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词条 Pearse Stadium
释义

  1. History

     Early years  Re-opening 

  2. Parking and safety

  3. See also

  4. References

  5. External links

{{distinguish|Pearse Park (disambiguation){{!}}Pearse Park}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}{{Use Irish English|date=February 2018}}{{Infobox stadium
| name = Pearse Stadium
| nickname = {{lang|ga|Páirc an Phiarsaigh}}
| image = Pearse Park.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| location = Dr Mannix Road, Salthill, Galway City, Connacht, Ireland
| coordinates = {{coord|53|15|48|N|9|5|3|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| opened = 1957
| renovated = 2002
| owner = Gaelic Athletic Association
| cost = £34000
| capacity = 26,197
| website = {{URL|http://www.galwaygaa.ie/}} Galway GAA
| dimensions = 145 x 90 m
|publictransit = Galway railway station
}}Pearse Stadium ({{lang-ga|Páirc an Phiarsaigh}}) is the principal GAA stadium in County Galway, Ireland. The Galway GAA Gaelic football and hurling teams use the stadium for their home games.[1] The stadium, amongst others in the province of Connacht, is also used for games in the Connacht Senior Football Championship

History

Early years

The stadium opened on 16 June 1957, as 16,000 people came to watch Galway beat Tipperary in hurling, and Kerry in football, and to watch Bishop Michael Browne bless the facility. The stadium was opened by GAA President, Séamus McFerran. Among those invited were the 12 surviving members of the 1923 all-Ireland winning hurling team.

The area on which the stadium was built was known locally as The Boggers.[2] The {{convert|17|acre|m2|adj=on}} site was offered to the Gaelic Athletic Association by the town secretary Sean Gillan, and terms of purchase were negotiated. Much of the land was very wet and boggy. Work was being carried out to deepen the River Corrib at the time, so the infill from the river was used to fill in parts of the pitch and give it an elevated sideline.

Pearse Stadium hosted many hurling and football matches since, but it fell into disuse in the early 1990s.

Re-opening

The Stadium was renovated in 2002 and reopened in May 2003 with a capacity then set at 34,000. Since the major redevelopment of the ground, it has regularly hosted the Connacht Senior Football Championship final in recent years.

In 2006 the International Series versus Australia was played in Pearse Stadium which was the first time it took place outside GAA Headquarters Croke Park. On 21 June 2008, Irish vocal pop band Westlife held a concert for Back Home Tour supporting their album Back Home.

Parking and safety

The Stadium occasionally receives negative publicity due to the lack of dedicated off-street parking. In response to repeated representations made by local residents as well as community groups campaigning on pedestrian rights and road safety issues,[3] the Garda Siochana handed out large numbers of parking tickets on at least two occasions in October 2010. Some GAA fans saw this as harsh,[4] and one disgruntled supporter even described the Fixed Charge Penalties issued to illegally parked vehicles as a "blatant attack" on the GAA itself[5] However, both the GAA County Board and the Garda Siochana were adamant that they had issued repeated warnings in advance and insisted that illegally parked vehicles were ticketed after these warnings were ignored.[6]

A nationwide health and safety survey of GAA grounds in 2011 resulted in the certified capacity of the stadium being reduced to 26,197.[7]

See also

  • List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums
  • List of stadiums in Ireland

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.galwaygaa.ie/index.php/en/pearse-stadium|title=Galway GAA - Pearse Stadium|first=Galway|last=GAA|website=Galwaygaa.ie|accessdate=1 August 2018}}
2. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.pearsestadium.ie/venue-info.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324220752/http://www.pearsestadium.ie/venue-info.php |archive-date=24 March 2012 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pearsestadium.blogspot.com/|title=Pearse Stadium|website=Parsestadium.blogspot.com|accessdate=1 August 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Galway/MessagePage.aspx?PageNumber=0&TopicID=57379|title=HoganStand GAA Football and Hurling|website=Hoganstand.com|accessdate=1 August 2018}}
5. ^Galway City Tribune, "Parking tickets 'an anti-GAA vendetta'", Letters to the Editor, 22 October.
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/parking-fines-spark-outrage-in-galway-135200.html|title=Parking fines spark outrage in Galway|date=2 November 2010|website=Irishexaminer.com|accessdate=1 August 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://pearsestadium.blogspot.co.uk/|title=Pearse Stadium|website=Pearsestadium.blogspot.co.uk|accessdate=1 August 2018}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20121201044711/http://www.pearsestadium.ie/ Pearse Stadium]
  • Virtual Tour Virtual Tour of Pearse Stadium from centre of the pitch.
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.pearsestadium.blogspot.com/|title=Pearse Stadium|website=Pearsestadium.blogspot.com|accessdate=1 August 2018}}>
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