A smaller Casement does not remove the need for Northern Ireland to have a larger national sports stadium. Casement can still serve its community and sporting purpose in West Belfast, but a new national stadium – available for all sports – can meet the wider regional need of a venue capable of hosting major events. Some have recently proposed sites along the M1 or at the former Maze site for such a stadium, but these significantly lose out on a major driver of success – a city centre location. The national stadium will include cultural and heritage elements, including a new national sporting museum, which will deliver footfall all year round and not just for big events. Anyone visiting Cardiff on a match day will be impressed by how vibrant the city centre becomes, filling bars, restaurants and hotels to capacity.