Aviva Stadium is located in a rather quiet residential area. There is relatively little around in terms of eating and drinking, though you will surely bump into the odd pub on your way to the stadium. Both get excellent reviews. Click here for an overview of hotels near Aviva Stadium, and here for other options in central Dublin.
Aviva Stadium offers guided stadium tours that include the dressing rooms, players tunnel, dugouts, and press areas. Tours run seven days a week at am, am, noon, pm, pm, pm, and pm.
Tours do not run on the day of a match. Great stadium. Looks amazing both outside and inside. Went to watch Euro qualifier between Ireland and Poland. Cracking atmosphere. We walked from city centre and I took us about 40 minutes. Quality food is sold in kiosks around the stadium. What started as a field of dreams for schoolboys is now a world class stadium venue for Irelands most popular international sports teams. As the first international sporting venue in the world this renowned stadium nestled beside the Dodder is closely linked to Irish and world history.
Lansdowne Road was named in tribute to the third Marquess of Lansdowne, who lived from Initially, a cinder running path and the Lansdowne Tennis club ground were laid down, accompanied by a croquet green, three football pitches and facilities for archery.
It was here in Lansdowne Road where the first athletics international in history took place when Ireland met England in Lansdowne Road played host to great athletics meets up until the late s and s. It was in , when the first interprovincial rugby game was hosted and gave way for a friendly rivalry which span for decades between the Leinster and Ulster teams. But by , Lansdowne Road had come to be recognised as a stadium with a budding future and Dunlop was determined to build on that.
This paved the way for the first rugby international at Lansdown Road between Ireland and England, to which England beat Ireland by 1try and 2 goals. Throughout its history Lansdowne Road has obtained some incredibly exotic overseas visitors to perform for the Irish people. As early as , two Canadian and American lacrosse teams travelled across the Atlantic for a tour of Britain and Ireland making sure to give Lansdowne Road a taste of the famous sport.
And by , a whole new set of sports was introduced through a group of Scottish immigrants who organised the first Caledonian Games. Lansdowne Road realised the potential of the stadium as an outstanding entertainment venue not to be rivalled across the country. Since then the stadium has seen acts of all kinds, ranging from an equestrian show by the Russian Cossacks in to the famous voices of Michael Jackson, U2 and Lady Gaga in its last few years.
It has even played host to famous American baseball and football teams. Canadian lacrosse team, European competitors, Belfast, Ireland, The capacity of the stadium was criticised even before its opening for being too small, particularly in light of the large supporter attendance figures for Irish rugby internationals and soccer internationals at Croke Park since The stadium was officially opened on 14 May by then Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
In , the stadium won a British Construction Industry Award. The Ireland rugby union team is playing its home games at the stadium, as it did previously at Lansdowne Road, taking over from their temporary home, Croke Park , where games were played during Aviva's construction. Ireland's first international game was on 6 November against South Africa, with the Springboks winning 23— The game drew a disappointing crowd of 35,, mainly due to a backlash by Ireland supporters over the IRFU's controversial ticketing strategy for the November Test series.
Single-game tickets were to be available only for the Samoa and Argentina Tests. On 1 November, the IRFU backed away from this plan amid heavy criticism from member clubs that had problems selling the packages in a difficult economy. The winner of the promotion, John Baker of Ennis, was successful. The stadium also hosts some home games for Leinster when the RDS Arena 's smaller capacity doesn't satisfy demand.
Leinster won their opening home game in the Aviva against Munster , in the Magners League now PRO12 season, in front of a then record Pro12 attendance of 50, Leinster won their first Heineken Cup game in the Aviva 24—8, against Clermont Auvergne in a pool game during the —11 season.
Ulster took their Heineken Cup semi-final to the Aviva as well, [28] defeating Edinburgh. The stadium also hosts the home games of the Republic of Ireland , as did Lansdowne Road. The team had played most home games at Croke Park during the construction of the Aviva. Sligo Rovers beat Shamrock Rovers 2—0 on penalties after the game finished 0—0 after extra time. The Nations Cup took place in the Aviva Stadium. The remaining four fixtures took place in May, with the Republic of Ireland winning the tournament after beating Scotland 1—0 on 29 May, with Keane scoring the only goal.
Due to UEFA rules against corporate sponsorship outside the federation, the stadium was referred to as the " Dublin Arena " for this final, [36] [37] that ended with a 1—0 victory for Porto. The Dublin Super Cup was a pre-season football tournament which was held at the Aviva. The 'Dublin Decider' was a game which took place on 10 August The match was played between Celtic and Liverpool , with both teams having large support in Ireland.
Celtic won the match thanks to a goal from Amido Balde. On 19 September , it was announced by UEFA that the stadium will host four Euro finals fixtures, three group games and a round of 16 match. Notre Dame won This game will mark Georgia Tech's first game played overseas.
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