Croke Park Capacity
 

there's been a lot of talk here about what the capacity is for Croke Pk...the capacity for a GAA match is 82,500 so i guess that puts it at about 85-90k for a concert after taking out Hill 16 and adding people on the pitch...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croke_Park

:D Sounds good to me!

For the 2005 U2 show at croke park there were 82,000 tickets on sale.

82,000 is spot on. regulations won't allow any more in a confined space.

yeah, 80,000 were there when i was at U2 this summer.

and they did 3 nites there...!


its gona be one big gig, all standings gone alredy i think!



andi

:D Tis. Standing all gone.
And both lowers tiers for the Hogan & Cusack stands.

And they are still advertising it :)

Yeah, and it looks like the lower of the two tiers at the back is just about gone, so, pretty much sold out already. Absolutley amazing.

I was checking for the capacities of the other European venues and as far as I can see, it's the 2nd biggest venue after Wembley Stadium! Can you believe it, the second biggest show of this tour will take place in little old Ireland! Hell yeah!


Phil

wembley's capacity is going to be set at 71,200 for concerts.
it has a 70,000 general admission seats for sporting events and 90,000 including hospitality, ie. hotels and funtion/conference rooms.

I found this a bit of a disappointment as i was expecting the full 90,000 because of the hype about it.

Oh well, still gonna be a great gig.

I was in Croker for the 1st nite of the U2 concerts this year and the atmosphere was great...i can't wait for Bon Jovi there

I would say that there will easy be 80k-90k there as the standing will account for a hell of a lot of people along with the 3 stands.

As for Croke Park man that stadium looks amazing and with 80k+ in there the place will be booming. Going to both gigs but the Wembley one will be a milestone in the bands career although I don't doubt us Irish will maybe beat them for atmosphere.