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Replying To cuchulainn35:  "There are many factors to take into account

1. the pitch -Newry has been criticised, but Inniskeen in Co Monaghan has one of the best pitches in the country - fact
2. venue - Newry is probably half way betwenn the Glens and Carlow
3. facilities - some are shocking, I'm not knocking some venues, but you would be shocked at how small some of the changing facilities are, eg Carlow - but then again Carlow has one of the best warm-up facilities
4. Parking - Cusack Park has no parking facilities - and that's even for the competing teams.......
5. Water -bug-bear - running water, never mind the hot water, i'll not even try to embarrasse some counties with this one.....
6 Eating - alot of venues don't even haVE A ROOM WHERE YOU CAN SIT DOWN AND EAT AFTER A GAME - NOT ALL eat in hotels
7. accessibility to a venue - with match traffic , town/city traffic - Salthill
8. Spectator facilities - some venues are in the dark ages - navan, drogheda etc
9. press - how many have no wifi, only one or no telephone points - its 2017
10. bus/train access - Portlaoise is excell for this - but still a poor venue"
work is due to start on renovating navans pairc tailteann to a 21,000 all seater stadium in next 12 months

juniorjudge (Waterford) - Posts: 383 - 14/04/2017 15:39:09    1979415

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Replying To juniorjudge:  "work is due to start on renovating navans pairc tailteann to a 21,000 all seater stadium in next 12 months"
It's not going to be all seater
they are making a brand new stand and rest of ground will be terraced.
pity they didn't go to 25 thousand with capacity.
as an 8thousand capacity stand
4 thousand capacity terraces at each end
7 thousand capacity terrace at other side of the pitch would have been ideal for a neutral venue for all kind of matches aswell as Meath own matches.

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 14/04/2017 19:14:52    1979447

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Replying To valley84:  "Sometimes venues put no effort in depending on who is playing"
That's a sad state of affairs to say the least. Surely you'd want to put your best foot forward and make both teams and their supporters feel welcome to your ground and town if you are the host at a neutral venue. It's common courtesy to do that.

Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 14/04/2017 21:09:58    1979465

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Replying To hill16no1man:  "It's not going to be all seater
they are making a brand new stand and rest of ground will be terraced.
pity they didn't go to 25 thousand with capacity.
as an 8thousand capacity stand
4 thousand capacity terraces at each end
7 thousand capacity terrace at other side of the pitch would have been ideal for a neutral venue for all kind of matches aswell as Meath own matches."
well according to an article in this weeks paper the plans are for 21,000 all seater....broken down into 7,000 stands on south and north banks and 3,500 on east and west (terraces) and these are, as per paper, terraced seating stands.

juniorjudge (Waterford) - Posts: 383 - 15/04/2017 11:37:49    1979517

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Poor crowd in Gaelic grounds today for limerick v galway semi final in hurling, not even 10 thousand turned out

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 16/04/2017 18:37:51    1979911

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Replying To juniorjudge:  "well according to an article in this weeks paper the plans are for 21,000 all seater....broken down into 7,000 stands on south and north banks and 3,500 on east and west (terraces) and these are, as per paper, terraced seating stands."
Interesting didn't see that anywhere can't see why all seated is needed as feel be a bad move doing away with terracing at either end all they need is concrete and steps behind each goal there.
two stands either side would be good though

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 16/04/2017 18:41:52    1979918

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Replying To hill16no1man:  "Interesting didn't see that anywhere can't see why all seated is needed as feel be a bad move doing away with terracing at either end all they need is concrete and steps behind each goal there.
two stands either side would be good though"
it was in the meath chronicle this week...dont know how to post up links i only read it in the paper...but yes i do agree with you, two 7 or 8000 stands flanked by two 3 or 4000 terraces would be nice...paitc tailteann is in major need of upgrade...as far as i can see tullamore and portlaoise get far more games/qualifiers over tailteann...similar to me own county...walsh pairc is in dier need of an upgrade.

juniorjudge (Waterford) - Posts: 383 - 16/04/2017 21:42:02    1979973

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