24 May, 14:08
The Irish Rugby Supporters Club is delighted to announce that tickets for the GUINNESS Series 2013 will go on sale on ticketmaster.ie at 10am on Thursday, May 30.
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- 20,000 (lower tier)
- 18,500 (upper tier)
- 10,000 (premium level)
- 1,500 (box level)
Corporate Boxes: 36 (seating for 850 people)
Wheelchair Spaces: 230 throughout all levels of the stadium
Dimensions:
- 47.65 metres high above pitch
- 189.9 metres north to south
- 203 metres east to west excluding podium and grand stairs
Site Size: 6.4 hectacres (63,802 sq. m.)
Roof Size: 19,000 sq. m.
Cladding: 4,251 polycarbonate panels
Cost: €410 million (inclusive of €191 million government funding)
Project Start: May 2007
Project Completion: April 2010
Employment:
Over 6,000 people were employed on the project in various capacities over a three-year period. The project consumed approximately four million man hours.
At peak construction, just over 1,300 people were on site on a daily basis
Demolition:
The whole stadium was demolished over a two-month period. Most of the existing structure was crushed on site and 25,000 tonnes of concrete blockwork and brickwork were re-used as fill on site.
Over 15,000 tonnes of steelwork from the old stadium was recycled
Construction:
- 5,000 tonnes structural steel
- 150km (100 miles) pipework internal and external
- 450km (280 miles) cabling including all power data and controls cabling
- 8,000 pre-cast concrete units manufactured off site
- 72,000 tonnes concrete cast in situ on site
- 1,600 piles
- 220,000 concrete blocks
- 17 acres floorplate across all levels
- 30,000 metres block walls
Features:
- 3,000 lux floodlighting system
- 34 communications rooms
- 4,000 data points
- 150 CCTV cameras
- 115 stewards' phones
- 400 TVs
- 1,150 fire detection devices
- 660 linear metres of beer line run
- 72km of pipe
- 185km of cable
- 3 restaurants (1,500 cover)
- 9 kitchens
- 69 kiosks/bars
- 1,000 keys of beer
- 90,000 pints