GAA committed to American football at Croke Park but NFL dream fades

Croke Park Stadium Director Peter McKenna has revealed his ambition to make Croke Park the home of American college football despite the failure to secure a profit from last August’s ‘Croke Park Classic’ — but the dream of bringing the NFL to Jones Road has faded.

The GAA sees a big future for the college game at headquarters, despite the failure to secure a profit from last August’s clash of Penn State and University of Central Florida.

The Croke Park stadium director yesterday admitted there had been no financial gain on the part of the GAA with regard to the controversial ‘Croke Park Classic’, the largest sporting event, outside of GAA, in Ireland last year.