Richmond Arena (Dublin)

The Richmond Arena was proposed to be built as a 12,000 seater association football stadium in Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland to UEFA Category 3 standards. The developers proposed the stadium as a replacement for Richmond Park as the home stadium of St Patrick's Athletic FC.

On 11 April 2018, the football club announced plans for the stadium, stating that the decision on the future of the St Michael's Estate site would be made by current landowners Dublin City Council in the succeeding months.[1] The proposed stadium would be on the first floor of the planned development, with the retail and leisure facilities at street level and an car park of 350 spaces located underground.[2] Club owner Garrett Kelleher is a property developer and led the clubs plans, recruiting architect David Mizrahi, who's previous works include stadiums around Europe.[1] In April 2018, club president Tom O'Mahony stated that the stadium would be financially independent, would not be reliant on receiving any government grants,[2][3][4] and if and when planning permission was confirmed that "you could conceivably have St Pat's playing in that stadium in 2022".[5]

However, as of April 2019, Dublin City Council had not approved planning permission, had not agreed to the sale or development of the proposed site, and an alternative government plan had been proposed to build housing on the site instead.[6] An article, published in the Irish Independent in July 2019, suggested that the proposed plan had been "ditched" in favour of the construction of 500 homes on the site, and that representatives of the city council's housing department stated that the football club's proposal "was never a runner".[7]