American Football – Aviva Stadium – Aer Lingus College Football Classic 2024- Georgia Tech V Florida State @ Aviva Stadium Dublin
24/08/2024
24/08/2024
The Aer Lingus College Football Classic 2024 game
will see the Georgia Tech v Florida State University
in the Aviva Stadium on Saturday 24th August.
5:00PM – Game Kick Off
Dublin Aviva Stadium is within walking distance (25 minutes) of the city centre and located in an area with good transport links.
Aviva Stadium is served by a number of different modes of public transport: DART (rail), Dublin Bus and Luas (tram) which bring you a short walk to the Stadium.
Mobility impaired fans are catered for as part of the transportation network in Dublin.
There are 5 coloured coded routes to access the stadium. The route you must take is dictated by the location of your seat within the stadium. The applicable route colour will be stated on your event ticket.
On event days stewards will be positioned outside the stadium to provide further assistance.
The main mode of transport to and from the stadium should be walking. The Aviva Stadium is a 25 minute walk from Dublin City Centre. We encourage you to walk to and from the Aviva Stadium on game day.
Pedestrian walking routes from Dublin City Centre to the Aviva Stadium will be clearly signed and animated. GET DIRECTIONS
Dame St to Aviva Stadium – 1.7 miles / 25 minutes
Trinity College to Aviva Stadium – 1.7 miles / 25 minutes
Baggot St to Aviva Stadium – 1 mile / 15 minutes
The Leap Visitor Card is a convenient public transport ticket for tourists and visitors to Dublin. Get unlimited travel for your selected time period on Dublin City Bus services (operated by Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland), Luas, DART and Commuter Rail. See below for further details.
DART (rail) offers a service to and from Lansdowne Road Station which is immediately adjacent to the Aviva Stadium. The DART operates from the Dublin city centre stations of Connolly, Tara Street and Pearse Street.
Dublin Bus is Dublin’s local bus service. The Aviva Stadium is serviced by several bus routes.
It is recommended that you use a Leap Card to pay when travelling by Dublin Bus.
Check Bus details below
This is Dublin’s light rail tram system that operates two lines within Dublin’s city centre and the greater Dublin Area. There are two lines the Green line and the Red line.
The Red Line operates from Tallaght to 3Arena/Point Village and the Green Line from Brides Glen to Broombridge via St. Stephens Green. See below for further details.
Taxis in Ireland can be hired on the street, at a taxi rank or pre-booked. Dublin city centre is well serviced by taxis with designated ranks at O’Connell Street, D’Olier Street, the South Quays, Dame Street. If a taxi roof light is on, it means the taxi is available for pick-ups and you can flag them down.
There will be a number of road closures and diversions by An Garda Síochána from 2pm. See below for road closure details.
The Leap Visitor Card is a convenient public transport ticket for tourists and visitors to Dublin. Get unlimited travel for your selected time period on Dublin City Bus services (operated by Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland), Luas, DART and Commuter Rail.
You can choose from a number of options:
Your chosen time period starts from the first time you use the card.
Please note that unused Leap Visitor Cards expire 12 months from the day it’s purchased.
Leap Visitor is not valid on the Hop on/Hop off tour or other special tour services and cannot be used on Bus Éireann services.
At selected agents:
Dublin City Centre
Your Leap Visitor Card allows you unlimited travel after first use for the period you have selected on the following transport services in Dublin:
Please note the Leap Visitor Card is not valid on Bus Éireann services.
Simply touch your card against a Validator. You will hear a tone to verify you have validated properly:
Make your travel even easier by downloading the TFI Live App, which allows you to access live real time departure and journey planning information across the Transport for Ireland (TFI) network.
Use the TFI journey Planner / TFI Live App to plan your route.
Dublin Bus & Bus Éireann
Dublin Bus & Bus Éireann services can be used to reach the Aviva Stadium
S2 now serves The Aviva Stadium
Dublin Bus
Use the TFI journey Planner / TFI Live App to plan your route.
Commercial Bus Operators
For information on Commercial Bus Services contact the operator directly.
Use the TFI journey Planner / TFI Live App to plan your route.
Dublin Bus is Dublin’s local bus service. The Aviva Stadium is serviced by several bus routes.
It is recommended that you use a Leap Card to pay when travelling by Dublin Bus.
The direct bus routes to the Aviva Stadium from Dublin city centre include 4, 7, and 7a.
Dublin Bus will provide an enhanced bus service for these routes from O’Connell Bridge to Northumberland Rd (a 5-minute walk to the Aviva Stadium).
The expected length of a bus journey from Dublin city centre to the Aviva Stadium is estimated at 20 minutes.
Additional Dublin Bus routes 18, 38, 38A, 47, C1, C2 also service the Aviva Stadium depending on where you are travelling from.
We encourage you to use a Leap Card when using all public transport services.
Dublin Bus is operating an enhanced bus service from Northumberland Rd (a 5-minute walk from the Aviva Stadium) to Dublin City Centre. The route numbers of these buses are 4 and 7. GET DIRECTIONS
There will be taxi ranks at D’Olier St.
There are three 24-hour Dublin bus services operating from the Point Village/New Wapping Street, next to the Three Arena (a 20-minute walk from the Aviva Stadium). The numbers of these buses are N4, G1 & G2. These bus routes bring people towards Blanchardstown, Liffey Valley and the Red Cow.
There will also be extended Dublin Bus services on Game Day and these routes are C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, 39A & 46A.
We advise you to familiarise yourself with the Dublin Bus route that best serves you from the Stadium to your desired location as it is a very convenient form of transport.
Please use your leap card when taking the bus.
Below are the bus routes that serve the Aviva Stadium towards Dublin City Centre, North, South and West Dublin, Lucan, Lexlip, and Maynooth.
Routes to the City Centre from the Aviva Stadium
Routes Northbound
Routes Southbound
Routes for West Dublin, Lucan, Lexlip, Maynooth
Charlemont (Green Line) is the closest Luas stop and a 25-minute walk from the stadium.
If you are travelling from Heuston station, take the Red Line to Connolly and change to the DART line there.
Use the TFI journey Planner / TFI Live App to plan your route.
For more information visit the Luas website.
Irish Rail provide great links to Dublin city from all over the country.
Aviva Stadium is approximately a 2 minute walk from Lansdowne Road DART station.
To plan your journey see visit the Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail website for timetables and routes.
Use the TFI journey Planner / TFI Live App to plan your route.
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Before the event:
The following roads will be subject to roads closures and diversions by An Garda Síochána from 2pm:
The following roads will be subject to roads closures and diversions by An Garda Síochána from approx. 4.30pm:
Patrons are requested to be aware that the Aviva Stadium is located in a primarily residential area. Patrons attending are requested to respect residents by behaving in an appropriate manner when arriving at and departing from the Stadium.
Lansdowne Road DART level crossing barriers will close three hours prior to the event and remain down for the duration of the event to facilitate free movement of trains.
Pedestrians will transverse the railway line via the under-pass in the Aviva Stadium. Vehicular Traffic will not be permitted when the DART level crossing barriers are down.
Aviva Stadium days and events:
There is no bike parking or car parking available at Aviva Stadium on match day/ concerts for security reasons.
From Nassau Street at Trinity College (city centre), travel along Merrion Square and Lower Mount Street. Cross the canal and continue along Northumberland Road to the second set of lights. Turn left onto Lansdowne Road. Continue through the next junction. Aviva Stadium is on your left.
There is a car park located just past entrance A on the right hand side also. The car park has an hourly and daily max charge and is open 24 hours per day. This car park is not available on match days as the surrounding roads are closed.
The following roads will be subject to roads closures and diversions by An Garda Síochána until the event is finished:
The following roads will be subject to additional roads closures and diversions by An Garda Síochána from approx. 10pm:
All road closures will be put in place and manned for the duration of the closure by An Garda Síochána as required to ensure that there is no un-authorised access to closed roads and to ensure that traffic moves freely outside of the closure area prior to and after the event.
You can take a taxi to the Aviva Stadium.
If you are travelling from the city centre it can take anywhere between 9 and 16 minutes, depending on traffic.
Use the Taxi Fare Estimator to determine your cost.
Taxi Apps: Free Now is the default Irish taxi transportation app, you can download in the app store for free. Rideshare apps like Uber also connect users to licensed taxi drivers and not independent rideshare drivers.
The main mode of transport to and from the stadium should be walking. The Aviva Stadium is a 25 minute walk from Dublin City Centre. We encourage you to walk to and from the Aviva Stadium on game day.
Pedestrian walking routes from Dublin City Centre to the Aviva Stadium will be clearly signed and animated. GET DIRECTIONS
Dame St to Aviva Stadium – 1.7 miles / 25 minutes
Trinity College to Aviva Stadium – 1.7 miles / 25 minutes
Baggot St to Aviva Stadium – 1 mile / 15 minutes
For walking details visit our online Journey Planner / TFI Live App .and filter ‘Trip Options’ to Walking, set Maximum walking time (minutes) to 60 minutes (increase from 30).
The main mode of transport from the stadium should be walking. Aviva Stadium is a 25 minute walk from Dublin City Centre. There will be signs when leaving the stadium directing you towards the city centre. These signs will let you know how many minutes to the centre. Walking Map
The dublinbikes share scheme have stations close to the Aviva Stadium, visit the dublinbikes website to find out all the details.
There is no bike parking available at Aviva Stadium on match day/ concerts for security reasons.
Dublin Bus operates the Nitelink, which offers twelve routes every Friday and Saturday night. The Nitelink service complements Dublin Bus’ 24-hour services (including routes: 15, 39a, 41, C1, C2, C5, C6, G1, G2 and the N4).
We recommend that you familiarise yourself with the service best suited for your desired location.
The Nitelink timetable is available to download here.
We encourage you to use your Leap Card when using this service.