Plans for permanent GAA home in New York delayed
GAA president Sean Kelly, past president Peter Quinn, president-elect Nicky Brennan and former Dublin footballer Tony Hanahoe flew into the Big Apple for four days last week to try and find a way to finally turn the long-held dream of a permanent, wholly-owned home for Gaelic Games in the city into a reality.
The plans for a Gaelic games complex on land at Randall’s Island donated by the city of New York call for a 10,000-seater stadium, playing fields, an Irish-American cultural centre and banqueting facilities. Those close to the situation say there are many issues preventing the project on 25 acres of land beneath the Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens from moving off the drawing board and into reality.
