That to me seems quite urgent as its holding the grounds potential capacity back.

trimmer (Meath) - Posts: 556 - 25/07/2025 11:05:30    2627858

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I'm not sure there is an urgent need to be pushing ahead for a large increase in capacity. The new stand will be an improvement of approximately an extra 3k on the existing one and the large terrace can still hold over 5k. I know in the early 90s for championship games there were up to 20k or more in attendance at times but even thus year for the Cork fixture, there was only about 7k there. All the league games would have only seen 4-6k spectators recently. Except for the recent Croke Park games where huge numbers travelled this year, the core number of Meath fans are not huge.
Perhaps success will increase this number but I think a new stand is a sensible option for the time being without a significant need for a large stadium.

winatallcost (Meath) - Posts: 760 - 25/07/2025 14:07:26    2627925

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Replying To winatallcost:  "I'm not sure there is an urgent need to be pushing ahead for a large increase in capacity. The new stand will be an improvement of approximately an extra 3k on the existing one and the large terrace can still hold over 5k. I know in the early 90s for championship games there were up to 20k or more in attendance at times but even thus year for the Cork fixture, there was only about 7k there. All the league games would have only seen 4-6k spectators recently. Except for the recent Croke Park games where huge numbers travelled this year, the core number of Meath fans are not huge.
Perhaps success will increase this number but I think a new stand is a sensible option for the time being without a significant need for a large stadium."
Agree with all this; there's no need for major stadium expansion.

It's great to get 20 or 30000 to Croke Park but looking at our league games, and our non-Croke Park games our core crowd is realistically about 5000.

CastleBravo (Meath) - Posts: 1694 - 25/07/2025 14:59:38    2627944

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Replying To CastleBravo:  "Agree with all this; there's no need for major stadium expansion.

It's great to get 20 or 30000 to Croke Park but looking at our league games, and our non-Croke Park games our core crowd is realistically about 5000."
True, mind you a capacity of say 20k, or at least 18k would be desirable in ensuring PT gets a number of neutral games which given its geographical location, motorway access and hopefully, in the not too distant future, rail access, it should certainly achieve. PT could be a decent economic driver for Meath GAA if developed to full potential which I can see happening, the final capacity will basically be decided by H&S who seem to have the final say on these matters and change their mind each year but a new 5000 stand and a spruced up terrace should get 12k for a start minimum, the terrace is pretty big and well capable of holding 7k

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3755 - 26/07/2025 05:17:50    2628036

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