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March 2025 Update: Rising costs; Toxic Waste; Health and Safety risks to residents?
MARCH 2025 UPDATE: Rising costs; Toxic Waste; Health and Safety risks to residents? Our last update was August 2024 however since then, in September, the news was announced that the plug had been pulled on Casement Park being developed for use in Euro 2028: https://www.irishecho.com/2024/9/reaction-british-government-pull-plug-on-casement-and-belfast-s-euro-dream We now are into early Spring 2025 with Casement Park…
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August Update – “Keir Starmer backing for Casement Park redevelopment – too much risk to the public purse”
In a report dated 30 July 2024, The Times newspaper reported that newly installed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told UEFA officials that he backs a “£310 million bailout” for the currently derelict Casement Park GAA stadium in Andersonstown, to support the hosting of Euro 2028 matches in Northern Ireland. It is unclear from…
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July 2024 Update – “The Actual True Cost of Building Casement Park”
As far back as 2017 reports had set the cost of building the new Everton stadium at £300M:Construction News Article: Everton FC lines up deal for £300m new stadiumGuardian Article: Liverpool mayor defends city’s £280m loan to Everton for stadium scheme On 20th October 2021 the piling process had begun. However, by January 2023 it…
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Revealed: document that may sink Maze stadium
An interesting article in the Belfast Telegraph from 2008 revelealing the hidden costs that stopped the development of the Maze Stadium Project. The controversial Maze stadium project is now looking doomed — after a confidential report revealed it would cost more than three times the original estimate. The Stormont memorandum — which was leaked to…
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Casement Park and the Euros 2028 – Updated Feb 2024
Key Points Summary Casement Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) sports ground located in Andersonstown, West Belfast. The ground opened in June 1953 but has not been used for sporting purposes since June 2013. It presently lies derelict. The Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (UCGAA) is proposing the construction of a new…
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The European football clubs turning stadiums into cash cows
https://www.ft.com/content/faeff9d5-d803-4cf8-9cd9-961ff1557540 When work is finally completed on the four-year renovation of Real Madrid’s iconic Santiago Bernabéu stadium early this year, it will boast two important new buttons. One triggers the new retractable roof, able to close in just 15 minutes, that will protect future concert goers from the elements as they enjoy top international music…
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Casement Park and Euro 2028 – Updated Dec 2023
Key Points Summary Casement Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) sports ground located in Andersonstown, West Belfast. The ground opened in June 1953 but has not been used for sporting purposes since June 2013. It presently lies derelict. The Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (UCGAA) is proposing the construction of a new…
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Safe Evacuation
The Stockmans Lane Roundabout is NOT a safe evacuation route Casement Park is tightly bounded on three sides by residential accommodation, with only limited exiting otherwise than at the Andersonstown Road frontage. However, it is accepted by all parties that an emergency evacuation scenario in which the Andersonstown Road exits are all closed is reasonably foreseeable. That…
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Casement Park Contamination
Casement Park is a contaminated site. Asbestos containing materials (ACMs) are widely present within the made ground on which the current facility has been constructed. If the site is redeveloped as a new 34,500 capacity stadium, the made ground would be excavated, resulting in disturbance of the ACMs. That disturbance risks the release of asbestos fibres,…
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Contamination
Contamination
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