Cork Event Centre moves closer with estimated cost of €150m-€200m for the project

The centre is expected to have a capacity up to 7,000 people, for concerts, TV productions, boxing matches, festivals, and more

The exterior of the Beamish & Crawford Brewery Counting House in late 2025, originally planned for the long-awaited event centre for Cork. In 2016, then taoiseach Enda Kenny turned the sod, but the project stalled thereafter. Picture Larry Cummins

The long-awaited Cork Event Centre has moved another step closer as it entered the first stage of its procurement process, with an estimated cost of €150m-€200m for the project.

In a notice published early Monday, Cork City Council said it was going out to a competitive dialogue for the centre, which is an initial stage in the process before progressing to the full contract and construction at a yet-to-be confirmed site.