Croke Park
Sign in to savesports venue in Dublin, Ireland
Key facts
- Location
- Dublin , Ireland
- Owner
- GAA
- Capacity
- 82,300 (total) 69,100 (seated) 13,200 (terraced)
- Surface
- Soil pitch
- Record attendance
- 90,556 ( Down – Offaly , 24 September 1961 )
- Field size
- 145m x 88m
- Public transit
- Drumcondra railway station
- Opened
- 1884 ; 142 years ago ( 1884 )
- Construction cost
- €266 million (2004 renovation)
- Architect
- Gilroy McMahon
- Project manager
- Seamus Monahan & Partners
- Structural engineer
- Horgan Lynch & Partners
via Wikipedia infobox
~21 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Croke Park (Irish: Páirc an Chrócaigh, IPA: [ˈpˠaːɾʲc ə ˈxɾˠoːkəj]) is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is referred to as Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal national stadium of Ireland and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Since 1891 the site has been used by the GAA to host Gaelic sports, including the annual All-Ireland finals in Gaelic football and hurling.
A major expansion and redevelopment of the stadium ran from 1991 to 2005, raising capacity to its current 82,300 spectators. This makes Croke Park the fourth-largest stadium in Europe, and the largest not usually used for association football in Europe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Croke Park” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.