Croke Park.Dublin.

[Leekbrookgull]

Has anyone been into the stadium ? Seen football played in Kerry and great to watch.

 

[NMH]

Wawaweewah - that looks astounding!

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Be interesting to see what kind of reception England get in a fortnights time ?

 

[richardson]

my grandads been there he is from cork and they got to the final of the hurling last season. he went first time since it has been converted from terrace back in his day when it was terraced he said there used to be over a 100,000 standing at the finals of the hurling and gaelic footy

 

[Mendoza]

i went about 5 years ago, it was australia vs ireland - 1st half was gaelic football, 2nd half was aussie rules football

very entertaining indeed

 

[Horsham Gull]

that would be confusing

 

[Scotty Mac]

Be interesting to see what kind of reception England get in a fortnights time ?

england are going to get battered, so imagine they will be quite happy!

 

[Zesh Rehman]

whats the point in leaving on end of the stadium basically empty !

 

[Leekbrookgull]

The open end is for Standing. Open terrace.

 

[John Boy]

whats the point in leaving on end of the stadium basically empty !

There are houses behind it

 

[John Boy]

Looks great on the TV

 

[Scotty Mac]

Looks great on the TV

oh yeah mccarthys been offered the chance to go out for the england game - shame i dont think i can afford it

 

[Napper]

sorry but that end ruins it and makes the whole thing look f***ing shit

stupid micks

 

[Cian]

There are houses behind it

No, theres a core, cannot-be-closed railway line directly behind it. Theres enough space to match the heights if the Sligo line wasn't there.

Been in it many times, not there today though - obviously.

 

[Cian]

If you were watching there now you'd have seen the train running behind the Hill/Nally.

 

[Shegull]

Hill 16 is hallowed ground as far as the dubs are concerned although while the rugby is being played there it has been renamed The Northern End.

Isn't there another railway line down by the Royal Canal that also banches out into the Sligo line?

I was in Croke Park last year to see Bon Jovi

 

[Shegull]

If you were watching there now you'd have seen the train running behind the Hill/Nally.

The camera that shot was from looked like it was on the top of the apartment block I live in.

 

[Zesh Rehman]

No, theres a core, cannot-be-closed railway line directly behind it. Theres enough space to match the heights if the Sligo line wasn't there.

Been in it many times, not there today though - obviously.

yes but Johnboy just looked at picture and saw the houses

 

[John Boy]

And read Wikipedia

Although the stadium has completed all four phases, there is speculation that future development will include a roof for the stadium. The Hill 16 end is unlikely to be developed further in the near future with a second upper tier (in line with the other 3 sides) due to the proximity of the railway line and the fact that there are houses immediately behind the raised wall on which the rail line runs meaning the GAA would have to buy a street of houses to expand Hill 16 to anything more than a terrace.

 

[Cian]

The line under the other end was closed from 1997 until about three months ago, so they were able to build over it,

John Boy - Wikipedia is unreliable

The houses are a good 30 metres further away. They could do a Millennium Stadium jobbie on it and get the roofline right but keep the Hill lower, if they were allowed build over the train line, but they won't be. They can't run trains from the west through the city if they use the other line, would be economic suicide for the train company and cause serious traffic problems, etc, etc. AND the line is older than the stadium