croke park – riai gold medal?

they must have gotten confused. gilroy mcmahon won the gold medal in the 80s for bolton street DIT.

didn’t get confused or didn;t win the medal in the 80s?

Well ill be happy if its not a mistake.

Croker is easily one of the best buildings in the city and one of the best stadiums around. The expression of structure, the cantilever (although not strictly a cantilever) and the change in scale between the tiny cottages on the same street is epic.

Pity Croker is quite unatmospheric, cold in summer and offers covering to quite a small number of ‘patrons’ in a rather rainy city, based as it is on stadium designs from sunny US locations.

Anyone know if there are any future plans in the pipeline to construct a stand in place of The Hill 16 terrace?
Think I read somewhere there was issue about ownership of the land behind the Hill or not enough space because of the railway etc..
The terraces make the stadium look only ¾ finished!

@constat wrote:

Anyone know if there are any future plans in the pipeline to construct a stand in place of The Hill 16 terrace?
Think I read somewhere there was issue about ownership of the land behind the Hill or not enough space because of the railway etc..
The terraces make the stadium look only ¾ finished!

Certainly spoils the Stadium as its “unfinished”

Twickenham is a lot better now since it is fully enclosed and it improves athmosphere as its also a smaller pitch for Rugby etc.

No atmosphere? You’ve got to be kidding. You ever been on the Hill for a Dublin match?

The open Hill 16 end allows a great side-on view of the overhanging canopies, and a view of the city from the stadium which grounds it in it’s very special locality. This would be lost if it continued around. I think its more interesting as it is.

I agree leave it open…but at least make it even, not the way it is now- disappearing down one end where the old Nally stand used to be….looks a bit amateur

yeah I’ve no problem with the open ended horse shoe layout, but i have heard countless people at matches moaning that it looks ‘completely unfinished’ …

I like the views of the city & the wide pan camera angles from the hill end … obvious location for stage construction too.

You’d be looking at a capacity of near 100k if the loop was to be completed !? What does the canal end hold ?

Looks very unfinished to me.

Suits the country motto I suppose
“We’re not there yet, but we’re getting there (maybe)”

Its a typical american open ended bowl design … I suppose it depends on what you consider finished !

@kefu wrote:

No atmosphere? You’ve got to be kidding. You ever been on the Hill for a Dublin match?

I have, many times. Actually through no fault of the stadium itself, Hill 16 for a Dublin game wouldn’t be the epitome of sporting passion. The one song repeated ad nauseum by (mostly) drunken bandwagoneers and day-outers. Great.

The problem is that there is a railway track in the way. That in itself isn’t a huge problem (although I suspect that it is fairly high) , but the fact that it would remove all light from the houses north of Croke Park would make it practically impossible to ‘finish off’ the stadium given how pissed-off the residents would be. In all fairness it wouldn’t be much fun living in the shadow of a huge stadium like Croker

@PTB wrote:

it wouldn’t be much fun living in the shadow of a huge stadium like Croker

now you know how the FAI and IRFU feel

@Jem Von Tirpitz wrote:

I have, many times. Actually through no fault of the stadium itself, Hill 16 for a Dublin game wouldn’t be the epitome of sporting passion. The one song repeated ad nauseum by (mostly) drunken bandwagoneers and day-outers. Great.

To expand upon a famous Corkonian’s lament at placid spectators could d’aul bleedin’ Dubs against whatever country team is in town be considered the breakfast rollers versus the hang sangwidge brigade, in terms of amosphere created:confused:

I’ve never been in the seats nearset the pitch but I had the pleasure of having to reattire a coterie of visiting provincial pals after a compromise rules game 3 or 4 years ago who were absolutely soaked sitting in apparentley dreadful sideline seats in the cusack stand. so much for cantilevering…