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Unread 10-05-2007, 19:32   #16
byrneeo
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Originally Posted by al2637 View Post
It's going to be far too small IMHO.

Also, will IE continue to close Landsdowne Road and GCD on match days...
well for soccer fans, 55,000 is a fair bit more than the old 36,000 for competitive games (it held circa 49,000 if terracing was allowed).

Also, LR station isn't usually closed on match days (at least not for soccer, i've never been to a rugger game there) although GCD is usually closed from about an hour after the start of the game to two hours after the end (i presume to avoid overcrowding on north bound darts and filling on south bound ones, thus removing capacity for those at LR where the main crowd control issues arise). On a side note, is there going to be platforms under the stadium in the new one? Would that not make a smidgin of sense? I thought they would have done that at croker on the midland line, although of course any match specials there from down the country would have required reversing and whatnot at phibsboro if they came through the tunnel.
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