€2m GAA boost for New York board’s stadium plans

NEW YORK GAA board officials are confident the €2m grant received from central council will convince the city it has the financial muscle to proceed with its 25-acre stadium development at Randall’s Island.

The €2m grant for the Randalls Island Gaelic Sports Group project was approved by Croke Park at its central council meeting earlier this month.

The development on a Greenfield site, nestling between Manhattan, Bronx and Queens, will provide the New York GAA with its own headquarters and playing fields after decades of renting the famous but inadequate Gaelic Park in the north Bronx from Manhattan College.