Stadium Information
Aviva Stadium will reopen its doors on 14th May 2010 and will have a seated capacity of 50,000.
Catering
The catering facilities in Aviva Stadium are second to none. The contract for all catering in the new stadium was
awarded to Compass Catering Group who are also official caterers at Twickenham and the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.
In Ireland the Compass Group employs over 2,000 people across a wide range of corporate contracts and also to provide
the catering at sporting venues such as Leopardstown and Fairyhouse.
The catering in Aviva Stadium will be innovative, creative and varied to meet all diversity of tastes. On match/event
days the catering will be provided as follows:
General Admission Areas (Levels 1 and 5)
- Serviced by 18 bars, 16 food outlets and 2 confectionery units.
- Will serve up to 70,000 pints of stout and lager, 3,000 hot whiskeys, 2,000 portions of fish and chips, 4,000 speciality
‘Aviva’ gourmet burgers and 5,000 hot beef sandwiches.
- The ‘state of the art’ beer systems installed are capable of dispensing a pint in four seconds with the capability across
the stadium of dispensing over 2,000 pints per minute.
Premium Seats (Levels 2 and 3)
- Eleven food outlets offering a wide range of products from speciality coffee shops, through grill bars, wok and skewer bars to seafood
and champagne and Guinness and oyster bars.
- The premium areas are serviced also by eleven fully stocked bars offering a wide range of beers, spirits, wines and champagne.
Hospitality Suites (Level 4)
- The President’s Suite where the event host will entertain 450 guests with a ‘Chef’s Table’ offering dishes from around the world.
- On the east and west sides of the stadium on level four there are 36 private hospitality suites each accommodating between 12 and 50
guests, the total being 800. The clients will be offered a range of bespoke menus and fine wines to suit their particular guest profile at any one event.
Meetings and Events at Aviva Stadium
The non match day facilities consist of 15 distinct spaces over five of the seven stadium levels plus
36 corporate boxes with various capacities. Spaces vary in size but cover capacities from 2-800 pax in any
one space. Also available is the state-of-the-art media auditorium with seating for 190 guests, key outdoor
marquee areas and blank canvas event spaces. The majority of spaces have a unique vista overlooking the pitch.
Aviva Stadium is a unique multi purpose event space, offering flexibility, superior catering and AV facilities matched with
the highest levels of customer service for all guests.
See www.avivastadiumevents.ie for more information.
Project Timeline
| Planning Approval granted |
Late March 2007 |
| Demolition Started on Site |
Late May 2007 |
| Main Contractor appointed |
October 2007 |
| Started Roof Steel Fabrication |
September 2008 offsite |
| Started Erection |
January 2009 |
| Started Cladding |
April 2009 |
| Pitch contract awarded |
June 2009 |
| Big Screen installation commenced |
July 2009 |
| Power is connected to the first switch boards |
September 2009 |
| The Roof steel is de-propped and fully self supporting |
October 2009 |
| Started Pitch Construction |
November 2009 |
| Flood lighting on the East stand tested |
December 2009 |
| Steward recruitment commences |
February 2009 |
| Seed sown on the pitch |
March 2010 |
| Practical completion and handover |
End April 2010 |
| Official opening |
May 2010 |
Project Team
| Client: |
Aviva Stadium |
| Directors: |
David Blood, Philip Browne (chairman), Michael Cody, John
Delaney, John Hussey, Noel Murphy |
| Project Director: |
Michael Greene |
| Stadium Director: |
Martin Murphy |
| Project Management: |
PM Group (led by Pat Molloy, Project Manager and
Tom Leacy, Construction Manager) |
| Quantity Surveyors: |
KMCS (led by Nigel Spence) |
| Architects: |
Populous (led by Ben Vickery)
Scott Tallon Walker (led by Bryan Roe) |
| Structural Engineers: |
Buro Happold (led by Geoff Werran) |
| Services Engineers: |
M-E Engineers (led by Darran Briant) |
| Landscape Designers: |
Gross Max (led by Nigel Sampey) |
| Catering Designers: |
Smart Design (led by Allan Dieckmann) |
| Pitch Design: |
STRI (led by James Westwood) |
| Planning Consultant: |
Tom Philips Associates |
| Fire Consultancy: |
Michael Slattery Associates |
| Communications: |
WHPR (led by Roddy Guiney) |
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| Construction: |
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| Main Contractor: |
Sisk (led by Michael Barnwell) |
| Demolition & Rail Corridor: |
McNamara (led by Luke Gibbons) |
| Substructure Subcontractor: |
BAM (led by Perry Haughton) |
| Structural Steel Subcontractor: |
SIAC/ Cimolai JV (led by Federico Siriani and Pat Ahern) |
| Mechanical Subcontractor: |
Mercury (led by Alan Gorman) |
| Electrical Subcontractor: |
Kentz (led by Richard Geoghegan) |
| Roofing & Cladding: |
Williaam Cox (led by Bob Collins) |
Stadium Statistics
| Name: |
Aviva Stadium |
| Capacity: |
50,000 all seated
20,000 (lower tier)
18,500 (upper tier)
10,000 (premium level)
1,500 (box level)
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| Corporate boxes: |
36 (seating for 850 people) |
| Wheelchair spaces: |
230 throughout all levels of the stadium |
| Dimensions: |
47.65 metres high above pitch
189.9 metres north to south
203 metres east to west excluding podium and grand stairs |
| Site Size: |
6.4 hectacres (63,802 sq.m.) |
| Roof Size: |
19,000 sq.m. |
| Cladding: |
Aviva Stadium |
| Cost: |
€410 million (inclusive of €191 government funding) |
| Project start: |
May 2007 |
| Project completed: |
April 2010 |
| Employment: |
Over 6,000 people were employed on the project in various
capacities over a three year period. The project consumed
approximately 4,000,0000 man hours. At peak construction just over 1,300 people were on site on a daily basis. |
| Demolition: |
The whole stadium was demolished over a two month period.
Most of the existing structure was crushed on site and 25,000
tonnes of concrete blockwork and brickwork were re-used as
fill on site. Over 1,5000 tonnes of steelwork from the old stadium was recycled. |
| Construction: |
5,000 tonnes structural steel.
150km (100 miles) pipework internal and external.
450km (280 miles) cabling including all power data and controls cabling.
8,000 pre cast concrete units manufactured off site.
72,000 tonnes concrete cast in situ on site.
1,600 piles.
220,000 concrete blocks.
17 acres floorplate across all levels.
30,000 metres block walls.
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| Features: |
3,000 lux floodlighting system
34 communications rooms
4,000 data points
150 CCTV cameras
115 stewards’ phones
400 TVs
1,150 fire detection devices
660 linear meters of beer line run
72km of pipe
185km of cable
3 restaurants (1,500 cover)
9 kitchens
69 kiosks / bars
1,000 keys of beer
90,000 pints
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