Large revenue drop for GAA

THE Aviva Stadium’s opening last May was the primary reason for the GAA’s €10m drop in revenue in 2010.

Nobody in Croke Park was hiding the fact the decrease from €68m in 2009 to €58m was largely down to the return of Ireland international rugby and soccer teams to Dublin 4.

The three Six Nations games last year brought in €4m compared to the €13m which was generated by the four international rugby and five soccer games in 2009. Worse still, this year’s accounts will show a further drop of €4m.