GAA coffers boosted by hurling gate receipts
Last September’s replay between Kilkenny and Galway ensured total championship gate receipts for last year across both games were up on last year’s €24.2 million to €26.7m, the game bringing in €2.8m.
Irrespective of the replay, the 13 All-Ireland SHC games accrued just over €8m compared to the €10.9m gained from the 31 All-Ireland series matches in football, meaning the average hurling championship game returned €615,000 as opposed to a football return of €353,000.
