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  1.  Community

Croke Park Ticket Scheme

If you live within 1.5km of Croke Park, you are eligible to register for the Community Ticket Scheme.
The scheme gives residents access to certain ticket opportunities for concerts and matches held in Croke Park. These opportunities include:

  • free ticket lotteries
  • presale access for concerts
  • match ticket offers
  • limited access to purchase All-Ireland Final tickets
Registration gives you a chance to take part in these offers. It does not guarantee tickets.
Register here:
https://crokepark.ie/communityregister
Who can register?
You can register for the scheme if you live within a 1.5km radius of Croke Park.
The resident database is divided into two areas:
  • households inside the event-day cordon
  • households outside the cordon but within 1.5km of the stadium
This is important because ticket allocations are weighted between these two groups.
If you already receive regular updates from Croke Park, you are on the database and included in relevant draws and offers. New registrations are added weekly.
What tickets are available?
The type of offer depends on the event.
Concerts
For concerts, residents may be offered:
  • entry into a free ticket lottery
  • access to a presale, where tickets can be bought before public sale
Presale offers are made at the discretion of the concert promoter.
Matches
For some matches, residents may be offered tickets on a:
  • first come, first served basis, or
  • lottery basis, depending on the event
All-Ireland Finals
A limited number of tickets for the:
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
are made available to purchase, not complimentary, through the Community Ticket Scheme.
How does the scheme work?
Registration
If you are registered, you will be included in future draws or offers for eligible events.
Registration does not automatically entitle you to tickets.
Ticket lotteries
Where a lottery system is used, all eligible registered residents have a chance to be selected.
In 2026, 100 pairs of complimentary tickets will be made available for each concert night (The Weeknd X 2 and Bon Jovi X1) held in Croke Park.
Ticket draws are conducted under the observation of An Garda Síochána.
Weighted allocation
For community ticket lotteries, allocations are weighted as follows:
  • 60% of tickets go to households inside the event-day cordon
  • 40% of tickets go to households outside the cordon but within 1.5km
Each person on the database is assigned a random number, and entries are sorted from lowest to highest. Winners are then selected from the inner and outer cordon lists according to the allocation for that event.
First come, first served offers
Some events are not allocated by lottery. Instead, tickets may be offered on a first come, first served basis until the available quota is reached.
Presale codes
For some concerts, residents will be asked to apply for a code that allows them to buy tickets before the public sale. The system used may vary from one event to another.
Because promoters control concert ticket sales, the process can differ between concerts.

Important information about concert ticket sales

Croke Park facilitates the Community Ticket Scheme, but concert ticket sales and presale offers are managed by the concert promoter and ticket agent.
Croke Park is not involved in the sale of concert tickets.
This means:

  • ticket availability may vary from event to event
  • presale arrangements may differ depending on the promoter
  • registration does not guarantee access to a presale or tickets
All-Ireland Final ticket allocation
Tickets for the All-Ireland Senior Football and Hurling Finals do not go on general sale.
Under GAA ticket distribution procedures, tickets for these fixtures are allocated directly to County Boards, with the competing counties receiving the largest allocations.
County Boards then distribute tickets to affiliated clubs, and clubs allocate tickets in line with club policy and GAA guidance.
Through the Community Ticket Scheme, 100 pairs of tickets are made available for purchase by residents.
How will I know if I am successful?
If you are selected in a draw or included in an offer, you will be contacted by email.
Those selected can accept or decline the offer.
If you are not contacted, it means you were not selected for that event.
It is not possible to publish the names of individuals who receive tickets. However, a list of the streets where winners live is published on the website.
What residents should know
  • Registration gives you a chance to take part in draws and offers
  • Registration does not guarantee tickets
  • Not all events use the same system
  • Some offers are by lottery
  • Some first come, first served
  • Concert offers will usually involve presale codes
  • You should check your email regularly and keep your details up to date
Previous examples
In 2025:
  • 100 pairs of complimentary tickets were made available for each concert night in Croke Park
  • this resulted in 600 free tickets across the Oasis and Robbie Williams concerts
  • the draws for those concerts took place in March 2025
  • winners were notified by email
For other events, including rugby fixtures, tickets were offered to residents on a first come, first served basis until the quota was reached.

Event lists
Please use the links below to view published lists relating to previous offers:

Please click HERE to view the 2025 Concerts list. 

Please click HERE to view the 2025 NFL Dublin Game list.

Please click HERE to view the 2025 All-Ireland Hurling Final list. 

Please click HERE to view the 2025 All-Ireland Football Final Final list. 

Register for the Community Ticket Scheme
If you live within 1.5km of Croke Park and would like to be included in future draws and offers, register here:
https://crokepark.ie/communityregister