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Irish Examiner
3 days ago
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Tickets for Steelers v Vikings will range from €85 to €295 when they on sale Tuesday
Tickets for September's NFL game in Croke Park will go on general sale on Tuesday with prices ranging from €85 to €295. Hill 16 and the Nally Stand will be seated for the meeting of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings on September 28 with admission set at €250 for a spot in those areas. A ticket at the lower part of the opposing Davin Stand will cost the same. At €295, the most expensive general sale ticket is in the middle part of the lower Cusack and Hogan Stand. For all other parts of the main lower stands except for the rows closest to the playing area, a seat is priced at €275. Those rows are restricted view tickets as teams and coaching staff will be congregated in front of them. The Upper Cusack and Hogan Stand tickets will be available at €150, €225 or €250. Upper Lower Davin Stand tickets can be purchased at €85 or €100. The tiering of the tickets as well as that for Saturday's URC Grand Final between Leinster and the Bulls in Croke Park is sure to give hosts GAA food for thought when the only general ticket differentiation they make for All-Ireland senior finals is between stand and terrace admission. The URC were charging between €22.60 for a standing Hill 16 ticket to €55.35 for the corners of the lower Cusack and Hogan Stands to €147.35 for a seat in the Ard Chomhairle area of the Hogan Stand. Speaking on Tuesday, GAA president Jarlath Burns referenced their ticketing system: 'We do have a ticketing workgroup set up under (Ulster vice-chairman) Declan Woods from Cavan. They are coming up with all sorts of ideas around dynamic structures, dynamic pricing. "Even Leinster, if you look at the URC final on Saturday, they have a dynamic structure. Even the corners of the stands, it's cheaper to get into them than the main part of the stand. It's interesting what they're charging to get into Ard Chomhairle as well, if any of you have seen that.'
Irish Daily Mirror
6 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Croke Park Grand Final ticket sales update as URC bosses dream big
URC chiefs hope to at least half fill Croke Park for Saturday's Grand Final between Leinster and the Bulls after a big response to tickets going on sale over the past 48 hours. A 12,879 crowd attended the province's quarter-final win over the Scarlets and 15,762 went through the turnstiles for the semi-final victory over Glasgow Warriors at the Aviva Stadium. However there were 18,000 sales on Sunday to ticket season holders and to those who had registered on the URC website for the decider against the Bulls at GAA HQ, which has a capacity of just over 82, 10,000 general sale tickets were snapped up on Monday, leaving ticket sales just below the 30,000 mark early in the week building up to the showdown in Dublin average season attendance is 32,000, although taking away the two games at Croke Park this season - against Munster in round four of the URC and Harlequins in the last 16 of the Champions Cup - it is just under 20,000. The average attendance for the province's games in the URC is 12,000. With the RDS still being redeveloped, The move to Croke Park for the final came about because the Aviva Stadium wasn't available for this weekend when Leinster mapped out the season last summer. Tickets for Hill 16 went on sale from the URC for €22.60, with prices reportedly rising to above €100. No tickets for the upper tier have been released as yet and it could remain closed if ticket sales don't experience a midweek surge.
Irish Daily Mirror
14-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Daily Mirror
Hill 16 seated and GAA History lessons for Vikings as NFL Dublin details emerge
An all-seated Hill 16, alcohol inside Croke Park, and GAA players visiting the Minnesota Vikings are just a few things to expect this September 28, with the NFC North outfit unveiled as opponents for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first NFL regular season game to take place on Irish soil. The Pittsburgh Steelers were confirmed for Croke Park in February, while the Vikings were announced as their opponents on Tuesday, with GAA HQ and its surrounding areas set to be converted into an American bonanza for the week of the game. And while the NFL is very strict in what information they do and don't give to the media, there are a few things that we do know after Tuesday's media briefing. A capacity of 76,000 (give or take) is expected, with NFL Ireland and UK general manager Henry Hodgson confirming after much speculation that Hill 16 will be seated for the match. Hodgson did say that conversations were 'ongoing' with regards to bringing alcohol to your seats during the game, but also said conversations with Croke Park bosses had been 'positive', giving a clear indication that the stadium will break with their own rules for the occasion. Hodgson did keep his cards close to his chest on a number of future plans, such as closures around the stadium and making deals with Irish broadcasters for the game, but he did say the Pittsburgh Steelers planned to 'take over the city and make this feel like the NFL has arrived in town'. He added that more information will be available in July, but based on the College Football takeover of Dame Street in recent years and the NFL hosting massive fan zone events near stadiums on game days, both domestically and internationally, expect no expense spared for a full Dublin takeover. €10m of public money has been ring-fenced for the event, with Dublin City Council and the Irish Government all hands on deck to ensure the event goes ahead smoothly. The economic impacts of the game coming to Dublin could range between €80m and north of €120m for the Irish economy. 'I can definitely see a continuation', Hodgson said of more games coming to Dublin in the future. 'We haven't made long-term commitments on day one. We said let's evaluate and improve collectively and go from there.' Logistics and economic impacts aside, Minnesota Vikings Head Coach Kevin O'Connell says that he hopes to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Northampton Saints and Leinster Rugby in recruiting GAA Players and historians to meet the team and talk about the history of the Jones' Road venue. 'Part of the experience of this is [about the history].' He told the Irish Mirror. 'It would be very easy to just say, 'Hey, it's just another game,' But then it would be shortsighted of me as the head coach to not really engage in learning about the great history. 'I've already learned in a very short amount of time about many aspects of what makes Croke Park so, so special and an amazing venue, and I know our players will feel the same, and now we get the opportunity to play there. 'We're gonna try to make the most of it and look forward to building a lot of relationships and hopefully acquiring some new Minnesota Vikings fans along the way.'
