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Lansdowne Road was replaced by the Aviva Stadium, shown here during construction. The first rugby union game at the Aviva was an exhibition game on 31 July 2010, billed as the O 2 Challenge, involving under-18 and under-20 players from all four of Ireland's provincial sides, with a Leinster/Ulster side defeating a Munster/Connacht combination ...
In 1952 Lansdowne Road hosted the first colours match between University College Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin. UCD took the honours. In 1954, the arrangement whereby Ireland matches were shared between Ravenhill Stadium and Lansdowne Road ended with the building of the Upper West Stand at Lansdowne creating 8,000 additional seats. In ...
The station was adjacent to its namesake Lansdowne Road Stadium before the stadium was demolished in 2007 and replaced on-site by the new Aviva Stadium, which the station now serves. The station opened on 1 July 1870. It was electrified in 1983 with the arrival of DART services. [citation needed]
Croke Park has the largest capacity of any stadium in Ireland and the third largest in Europe. The following is a list of sports stadiums on Ireland.This includes stadiums in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Lansdowne letter, written by Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne; Lansdowne manuscripts, a named collection of the British Library; Lansdowne portrait, of George Washington; Lansdowne Press, Australian publishing house; Lansdowne Road, former stadium in Dublin, Ireland; Lansdowne station (disambiguation), stations of the name
Stadium Capacity (at time of closure) City Country Home Team Closed Fate The National Stadium: 53,000: Cardiff Wales: Wales national team: 1997: Replaced by Millennium Stadium. The 1970 North Stand of National Stadium (Cardiff Arms Park) forms "Glanmor's Gap" in Millennium Stadium; the remainder was demolished. Lansdowne Road: 49,000: Dublin ...
A DART train passes under the Lansdowne Road Rugby Stadium (since demolished and replaced by Aviva Stadium) and over the level crossing as it enters Lansdowne Road railway station, 2005 Ballsbridge used to be served by the Dublin tramways 6, 7 and 8, and also served as the terminus for tram line 5 back when Ballsbridge was still known as Pembroke .
This list of closed stadiums by capacity shows demolished, unused, or otherwise closed sports stadiums ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the stadium could accommodate seated. Stadiums that had a capacity of 15,000 or greater are included.