Local sports beat the World Cup

Just out of interest what are the price ranges of tickets for these games and the capacity of the grounds? You can only have as many spectators as the capacity of the stadia. I'm fairly sure all the World Cup games have been sold out.

posted by squealy at 06:48 AM - reply - flag:

Price varies widely. But for the hurling final in Semple they were around 20 Euro I think. And the stadium holds 55,000. It is the second largest in Ireland, behind croke park which can hold up to 82,000. Bear in mind that all the GAA sports are totally amateur.

posted by Fence at 08:19 AM - reply - flag:

Ireland is a footballing country? Would have thought rugby was the bigger draw. Just OTOH.

posted by walrus at 01:02 PM - reply - flag:

We're not very good, walrus, but yes we're a footballing country.

posted by dublinemma at 04:33 PM - reply - flag:

Rugby is the fourth sport in Ireland I'd say. Football(soccer), then Gaelic Football, then hurling and then rugby. Depending on where you are in the country of course.

posted by Fence at 04:18 AM - reply - flag:

Gaelic Football. Now there's a sport. Seriously.

posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 10:28 AM - reply - flag:

How many footballs are there? I've got football (soccer), American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, arena football, rugby football, Gaelic football. Seven. Seven footballs.

posted by BullpenPro at 11:28 AM - reply - flag:

Don't forget that there are two version of rugby; union and league. Oh, and there is International Rules Football as well, which used to be called compromise rules. A mix between Gaelic and Aussie Rules football. So that is 9 so far. Any more?

posted by Fence at 06:33 AM - reply - flag:

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

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