Aviva Stadium – A Numbers Game
A rundown of the key figures regarding the newly-opened Aviva Stadium. IRFU President John Callaghan said: “This venue has been the home of Irish rugby since 1878 and rooted in those 132 years is the celebration and joy for the Irish rugby community that today we are back in our spiritual home.”
AVIVA STADIUM:
Capacity: 50,000 all-seater
– 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