Boston College v Georgia Tech @ Aviva Stadium 2016

Bateman

Patww79 wrote: »

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As a matter of interest, what stadium in another country do you think is better than Landsdowne in terms of location and accessibility? With the possible exception of the Millennium in Cardiff, I can’t think of many.

It’s a pity it was raining – the walk from Dublin city centre out there is always pleasant, with or without a jar on the way. As Dodge says, there were free shuttle buses also.

Anyone that insists on driving to somewhere as well-located as this, probably either needs more exercise or needs to get out and explore their own capital city more (or both).

OldMrBrennan83

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csirl

TOss Sweep wrote: »

Thank you for confirming what I thought and in fact I was sure you confirmed it and remembered you worked in Lansdowne. So CSIRL is full of sh1t and extremely bitter and needs to make up information to suit their own IAFA agenda again not surprising.

Got some reports back from sources. I believe the actual attendance was under 20k. More Americans than Irish. GT outnumbered BC by 4:1.

Chains on the BC side were broken (missing parts) - very embarrassing - and some of the usual field markings were missing. Support crews - chains, box, balls etc couldn't keep up with the play. Officials weren't able to do measurements that were between yard lines.


Poor selection of food in premium areas and not fully open.

The poor attendance and technical issues give a very poor impression and will mitigate against future games visiting Aviva.

thomond2006

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If that's would you prefer in terms of a matchday experience, then that is what it is. However a stadium built in the middle of nowhere a good distance away from our biggest population centre would make for a pretty miserable experience for most sport goers IMO. Most people want to congregate somewhere before/after a game and soak up the atmosphere. Americans have a tailgating tradition to 'make their own fun' with out of town venues, we don't.

Bateman

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Different strokes etc but I’d say you are in a minority thinking like that (or you’re actually from Kildare).

Most people do want to enjoy ancillary facilities and you don’t have the critical mass in Kildare to support atmospheric street mingling and hospitality (not just booze I’m talking but food, bookmakers, bank machines, etc etc also).

Dodge

Patww79 wrote: »

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No. They filled the seats and then took off. No standing on any I saw. Only a quick journey either way but handy for the 20 minutes of rain it saved you

csirl wrote: »

Got some reports back from sources. I believe the actual attendance was under 20k.

Absolute rubbish. It's getting ****ing annoying you believe "reports" despite every single person here who was at the game telling you you are wrong

You're embarrassing yourself and your organisation here.

BoJack Horseman

csirl wrote: »

I believe the actual attendance was under 20k.

You can if you wish.

My mk-1 human eye ball would disagree though!

jack presley

Aren't the chains/balls the responsibility of the ACC/NCAA? I'm open to correction but surely they brought over their own gear. Did they use locals to carry the balls? I don't notice any occasion where there was no ball available.

I can't say I saw any markings missing but I did see one of the pylons at the back of the end zone on its side at one stage...!!!!

I love when someone says 'sources'. Man in pub? Another disgruntled IAFA member?

I advise you to watch the game yourself and not rely on second hand info before making anymore silly comments.

Dodge

For reference 2 pics. One is the west upper tier. Another is a view from there.

JaMarcusHustle

CS reminds me of Gob in Arrested Development when he keeps increasingly exaggerating the cost of his suit with each person he talks to.

Soon enough he'll be trying to convince us that he has confirmation there was only 12 people at the game on Saturday, and that it would have been 17 only the other 5 left at the end of the first quarter once they heard it hadn't been sanctioned.

OldMrBrennan83

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JaMarcusHustle

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My reports tell me that the Aviva has a max capacity of 5,000 people. Which means a crowd of 20,000 has to be seen as a massive success.

See CS? We can all pluck figures out of our arse.

leinsterdude

There was about 35,000 there or a little more, def not less, yes GT was better supported big time, good day, simple as....

Shedite27

Bateman wrote: »

I wouldn’t dispute the vast majority of what you say (although I think people are being slightly harsh on the IAFA lad), but does Landsdowne Road really hold 48,000 in its current setup? I thought it was closer to 45.

Holds 52,000 for Football/Rugby

Shedite27

For reference, Ireland V Oman was there last Wednesday, 27,000 and the stadium was definitely significantly fuller for the BC/GT game

jack presley

Shedite27 wrote: »

Holds 52,000 for Football/Rugby

So knock off the first few rows on the East/West sides and you're down to about 48-49

Shedite27

According to BostonGlobe and ESPN, attendance was 40,562

helimachoptor

Shedite27 wrote: »

According to BostonGlobe and ESPN, attendance was 40,562

hmm id be suspect about it being that high tbh

jack presley

Indeed it does. I think that's a little high though.

http://a63.tinypic.com/160rdpf.jpg

okidoki987

Got some reports back from sources.

Not that most of us are interested but do tell us what sources?

I believe the actual attendance was under 20k.

You can believe what you want but most people who were at the game said over 30k?

More Americans than Irish.

Don't think anyone would disagree with that
So if everybody agrees with the above, then it's not rocket science to work out how many people were there taking into account their flights, hotels etc.

GT outnumbered BC by 4:1.

The GT sides were a lot fully all right, a good few neutrals were in with BC so might be right.

1st 6-7 Rows of most of the East and West sides as said, were gone for advertising, North was mostly full, South Lower was 2/3 full, two blocks down by North in the Upper & Lower Tiers were empty but that was it, near enough all rest full so where else do you think was empty so that the audience was only 20k?

jack presley

Moving on from the crowd issue ( as that myth has been well busted at this stage), I'd like hear more about the rest of the rubbish he wrote in his last post. No balls being available at times, dodgy chains, no line markings in spots etc.

hots

csirl wrote: »

Got some reports back from sources. I believe the actual attendance was under 20k. More Americans than Irish. GT outnumbered BC by 4:1.

Chains on the BC side were broken (missing parts) - very embarrassing - and some of the usual field markings were missing. Support crews - chains, box, balls etc couldn't keep up with the play. Officials weren't able to do measurements that were between yard lines.


Poor selection of food in premium areas and not fully open.

The poor attendance and technical issues give a very poor impression and will mitigate against future games visiting Aviva.

Haha the bitterness is unreal? Smear all you like but outright lying isn't a great tactic.

okidoki987

Didn't notice no balls available?
It's very strange that there's an official attendance of 40k, unoffical of 30k and "sources" saying 20k?
One thing for sure, to lose 20,000 people is a lot of people, surprised it wasn't on the news though? :rolleyes:

Dodge

jack presley wrote: »

Moving on from the crowd issue ( as that myth has been well busted at this stage), I'd like hear more about the rest of the rubbish he wrote in his last post.

No balls being available at times,

Completely incorrect. IN fact my (non sports fan) wife couldn't believe they swapped balls on practically every play. (It may have been every play, I wasn't checking)

dodgy chains, no line markings in spots etc.

Didn't notice this at all. Looks like the NCAA provided everything (as you'd expect) and certainly wasn't any delays to the game

EDIT; on the crowd, the figure of 40,000 wouldn't surprise me. I thought high 30s but as discussed here pre-game there were constantly people out getting food/drinks

OU812

Jesus. CSIRL, your horse is dead man, stop flogging it. All you're doing now is embarrassing yourself.

It was a great day, totally enjoyable & I hope they have another one soon.

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ceegee

Not an expert but pitch markings seem to be ok to my eyes

Bateman

If something as basic as the pitch markings were noticeably incomplete/inaccurate/imperfect, someone at home watching the game on TV would have posted up here rather than a third-hand source…

Shedite27

okidoki987 wrote: »

1st 6-7 Rows of most of the East and West sides as said, were gone for advertising

Those seats were purposely left unused, too many big substitutes standing in front of them so they don't sell them for American Football

Dodge

On the phone to the missus there. Asked her how many she though was at the game.

"About 40,000 or so. Sure there were about 3,000 on the pitch alone!"

So there you have it; the last word on the crowd

TOss Sweep

csirl wrote: »

Got some reports back from sources. I believe the actual attendance was under 20k. More Americans than Irish. GT outnumbered BC by 4:1.

Oh man the lies keep on coming. You are an absolute embarrassment to the game in Ireland at this point and as I said before I know who you are and it doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

As for the GT fan outnumbering the BC fans hardly shocking seen as BC cant fill their own stadium. But these stats have been provided earlier that you chose to ignore.

But what has that got to do with bad organising?

Chains on the BC side were broken (missing parts) - very embarrassing - and some of the usual field markings were missing. Support crews - chains, box, balls etc couldn't keep up with the play. Officials weren't able to do measurements that were between yard lines.

I know this is bollocks and looking at all images and video those field markings were fine and as for the chains I also know that is bollocks because the equipment managers for each college have repair kits for all of the equipment on the field. As for them not keeping up with play yeah ok they looked just fine yesterday. Propaganda is running strong in your veins.

Poor selection of food in premium areas and not fully open.

So no different to any other sporting event held in Ireland then. From what people have said seemed like it was the same food as always served so if people didn't like the food it comes down to personal preference really.

But seen as you brought that up what has that got to do with your agenda? Do you think the IAFA would have made it better? I am not getting what point your are trying to prove by nitpicking everything.

The poor attendance and technical issues give a very poor impression and will mitigate against future games visiting Aviva.

No it wont. No different to any other stadium in the world. Small problems arise and then iron them out later on. But again I ask why do you care? It doesn't suit your IAFA agenda unless you believe the IAFA would have done a better job fixing all of the above problems even though you would have had no involvement in any of them.

What is sad you have made the IAFA looks a hundred times worse with your posts. Rather than damage control you have made it worse and to be honest with you if you keep nitpicking and making up lies from "sources" you will undo any reputation the sport in Ireland has had on this forum. And as someone who dealt with the struggles of trying to promote and get people involved before I moved to the US it pains me to see you dig a huge hole and keep digging further.

Accept it at this point. Both yourselves and the IAEL did things the wrong way. The game went off without a hitch and over 30k people enjoyed the day. Move on and grow up before you drop and grenade and blow yourself up.

helimachoptor

just on the food as i go to a lot of events in the aviva

its cheap ass burger and chips.. it always runs out (the catering crowd cannot cope with a 3+ hour long event)

Bateman

I was disappointed the hot dogs were only 5.50, was looking forward to seeing what an 11 quid hotdog looked like.

They were decent quality too

Blut2

Bateman wrote: »

I was disappointed the hot dogs were only 5.50, was looking forward to seeing what an 11 quid hotdog looked like.

They were decent quality too

I don't believe you. csirl told me the hot dogs were 14eur and you only got a cocktail sausage wrapped in a slice of moldy bread. Why would he lie?

Knex*

helimachoptor wrote: »

just on the food as i go to a lot of events in the aviva

its cheap ass burger and chips.. it always runs out (the catering crowd cannot cope with a 3+ hour long event)

Sure how could they have run out with only 400 people in the stadium?

nasty_crash

CSIRL is getting a roasting.... and i actually felt bad until his last message about reports.... and we heard.... and this happened....

I really hope that all this is on the agenda for the AGM because the IAFA and yourself look absolutely ridiculous.

You asked what should the IAFA have done - sure you could disagree with it because of your state funding that you want to protect - even though every player in Ireland pays a membership and no club ever gets a cent from any of it or state funding - but dont go around releasing press releases or scare mongering! It reflects bad on the Irish game and system when you are just being so obviously biased....

IAFA would have had absolutely nothing to do with the Chains(that apparently were broke) - they would have had an NCAA Chain Gang & Referees come over for it - not anything to do with IAFA
Also i never realised the IAFA were going into catering.... the food in the premium boxes wasnt up to scratch - im pretty sure thats an aviva issue rather than the iafa

On the basis of your preformance here on boards.... if you are on the board of the IAFA..... I would review your position or at least show a copy of this forum to your members at the AGM because its nothing short of embarrassing and would be interesting to see if they are in such agreement with you...

P.S. because the IAFA didnt push it this year they missed out on 4000 tickets - lies - As a member of a team i know about 30 people with the club were in attendance and may others from IAFA affiliated clubs attended too....

OldMrBrennan83

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Guffy

I'm actually looking forward to the AGM now. Wouldnt normally attend these events but am def gona push to go to this one, just for this topic on the agenda

MrKingsley

Had an absolute blast of a day myself plus the mates/family I was with.

The fact that there was only an attendance of 376 meant we could get right down to the front actually.....

CSirl.....if there is one thing thats for certain in my mind after reading this thread the past week is that if the next game here had anything to do with you or your like minded colleagues, that would put me off far more than a lack of hotdogs. Everyone I spoke to during and after loved the day out.

I would thought that the fact you are involved in the sport here would mean that you would appreciate all the good press that it is getting from people who were actually there.......

Adamcp898

Dodge wrote: »

On the phone to the missus there. Asked her how many she though was at the game.

"About 40,000 or so. Sure there were about 3,000 on the pitch alone!"

So there you have it; the last word on the crowd

Overestimates the size of everything your missus

okidoki987

its cheap ass burger and chips..

Cheap and Aviva in the same line? :eek:

Pint and Hot dog was a tenner which wasn't that bad considering a pint was €6.00.
Pity the people behind the counters couldn't get the food and drink out faster as some of the queues were very long.
There was only 1 credit card machine where I was (4 lines) so that was messy enough for people having to move through lines of people to be able to pay.

Killergreene

He has been shown up as an absolute spoofer. Walter Mitty wouldn't get a look in. Tbh I love seeing him so salty. Just goes to show how pathetic him and his organisation are. The bitter runs strong in this one. Sour because his pathetic joke of an organisation didn't get a slice of the pie or have any involvement in one of the greatest American football events ran outside of America. Delighted. Hope the iAfa crawl back to the hole they came from. The gaa will know next time now too that we don't need the involvement of this joke of an organisation and will save an extra few quid as well. Won't be long till the iafail are buried into oblivion and Csirl is left licking his wounds and throwing his rattler around in his sea of bitterness while the rest of us enjoy the games and our lives.

Shedite27

On the food, that's 100% the stadium's own catering. I've organized events in there and they won't allow any other companies operate in there. Whether it's football, american football, or a conference on there it's the exact same food provided.

Dodge

Shedite27 wrote: »

On the food, that's 100% the stadium's own catering. I've organized events in there and they won't allow any other companies operate in there. Whether it's football, american football, or a conference on there it's the exact same food provided.

Everyone who has been to the stadium knows this. I know you're only replying to your mans earlier post but I think at this stage we can discount all his BS

me and the biz

I got tickets on ticket master for €20 so I don't know why people are saying they were priced out of going to the game. There were plenty of free buses to the aviva from the city centre as well so getting to and from the stadium wasn't an issue.

okidoki987

I got tickets on ticket master for €20 so I don't know why people are saying they were priced out of going to the game.

There were a limited number tickets priced at €20 in the last few days before the match due to the massive number of tickets that were still available.
I for one, wasn't happy with tickets going beside mine for less than half of what I had paid but it would have pushed the attendance up for sure.

prinzeugen

Bateman wrote: »

I wouldn’t dispute the vast majority of what you say (although I think people are being slightly harsh on the IAFA lad), but does Landsdowne Road really hold 48,000 in its current setup? I thought it was closer to 45.

Even with some seats down the sides covered up and sections reserved for the bands?

Can hold 53,000 but only 51,700 tickets are made available to the public for say a six nations game.

The other 1,300 are for the media or are restricted view seats (as in you can't see the TV screens).

kaliberbeats

**snip**

Fantastic weekend of football. It was a pleasure to watch a well reffed game again in this country. Saturday was great craic, about 35k in attendance by HT. Fair play to the GT fans, they deserved the win. I enjoyed Friday more though. 3 very enjoyable games well attended. 8.5 hours of football. Mostly different crowds for each game. Plenty of English and Europeans in the stands for the high school games. Many brought their familys too. It was free in which is great when you consider they charge into the Shamrock Bowl.

nasty_crash

haha i looked it up the other day too.... pretty easy to figure it out....

OU812

It's been getting good press in the US also. Would be very beneficial to the country to have more than one a year & dare we dream of possibly hosting an NFL event.

Dodge

OU812 wrote: »

It's been getting good press in the US also. Would be very beneficial to the country to have more than one a year & dare we dream of possibly hosting an NFL event.

Realistically, if we can mantain one NCAA game a year we'll be doing very, very well. Opening day of the season suits.

There's a still a bit of a novelty associated with it (look at all the first timers in this thread). We don't have a stadium big (Aviva) or good (Croker) for an NFL game.