 nowlan park is the principal gaa stadium in kilkenny, ireland. named after james nowlan (the longest serving president of the gaa), the stadium hosts major hurling matches and is home to the kilkenny hurling team. the stadium consists of the following stands. *old stand (o'loughlin road) mainly bench-seats (uncovered, planning for a new roof submitted after storm damaged old roof in 2014) http://www.hoganstand.com/kilkenny/articleform.aspx?id=210537) http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/sport/proud-kilkenny-s-nowlan-park-now-stands-among-the-best-grounds-in-the-country-1-2173328 *paddy grace stand (new stand, hebron road) mainly bench-seats (covered) *ted carrol stand (country end) 4,000 plastic seats (covered) http://www.garlandconsultancy.com/our-projects/leisure-and-hotels/nowlan-park,-kilkenny.html *city terrace (covered) http://www.hoganstand.com/articleform.aspx?id=129624 the target capacity under the kilkenny gaa 2010-15 plan is 30,000. https://www.crokepark.ie/getmedia/b0f1b5d7-719d-4b8f-9576-b542f7fdcf25/kilkenny-strategic-plan-2010-2015.pdf http://www.kilkennypeople.ie/sport/proud-kilkenny-s-nowlan-park-now-stands-among-the-best-grounds-in-the-country-1-2173328 a large part of the old stand's roof was blown off during a violent storm on 12 february 2014. the rest was removed for health and safety reasons. history was made at nowlan park on 7 june 2014 when kilkenny versus offaly was broadcast on sky sports, the first time a championship fixture of any kind was broadcast live to a uk-wide audience.{{cite news|first=seÃ¡n|last=moran|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/kilkenny-aiming-to-put-on-a-show-for-new-sky-audience-1.1823632|title=kilkenny aiming to put on a show for new sky audience: daunting tas
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