Association Football

The stadium will also host the home games of the Republic of Ireland as did Lansdowne Road. The first Irish home Football match will be a friendly against tha two time world champions Argentina in a friendly. The team has played most home games at Croke Park during the construction of the Aviva. The first soccer match in the Aviva will be Manchester United F.C. against a League of Ireland XI side, managed by Damien Richardson, on August 4.^[13] The first international game for Ireland in the Aviva will be against Argentina. The Aviva will also annually host the FAI Ford Cup Final, which was shared between the RDS Arena and the Tallaght Stadium while the new stadium was being built. Tickets for the final are to be included as part of the ten year international tickets. While the 2011 Europa League Final is also scheduled to be in the Aviva Stadium.

The 2010 FAI Cup Final will take place in the Aviva in November as will all future FAI Cup Finals.

The 2011 4 Associations' Tournament will take place in the Aviva Stadium. The tournament features national football teams from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

The 2011 UEFA Europa League Final will take place in the Aviva as well. Due to UEFA rules against corporate sponsorship outside the federation, the stadium will be referred to as the "Dublin Arena" for the final

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Rugby Union

The Ireland rugby union team will play its home games at the stadium, as it did previously at Lansdowne Road, taking over from their temporary home, Croke Park, where games have been played during Aviva's construction. Ireland's first international game will be on November 6 against South Africa. Games against Samoa, New Zealand and Argentina are also expected to be played in its first few opening months. The first rugby union game at the Aviva will be an exhibition game on 31 July involving all four of Ireland's provincial sides, with a Leinster/Ulster side taking on a Munster/Connacht combination. The stadium will likely also host occasional home games for Leinster when the RDS Arena's smaller capacity will not satisfy demand.

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History

The stadium was officially opened on 14 May 2010 by Taoiseach Brian Cowen. Over the months before and after the stadium was officially opened Aviva Insurance had commercials where at the end, an old couple would walk out of a hallway and into the main stand.

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Facilities

The stadium has four tiers, with the lower and upper tiers being for general access, the second tier for premium tickets and the third tier for corporate boxes. The north stand, however, is single tiered due to its proximity to local housing. This stand is expected to be the away stand for soccer internationals. There are two basement levels and seven storeys of floors. The premium level will hold 11,000 spectators, while the box level will hold 1,300. The remaining 38,700 seats will be shared between the top and bottom tiers. The capacity of the stadium has been criticised even before the stadium has opened for being too small, particularly in light of the large supporter attendance figures for Irish rugby internationals and soccer internationals at Croke Park since 2007. However IRFU chief executive Philip Browne and many others were quick to address the concerns, Browne said the capacity was 'bang-on' – especially in a time of recession.

The stadium's roof is designed to undulate in a wave-like manner so as to avoid blocking light to local residences.

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Introduction

The Aviva Stadium is a recently completed sporting stadium located in Dublin, in Ireland, with an all-seater capacity of 50,000. It is also commonly known, colloquially, as Lansdowne Road, and referred to as the Dublin Arena by UEFA.

The stadium is built on the site of the old Lansdowne Road venue, which was demolished in 2007, and replaces that stadium as home to its chief tenants: the Irish rugby union team and the Republic of Ireland national football team. The decision to redevelop the stadium came after plans for both Stadium Ireland and Eircom Park fell through. The Aviva Group signed a 10-year deal for the naming rights

The stadium, located adjacent to Lansdowne Road railway station, officially opened on May 14, 2010. The stadium is Ireland's first, and only, UEFA Elite Stadium and in 2011, it will host the Europa League Final. It will also host the inaugural 4 Associations' Tournament, as well as the regular home fixtures of the national rugby team and national football team from August 2010 onwards.

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