eezipc wrote:

cormac wrote: Local Politcian jumps on the new stadium bandwagon...

www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/84750

Though I don't think I agree with his Champions Cup games in Pearse Stadium.

Lack of floodlights in Pearse. So there are no floodlights in Pearse stadium?

The local residents have successfully campaigned against them for years.
There were temporary ones about 8-10 years ago when they played one of the International Rules games against Australia there, but they never got planning permission to erect permanent ones.

cormac wrote: Local Politcian jumps on the new stadium bandwagon...

www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/84750

Though I don't think I agree with his Champions Cup games in Pearse Stadium.

Lack of floodlights in Pearse. So there are no floodlights in Pearse stadium?

Local Politcian jumps on the new stadium bandwagon...

www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/84750

Though I don't think I agree with his Champions Cup games in Pearse Stadium.

www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/84750/m...s-redevelopment-plan

Yeah, 16.5k would be too big for us. But conceivably a 10k permanent capacity with scope for another 6.5k would be doable.

I think the minimum requirements for 2023 are 16.5 k stadia. That is too big for us so I can imagine that they will use a pre existing stadium and upgrade it eg. Pierce. I think we could handle 12 k at a push but 16.5 would just feel empty even on big game days.

Just saw that one of the bookies has Ireland as raging favourites to host the 2023 RWC, following the South African government's decision to stall SARU's bid.
Hard to know if getting that would have any implications for potential stadium development. You'd imagine that anything that would be built would be too small, though that said there were games in Sandy Park last year and that only holds 12.5k. So a mid-sized ground pimped out with some temporary additions could be a potential venue for smaller games.
It'd be a better option than trying to make Pearse Stadium workable.
The flipside is that since the RWC decision is likely to have a significant bearing on the funds available and the direction it'll take, there's unlikely to be anything done before that decision is made.

All it says is that if any province becomes financially insolvent the irfu will bail them out. So I figure we should just go ahead and build an 80,000 state of the art stadium. Won't the irfu pay for it if worst comes to worst.

Christ that would make you sick if true. They seem immune to the recriminations thrown at Connacht for their minuscule in comparison debt. Representation on the financial committee etc should be made up of equal numbers from the 4 provinces and a neutral beyond reproach chairman. This preferential treatment has to stop. Connacht rightly deserves investment in their facilities. Like I said they infest the media etc they put forth the twisted biased narrative.

I mean this most sincerely, but fook the other provinces. They are our primary competitors and do not give one fook about Connacht or it's supporters.

Professional sport is all about self interest, so fook them all.

Will be very interesting to see how things pan out.

Munster need a bail out.
Connacht need new facilities.
Some players across all provinces need to be encouraged (forced) to move for game time and more competition.

Delicate job to do by the IRFU.

I only care about us to be honest.

Munster had it so good for so long. I genuinely laughed reading about the press conferences they had this week and the whole Foley/ Erasmus debacle.

Fitxgerald has made a proper bolx of a premium brand it's not funny.

So fook them.

2.3 million euro would pay for a second tier on the Clan or 2/3 of the cost of a completely new Clan Stand like Castres' Tribune Gabarrou. It might even be enough of a payoff to persuade the debt-laden Bórd na gCon to close down the dogtrack.

But the IRFU would rather give the money to the brave and not-so-faithful. Remember the bile thrown at Connacht when we had a shortfall of 400,000 euro *over 5 seasons* ?

Normally I'd always cheer on the other Irish provinces, but I might make an exception Friday night.

DONAL LENIHAN: Getting Munster out of the red

Off the pitch, it could prove an equally significant week. The financial challenges facing Munster at present have been well documented with a budgeted loss of around €1.5m for the season set to rise to at least €2.3m when reported at the forthcoming agm of the Munster Branch.


The increased deficit comes as a consequence of falling attendances at many of the Guinness Pro 12 games, especially those running parallel to the World Cup last autumn. In addition, Munster’s loan on the redeveloped Thomond Park, despite a rescheduling of the payment structure two years ago, is currently eating up huge resources, as much as €800,000 per annum. Quite why there is such a rush to clear the stadium debt is a mystery but in appears that help may soon be at hand.


The IRFU, or more specifically its finance committee, under the scrupulous direction of chairman and former Lion Tom Grace, has finally recognised the financial challenges facing Munster at present are having a direct impact on the ability of the team to compete in an ever-changing European market. A non-competitive Munster side does nothing for the welfare of the national team and something has to be done.


Over the course of the next two day,s in a sequence of IRFU meetings in Dublin, next season’s operational budgets for the four provinces should be finalised. There are strong indications that Grace and his committee, at Munster’s instigation, will offer a cash injection of close to this season’s reported deficit, with very few onerous strings attached, to kick-start a revival in the provinces fortunes.

Well that was fun while it lasted.

merchantdon wrote: Folks,

I see a lot of talk of seats above the clan but i think this would be a mistake, as soon as the roof is taken off the clan stand to accommodate seating above\behind it will kill the noise levels and thus affect the atmosphere.

Whatever is done i think has to be behind the goals or the main stand.

Shouldn't really, would depend on any change in clearance. Really comes down to the actual design, but the designs we have seen indicated little change for the Clan Terrace apart from the addition of the seats..Sticking a couple of thousand punters on top of the Clan, isn't going to make it quieter that's for sure...

My only concern would be access for the additional bodies to both sections...

the way the clan is currently designed the seating will just go on top of whats there. without needing to pull back the lower roof

Folks,

I see a lot of talk of seats above the clan but i think this would be a mistake, as soon as the roof is taken off the clan stand to accommodate seating above\behind it will kill the noise levels and thus affect the atmosphere.

Whatever is done i think has to be behind the goals or the main stand.

I'm sure every supporter here puts the team first, as you say a decision has to made and a clear path chosen.