Aviva Stadium Celebration of Ten Years

Ten years have gone by in the blink of an eye and Aviva have marked the tenth anniversary of the official opening of the Aviva Stadium with a special video highlighting the impact the Stadium has had on our island.
A world-class 51,700-seater venue, Aviva Stadium opened in May 2010 replacing Lansdowne Road, then the world’s oldest operating international stadium.
The redevelopment project was a joint initiative of the FAI and IRFU funded in part by the Irish Government. Aviva Ireland agreed to come on board as naming rights sponsor in 2009 in a landmark deal was also key in enabling the project to be completed on time and on budget.
The stadium has welcomed 7.2 million fans from all over the world to experience such clashes as Ireland vs The All Blacks in 2018, the 2011 UEFA Europa League Final, the 2013 Heineken Cup Final as well as the Emerald Isle Classic American College Football game between Navy and Notre Dame in 2012.
178 games have been played there since 2010, 88 in Rugby and 90 in Football, as well as 14 concerts from top-class music acts from around the world.
“Aviva Stadium is an iconic Irish venue and one of the world’s great stadia,” said Brian O’Neill, Head of Communications, Brand and Sponsorship at Aviva Ireland.
“Our relationship with the stadium extends as far back as 2010, and we are delighted to have been a part of the Aviva Stadium story for the last ten years. We are also part of its future having extended our partnership to 2025 back in 2018.”
We all have our memories of the ground and the magic it has played host to. Here’s is a little something to jog that memory.