Name of the game: Eight other GAA stadia ripe for naming rights

The SuperValu Páirc Ui Chaoimh debate has thrown a spotlight well beyond the Marina in Cork. Between new and redeveloped stadia, several other county grounds are up for grabs

Graphic image of the proposed redevelopment of Casement Park in Belfast.

WALSH PARK, WATERFORD: On WLR Wednesday, morning show host Damien Tiernan, indicated that Waterford GAA is well down the track with a company towards an agreement on naming rights for the redeveloped Walsh Park in the city. The first phase of work is finally complete and in use since last autumn and ultimately, the plan is to turn the stadium into a 14,000-capacity compact, spectator-friendly, venue. Government aid means that the €12m overall cost will be manageable, and a naming rights agreement would keep stadium debt to a minimum. Waterford, like a lot of GAA counties, has watched and learned from the Pairc Ui Chaoimh debacle.

FITZGERALD STADIUM, KILLARNEY: Kerry chairman Patrick O'Sullivan has already expressed Kerry's ambition to redevelop the old stadium into an all-seater 40,000 arena that is capable of hosting other sports and events in the county's tourism capital. The stadium is one of the most storied in the country and would surely be a prized asset for the corporate sector in terms of naming rights. As long-time sponsors of the county, Kerry Group would surely have first refusal on such a deal - and it seems unlikely they would allow another multi-national to muscle into what has been an all-but-exclusive arrangement since Denis Brosnan's time at the help of Kerry Co-Op. Tralee's Austin Stack Park may not have the same cachet but it too captures a lot of high-profile inter-county action under its floodlights.