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Dolphin Stadium is one of the most colorful stadiums inside with a total of 75,000 orange and teal seats. In 1987, Dolphin Stadium was the first stadium built primarily for football, and later used permanently for baseball. The name was changed from Pro Player Stadium to Dolphin Stadium on January 09, 2005.

The second level offers club-level seating–seats are 21 inches wide (compared to the 19-inch-wide general seats)–and offer access to an air-conditioned lounge with full-service bars and concession areas. The technology is certainly an upgrade. TVs on both sides….with color, instant replay and nice graphics.

Dolphin Stadium is the first of its kind to be constructed entirely with private funds. Joe Robbie led the financing campaign to build Joe Robbie Stadium  for the Miami Dolphins.

Great place for football and they pull off concerts pretty well, better than most football stadiums.

The Royal Ascot meeting, held annually at towards the end of June, is England’s most popular race meeting. There is nothing quite like it in the social calendar – an atmospheric cocktail of priceless horses and the most extraordinary fashion parade in the world. Royal Ascot, dating back to 1768, is an internationally renowned sporting and social occasion, where tradition, pageantry, fashion and style all meet in a glorious setting.
The Royal Ascot meeting includes six of the 31 Group 1 races held in England every year. These races, like all Group 1 races, represent the pinnacle of flat racing and feature performances by the best thoroughbred racehorses in the sport.

The total prize money on offer at the event is in excess of £3.5 million, and is contested by trainers, racehorses and jockeys from around the world. The jewel in the Royal Ascot crown is the Group 1 Ascot Gold Cup, one of the greatest flat races in the world.

Enjoy and experience this unique event in the British social calendar, in one the many fantastic hospitality facilities, maintaining the tradition, heritage and pageantry of this royal occasion. An internationally renowned occasion that combines classic style, panache and elegance with enthralling sporting action, this is the perfect place to entertain clients, colleagues and friends.

The Royal Ascot Village has a private viewing area on the rails, an ideal location to view the Royal procession and the finish of each race. All Royal Ascot Village guests have full access to the New Grandstand throughout the day in addition to the exclusivity of the Village garden areas.

Cost per person + VAT
Tuesday 17th June £470
Wednesday 18th June £470
Thursday 19th June £649
Friday 20th June £515

Phoenix Park, one of the biggest enclosed parks in the world, provides a breath of fresh air amid the urban sprawl of modern Dublin. Phoenix Park, with its 700 hectares, is one of the largest urban enclosed park in Europe. Formal gardens, grass , lakes and mature deciduous trees. It is used by the the Irish people for a wide range of recreational pursuits and sporting activities e.g. motor racing, biking, roller blading. The flower garden is 9 22 acres. Deer are found in the park, a zoo and a visitor centre all in a castle. It’s circumference is 11km and it covers a total area pf 712 hectares / 1,760 acres.

Also known as Dublin’s playground, the Phoenix Park opened in 1747, and it is home to the Irish President and the U.S. ambassador to Ireland, not to mention the many assorted wildlife such as deer and horses. Located 3km west of Dublin city centre, the Phoenix Park is beauatifully landscaped, with quiet pedestrian walkways, ornamental gardens, grassland, nature trails, and avenues of trees, including oak, beech, pine, chestnut, and lime. Brendan Nolan’s comprehensive guide to Phoenix Park covers its origins and history, buildings and monuments, wildlife, literary associations, local lore, military use, sports, self-guided walks, and its future in an urban environment.
A lively and entertaining exhibition on the history and the wildlife of the Phoenix Park is on display in the Visitor Center. Here the visitor can enjoy a historical interpretation of the park from 3500 B.C. to the present day and can also view an audio-visual presentation on the Phoenix Park through the ages. Adjoining the Visitor Centre is the fully restored Ashtown Castle, a medieval tower house that probably dates from the 17th century.

The 60-meter obelisk is the Wellington Testimonial, erected by Sir Robert Smirke in 1817 to honour the Dubliner Sir Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), better known as the Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon in Waterloo. The Phoenix Park is under the care and management of the Office of Public Works. They have in the last 10 years taken on a program of tree replanting with over 10000 trees having been planted since the program was started.