Today I had the great pleasure of photographing the Aviva Stadium on a beautiful sunny Dublin morning with the smell of the fresh cut grass from the virgin soil of the former hallowed Lansdown Road. Hard to believe that only a few months ago I photographed it with a massive digger parked in the centre of it. The 50000 seated capacity stadium was opened by An Taoiseach, Mr Brian Cowen, TD, on14 May with the first fixtures Connacht/Munster rugby selection take on a Leinster/Ulster selection on 31 July, followed by an Airtricity League team playing Manchester United on 4 August. The first international will see Ireland’s soccer team playing former world champions Argentina on August 11. The first rugby international will see Ireland face current world champions South Africa on November 6.
I Look forward to photographing some historic games there.
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