New Lansdowne Road / Aviva Stadium

**Gala Foxes** · 08-02-2011 07:27 PM

3 sides look great - behind the Wales goal looks a bit mickey mouse though, take it they ran out of space

***bod*** · 08-02-2011 07:30 PM

i do believe the railways behind that end

**steviecarnie** · 08-02-2011 07:31 PM

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3 sides look great - behind the Wales goal looks a bit mickey mouse though, take it they ran out of space

houses right behind

**pogo** · 08-02-2011 07:36 PM

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houses right behind

That's exactly why. They were only allowed to build it up this height, with the glass walls.
Does look a bit odd, but it is pretty nice inside.

***essexhibee*** · 08-02-2011 07:54 PM

Think it looks a bit radge tbh. Don't understand to move Irish rugby to the Aviva when they were selling out croke park and still had demand. Ground had much the better atmosphere.

**Ernie Cobra** · 08-02-2011 08:13 PM

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3 sides look great - behind the Wales goal looks a bit mickey mouse though, take it they ran out of space

planning!!

the stadium is fantastic, have been to every game played there so far, but gave it a body swerve tonight.......tomorrow is a different story though

***Keith_M*** · 08-02-2011 08:22 PM

I think it looks a bit naff, actually. Just my opinion, but Murrayfield still looks better.

I'm quite sure loads of people will disagree with me on that, though.

**frazeHFC** · 08-02-2011 08:42 PM

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I think it looks a bit naff, actually. Just my opinion, but Murrayfield still looks better.

I'm quite sure loads of people will disagree with me on that, though.

I agree, looks smart on 3 sides but the small bit totally ruins the ground for me. Murrayfield is much better imo.

**libernian** · 08-02-2011 09:05 PM

i think it looks pretty good.

better than hampden anyway.

***Dalianwanda*** · 08-02-2011 09:09 PM

Well the 3 sides defo give it a bit a character..Looks cool when lit up at night..Dunno how the houses beside it cope with that..

***Baader*** · 08-02-2011 10:00 PM

Looks great. Especially given it's all green!

Love the light inside.

***Leithenhibby*** · 08-02-2011 10:19 PM

This will give you a better idea of the finished ground and see the problems they had with the lack of space ...

http://www.youtube.com/user/AvivaStadium

**Sir David Gray** · 08-02-2011 10:22 PM

I think the one small side makes the stadium look really daft.

I agree with whoever it was that said it's miles better than Hampden, though.

**Pretty Boy** · 08-02-2011 10:37 PM

It looks ok as a stadium but i can't help thinking that a 50 000 capacity seems a bit small considering Croke Park with an 80 000+ capacity was being easily sold out for rugby matches.

It also looks a bit soulless like a lot of modern stadiums. Give me Croke Park with the preserved Hill 16 over the Aviva any day of the week.

***H18sry*** · 09-02-2011 04:25 AM

http://www.avivastadium.ie/

Don't know if the website's meant to be stereotypical Irish but

***.Sean.*** · 09-02-2011 07:22 AM

I quite like it, very smart. The wee stand is excellent, the glass really adds a touch of class. As has been mentiond, a far superior arena to the below-par Hampden Park. Who actually likes Hampden?

**JE89** · 09-02-2011 07:36 AM

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i think it looks pretty good.

better than hampden anyway.

I could make a better Hampden in my back garden. Seriously though its pish, should have built something along the lines of Murrayfield or Ibrox.

**Calvin** · 09-02-2011 07:39 AM

I'm sure I read somewhere once that Hampden cost the same as the Millennium Stadium.

Hampden is woeful, its only good aspect is that because it's only the one tier you get great expansive crowd shots.

**frazeHFC** · 09-02-2011 07:40 AM

Hampden atmospheres are good but would be much better in a ground like Ibrox.

**Hibee_Dave** · 09-02-2011 07:47 AM

Aviva Stadium?

Looks like a poor man's Easter Road.....

**stevenhibs** · 09-02-2011 07:50 AM

When Croke Park was first opened the organisers of the Gaelic games stipulated that no "foreign" sport was allowed to be played on it. They classed football and rugby as foreign. I believe it was only while LR was being redeveloped that they reluctantly agreed to let them use Croke Park.

***lapsedhibee*** · 09-02-2011 07:58 AM

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Well the 3 sides defo give it a bit a character..Looks cool when lit up at night..Dunno how the houses beside it cope with that..

Are curtains illegal in Irelandland then?

**pogo** · 09-02-2011 09:18 AM

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When Croke Park was first opened the organisers of the Gaelic games stipulated that no "foreign" sport was allowed to be played on it. They classed football and rugby as foreign. I believe it was only while LR was being redeveloped that they reluctantly agreed to let them use Croke Park.

This was true at the start of the agreement, but once the GAA saw the money flooding in, mostly from the 6 Nations, their attitude changed significantly.
They would probably have been quite happy to continue on with the agreement, but it was down to the IRFU, and the FAI, and as they had spent so much on the Aviva, sold thousands of seats, and the naming rights, they couldn't exactly back out and say, 'sure we'll only have the smaller matches here!'
Pretty sure Croke Park now holds the attendance record for a rugby match.

***Dalianwanda*** · 09-02-2011 10:11 AM

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Are curtains illegal in Irelandland then?

Its pretty bright & they are pretty close...But yeah Im sure a quality set of drapes would help..

***proud_and_green*** · 09-02-2011 11:58 AM

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This was true at the start of the agreement, but once the GAA saw the money flooding in, mostly from the 6 Nations, their attitude changed significantly.
They would probably have been quite happy to continue on with the agreement, but it was down to the IRFU, and the FAI, and as they had spent so much on the Aviva, sold thousands of seats, and the naming rights, they couldn't exactly back out and say, 'sure we'll only have the smaller matches here!'
Pretty sure Croke Park now holds the attendance record for a rugby match.

Maybe in modern stadia, but i was at Murrayfield in 1975 for the Scotland Vs Wales match when there were 104,000 inside the ground (scotland won 12-10). That is still the largest crowd that has ever watched a rugby match. I am sure that's the game that Max Boyce used sing about "...and we all saw the game in the bar..."

**--------** · 09-02-2011 12:14 PM

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This will give you a better idea of the finished ground and see the problems they had with the lack of space ...

http://www.youtube.com/user/AvivaStadium

Looks like it's melted and sagged all to the one end.

Come to think of it, it may be my mind, but to me it looks rather rude....

**aberhibsfc** · 09-02-2011 12:40 PM

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I'm sure I read somewhere once that Hampden cost the same as the Millennium Stadium.

Hampden is woeful, its only good aspect is that because it's only the one tier you get great expansive crowd shots.

I preferred the old Hampden and it had better capacity for cup games and big internationals but it was tatty. The atmospehere at the Hibs v Dunfermline cup final was unbelievable.

Having said that, despite it's size etc, when the England games were on or the Belgium 2-2 WC qualifier when we went 2 up, the atmosphere was elecrtic. I think the atmosphere their has more to do with lack of attendance as the design.

I remember a couple of games at the infirm while Hampden was being rebuilt, Celtic park was amazing, Ibrox not so much.

**LancashireHibby** · 09-02-2011 01:16 PM

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Maybe in modern stadia, but i was at Murrayfield in 1975 for the Scotland Vs Wales match when there were 104,000 inside the ground (scotland won 12-10). That is still the largest crowd that has ever watched a rugby match. I am sure that's the game that Max Boyce used sing about "...and we all saw the game in the bar..."

Not strictly true, as the Telstra Stadium in Sydney held 107,558 for the 1999 NRL Grand Final between Melbourne Storm and St. George Illawarra Dragons

***BoltonHibee*** · 09-02-2011 01:23 PM

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Not strictly true, as the Telstra Stadium in Sydney held 107,558 for the 1999 NRL Grand Final between Melbourne Storm and St. George Illawarra Dragons

He means Rugby of course and not Thugby you refer to