Croke park
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Originally posted by GregF
… What a lleviathan of a ground.What a great word!
It was possible to engineer the hill to look like the other stands in the ground but I think the GAA were correct in leaving it pretty much intact as is. This way it will conserve the great tradition and atmosphere that is the hill. Having another tier over your head just wouldn’t be the same.
It also adds a bit of quirkiness to the ground. It will never feel like one of these soulless out of town super stadia as you can always get a view of the city in the background.
Just because most stadia have four equal sides doesn’t mean Croke Park has to and that’s what I like that about it even if it was a result of a fiscal decision and some ardent Dubs.
Originally posted by FIN
the roof profile changes when u move from the orginal cusack to the canal end. maybe it was and that’s intentinal but i can’t see the reason for it.As far as I remember, the change in the roof profile was to give better rain protection for the guys on the bottom level. There’s extra window sections in the Canal End roof as well to let more light onto the grass.
The new Cusack was first to be built and has a shorter roof section for cost reasons, the Canal End and Hogan were build next and have the same size roof, with transparent sections in the South-facing Canal End for sunlight. I don’t think the roof of the Cusack Stand can be extended to match the others.
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