Attendances and gate receipts for football and hurling leagues due to be significantly up on last year

Last year’s football and hurling leagues accrued €4.628 million and €1.989m in gate receipts respectively. The corresponding figures in 2023 were €4.842m and €2.256m.

ATTENDANCES: Attendances and gate receipts for the Allianz Football and Hurling Leagues are expected to be significantly up on last year, while crowds for the opening round of the Leinster senior football championships are reported to have increased by 40%. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Attendances and gate receipts for the Allianz Football and Hurling Leagues are expected to be significantly up on last year, while crowds for the opening round of the Leinster senior football championships are reported to have increased by 40%.

Crowds had fallen last year from 2023 – in football, total numbers declined by almost 47,000 from 458,773 to 412,536 and in hurling they dropped by over 26,000, from 215,646 to 189,401.