pairc ui chaoimh
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I hope Páirc Uí Chaoimh gets a really good redevelopment. If we’re serious about a 2023 Rugby World Cup and I hope we are, it’s crucial we have a great stadium in our third city.
hope Páirc Uí Chaoimh gets a really good redevelopment. If we’re serious about a 2023 Rugby World Cup and I hope we are, it’s crucial we have a great stadium in our third city.
Yes, Frank Murphy is very on top of this and has been working closely with the IRFU to ensure that the Rugby World cup comes to Ireland in 2023 and that the youngsters of Ireland and Cork get to see top class rugby (with all of athe associated high-profile media coverage). Local GAA clubs around the towns and villages of Cork and across Ireland are also well up for this and many meetings have already been held agitating for the development of PuC to be ready on time.
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hope Páirc Uí Chaoimh gets a really good redevelopment. If we’re serious about a 2023 Rugby World Cup and I hope we are, it’s crucial we have a great stadium in our third city.
Yes, Frank Murphy is very on top of this and has been working closely with the IRFU to ensure that the Rugby World cup comes to Ireland in 2023 and that the youngsters of Ireland and Cork get to see top class rugby (with all of athe associated high-profile media coverage). Local GAA clubs around the towns and villages of Cork and across Ireland are also well up for this and many meetings have already been held agitating for the development of PuC to be ready on time.
Well said! Not sure FM has the oval ball game high on his list of priorities (and proper order IMHO)! That said I would love a proper stadium for municipal use in the city (even if its owned by the GAA and leased out) and hopefully by the time this thing is built the appropriate permission from “Congress” will have been obtained. Personally though, apart from obviously watching Cork/Tipp and Cork/Kerry matches in a proper stadium, I’d be more interested in the Congress Motion so I could watch Cork City in the Champions League (a guy can dream can’t he?)!
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Well said! Not sure FM has the oval ball game high on his list of priorities (and proper order IMHO)! That said I would love a proper stadium for municipal use in the city (even if its owned by the GAA and leased out) and hopefully by the time this thing is built the appropriate permission from “Congress” will have been obtained. Personally though, apart from obviously watching Cork/Tipp and Cork/Kerry matches in a proper stadium, I’d be more interested in the Congress Motion so I could watch Cork City in the Champions League (a guy can dream can’t he?)!
I can’t say I’m too well versed on the GAA, but weren’t the Cork County Board (or Cork clubs?) among the staunchest opponents of opening up Croke Park for the rugby & soccer? If so, it seems unlikely to me they’d be too accommodating to opening their own stadium to such sports.
It’s understandable why the GAA would be reluctant to help out the competition. But it’s so annoying, as a Cork sports fan, to see the 3 main organisations struggling with piecemeal stadium developments (Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Musgrave Park and Turners Cross) when with a merged effort they could achieve much more. The PUC site could be spectacular, hopefully we’ll see a stadium to do it justice. Who knows, it might even help kickstart some of the docklands developments (offices/bars/restaurants maybe, probably not residential!). Plus, if the 3 organisations shared a stadium, I reckon there could be a lot of cross-over of fans who start supporting the other sports as well. I’ve never attended a Cork City or Cork GAA game, and have not much desire to in TC or the existing PUC, to be honest.
I still have a vision of crowds strolling out along a nice new boardwalk along Kennedy Quay, stopping at bars, restaurants along the way. Eventually arriving at a shiny new PUC for a rugby/football/hurling/soccer game. Maybe I’m just dreaming! :crazy:
Hey Guys
Just to echo what has been said….I would love us to put in a bid for the 2023 RWC! However, I will believe it when I see it. Currently, Argentina, USA, Brazil, Russia and Canada are all interested!
In examining Pairc Ui Chaoimh…..it does look like a realistic and achievable plan given the current economic cliamate. However, I do share dissappointment that it won’t be a true 360 degree stadium. I’ve said it before but those planning stadia in Ireland seem to believe that it doesn’t rain here!! If done properly PIC has the ability to cater to a wider Munster and Irish audience that Semple Stadium simply cannot!
On a related point, I wish the GAA would abandon the 1920s notion of a stadium being basically a concrete bowl that people stand in. Some of their new constructions such as Limerick hold to this concept. The headline figures for the capacity of GAA stadia are grossly unrealistic because many of them are never full . Surely it would be better, particularly in smaller Counties, to have 10-20k all seater covered stadiums with appropriate factilities which are full every week rather then vast swathes of terracing that fans huddle against the elements on once a year!!!
http://gaacork.ie/taggedNews/160509/board_briefed_on_páirc_plans
No specifics on the design and no pictures, but a planning application in October is mentioned.Also, mentions €12 million benefit for local economy from each event.
At 45000 capacity, that is €266 per patron! :crazy: :wtf: A plainly ridiculous figure
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