Croke Park firm ups profit to €8m

The firm that operates Croke Park last year marginally increased its operating profits to €8.057m in spite of the absence of concerts there in 2013.

In another stellar year for the firm that operates the 82,000-seater stadium, Croke Park hotel and other properties, stadium director and GAA commercial director, Peter McKenna, said that “in a year without the cream that concerts deliver, the Croke Park team delivered an exceptional performance”.

In contrast to last year, 2014 will provide an additional estimated €7m in rental income arising from the eight concerts from Garth Brooks and One Direction in May and July.