Stadium Ireland

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Stadium Ireland, nicknamed the Bertie Bowl, was a proposed 75,000-seat stadium in Abbotstown, Dublin. It would have been Ireland’s national stadium and would have hosted home games for both the national football team and the national rugby union team. The project was tied to Ireland’s bid with Scotland to host Euro 2008, but it was abandoned by September 2002 because costs rose and support faded. Instead, the government funded the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road into the Aviva Stadium, which opened in May 2010. In April 2020, Bertie Ahern said the Bertie Bowl could still be built if someone had the political courage.