Oriel Park
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| Location | Oriel Park, Carrick Road, Dundalk, Ireland |
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| Owner | Casey Family |
| Capacity | 9,000[1] |
| Record attendance | 22,000 |
| Field size | 70 m x 106 m |
| Surface | Artificial Turf |
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| Opened | 1919 |
| Construction cost | Unknown |
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Oriel Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Dundalk, County Louth, Republic of Ireland. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Dundalk F.C. Its current capacity is 15,200. The ground was opened in 1919.
In February 2005 Dundalk F.C. announced a major programme for a complete revamp of Oriel Park. The pitch was converted to an all-weather surface (the first Irish club to do so) costing 1.5 million euro.
In December 2006 Dundalk applied for planning permission to Dundalk Town Council for a Youth Development/Coaching Centre. The general facilities are to include an underground car parking, gymnasium, disabled training facilities, dressing rooms,. games rooms, media control centre, multipurpose hall and associated services at Oriel Park. This is believed to have cost the club in the region of £5 million. Further plans are being made to upgrade the main stand, changing areas and bar facilities.
In early 2007 the roof of the stand needed to be repaired due to storm damage. Other work completed before the start of the season included new dressing rooms and a temporary covered terrace. Recent redevelopments at Oriel Park include the sale of land for housing development and European safety regulations have reduced the capacity of the ground from 12,200 to 6,000, however which recent redevelopment the capacity has risen to 9,000.
The stadium has also hosted 3 Republic of Ireland under-21 national football teamgames [1] and other international underage games including games in the 1994 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship.
Redevelopment
With Dundalk's qualification for the 2010-11 UEFA Europa League, the club decided to undertake a major redevelopment which includes the installation of 3,000 more seats. The work being carried out will mean the stadium will be upgraded to a Level 2 Stadium by UEFA and thus European matches will be able to be held there in the future as well as under-age internationals.
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