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Ireland to bid for 2023 World Cup?
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<blockquote data-quote="snoopy snoopy dog dog" data-source="post: 483929" data-attributes="member: 13611"><p>Limerick, Belfast and Galway cities are just 2 hours from Dublin. Cork city is just 3 hours away. Only Limerick has a venue suitable for Ireland internationals and even then, it wasn't well supported against Canada or the Barbarians. It also has half the capacity of the Aviva Stadium and thus only brings in half the revenue. It would be foolish playing games against tier 1 countries there.</p><p></p><p>I'd say that an Irish hosted World Cup would be well spread. </p><p></p><p>The Aviva Stadium Dublin (50,000 capacity) </p><p>Croke Park Dublin (85,000 capacity)</p><p>RDS (plans to upgrade to a 24,000-26,000 capacity venue)</p><p>Ravenhill Belfast (plans to upgrade to an 18,000 capacity venue)</p><p>Musgrave Park Cork (plans to upgrade to a 15,000-18,000 capacity venue)</p><p>Thomond Park Limerick (26,000 capacity)</p><p></p><p>There would almost certainly be stadia in Galway, Athlone, possibly Derry and another in Belfast. </p><p></p><p>While the venues would be well spread, I doubt there would be anough of a sufficient capacity to host a World Cup so Ireland would need Scottish and Welsh help. There would need to be four stadia with a 40,000 capacity which Ireland can't provide on it's own. While I'd love to see 2023 hosted here, it won't do much for the growth of the sport internationally.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoopy snoopy dog dog, post: 483929, member: 13611"] Limerick, Belfast and Galway cities are just 2 hours from Dublin. Cork city is just 3 hours away. Only Limerick has a venue suitable for Ireland internationals and even then, it wasn't well supported against Canada or the Barbarians. It also has half the capacity of the Aviva Stadium and thus only brings in half the revenue. It would be foolish playing games against tier 1 countries there. I'd say that an Irish hosted World Cup would be well spread. The Aviva Stadium Dublin (50,000 capacity) Croke Park Dublin (85,000 capacity) RDS (plans to upgrade to a 24,000-26,000 capacity venue) Ravenhill Belfast (plans to upgrade to an 18,000 capacity venue) Musgrave Park Cork (plans to upgrade to a 15,000-18,000 capacity venue) Thomond Park Limerick (26,000 capacity) There would almost certainly be stadia in Galway, Athlone, possibly Derry and another in Belfast. While the venues would be well spread, I doubt there would be anough of a sufficient capacity to host a World Cup so Ireland would need Scottish and Welsh help. There would need to be four stadia with a 40,000 capacity which Ireland can't provide on it's own. While I'd love to see 2023 hosted here, it won't do much for the growth of the sport internationally. [/QUOTE]
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