GAA president Jarlath Burns pessimistic about prospects for Euro 2028 in Belfast but already imagining a new future for Casement Park
Jarlath Burns pessimistic about prospects for Euro 2028 in Belfast but already busy imagining a new future for Casement ParkThe pessimistic update on the chances of Casement Park being ready for Euro 2028 which GAA President Jarlath Burns shared with us yesterday doesn’t really come as much of a surprise.
It was two clubs, neither of which had ever won the European Cup/Champions League, or indeed had ever won a domestic league title , who had no prior support on this island. It was not a heavyweight contest, but it was a heavyweight event, and it felt like it on the night.
“One of the things we’re going to have to do in order to get the number of people in is that we’re going to have to dig further down and take out maybe four or five metres to create more seating,” he said. And if the new Casement Park must be smaller, then that’s no bad thing. Whatever new plans will be drawn up once the Euros question is answered definitively, the GAA absolutely should not press ahead with a 34,000-seater stadium.
The GAA doesn’t need bigger stadiums, it needs better ones. And it needs to give these better stadiums plenty of games. If Casement Park ends up being a world-class sports ground and outdoor events arena with an all-seater capacity of 22 or 25,000, then that would be a net-positive result for the GAA, locally and nationally.
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