Is Connacht's air dome a glimpse of the GAA's future? 

Mayo stand for the national anthem ahead of the provincial league semi-final at the Connacht GAA Air Dome. Picture: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

The air dome in Connacht, used recently for FBD league games, has been one of the GAA success stories in recent months.

Images from those games are vaguely otherworldly, the white backdrop appearing to set players in a large laboratory, but is running games in a facility like this a glimpse of the future? One where adverse weather and treacherous playing surfaces don’t exist, or at least not as complications for fixture planners?