Developers to woo city sports clubs with relocation offers

PLANS for a 6,000 to 10,000-seat events arena similar to Belfast’s Odyssey Arena have been proposed for a site west of Cork city as a new home for the Munster Showgrounds.

Developers Fleming Construction have offered to build a new show facility with multi-purpose arena at Curraheen, just off the Ballincollig bypass, in exchange for the Showgrounds’ current 22 acres of land at the Marina, in the city’s docklands.

Fleming Construction bought 126 acres of zoned amenity land at Curraheen last year for €17 million.