Reasonable to expect GAA to pay more for Casement Park – Gordon LyonsBy Jonathan McCambridge, PAIt is reasonable that the GAA should be expected to pay more than its original pledged contribution towards the redevelopment of Casement Park, Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has said. It follows reports that the cost of developing the Casement Park stadium has dropped to £270 million, after the design was modified when plans to host Euro 2028 games there were abandoned. Workmen at Casement Park GAA stadium in Belfast. The Stormont Executive had committed to redevelop Casement Park in 2011, as part of a strategy to revamp football’s Windsor Park and the rugby ground at Ravenhill. While the two other Belfast-based projects went ahead, the redevelopment of Casement was delayed because of legal challenges by local residents.

Source: Irish Independent November 20, 2024 23:18 UTC