Siamsa Cois Laoi
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Stadium exterior
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| Location |
The Marina Ballintemple Cork Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 51°53′59.10″N 8°26′6.15″W / 51.8997500°N 8.4350417°W |
| Public transit |
Cork Kent railway station Blackrock Road bus stop |
| Owner | Cork County Board |
| Capacity | 45,000 |
| Field size | 144 m x 88 m |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | April 1974 |
| Opened | 6 June 1976 |
| Renovated | 2008 2015-2017 |
| Construction cost |
IR£1.7 million (original) €80 million (redevelopment) |
| Architect | Horgan and Lynch (1974) Scott Tallon Walker (2015) |
| Tenants | |
| Cork GAA (1976–present) | |
Páirc Uí Chaoimh (Irish pronunciation: [ˈpˠaːɾʲc iː ˈxiːvʲ]) is a Gaelic games stadium in Cork, Ireland. It is the home of Cork GAA. The venue, often referred to simply as The Park, is located in Ballintemple and is built near to the site of the original Cork Athletic Grounds. The stadium opened in 1976 and underwent a significant two-year redevelopment before reopening in 2017.
Primarily used as a venue for Gaelic games, it has been used to host Cork's home league and championship games in both Gaelic football and hurling. The finals of both the Cork hurling and football championships have routinely been held at the venue. It has also hosted concerts by Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, U2, The Stone Roses and Oasis, as well as the annual Siamsa Cois Laoi festival.
Originally designed by Horgan and Lynch, the stadium had an initial capacity of 50,288. This capacity was progressively reduced because of safety regulations and, before the commencement of redevelopment works in 2015, it had a capacity of 32,550. Since the completion of the redevelopment in 2017 the capacity of the venue is 45,000, making it the fourth-largest Gaelic games stadium in Ireland.
Sports meetings were frequently held on the area now occupied by Páirc Uí Chaoimh even before the establishment of the Gaelic Athletic Association. By the late 1890s the Cork County Board were allowed by the Cork Agricultural Company, the leaseholders of the land, to enclose a portion of the site for the playing of Gaelic Games. The county board built its own stadium on the land in 1898. The Cork Athletic Grounds opened in 1904 and hosted All-Ireland finals, Munster finals and National League games. These grounds were close to what is now the CAB Ford garage on the Monahan Road.
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