Lansdowne Road Stadium

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football stadium rugby union stadium sports stadium

Lansdowne Road Stadium was Dublin’s historic national rugby and football venue, renowned as one of the oldest international sports stadiums in the world before its redevelopment.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lansdowne Road	10
Lansdowne Road Stadium canonical	2
New Lansdowne Road Stadium	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1343441 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lansdowne Road Stadium
Context triple: [Aviva Stadium, builtOnSiteOf, Lansdowne Road Stadium]

A. Sun Life Stadium
Sun Life Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue in Miami Gardens, Florida, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and host of numerous Super Bowls and major events.
B. Commonwealth Stadium
Commonwealth Stadium is a large outdoor multi-purpose stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, best known as the home of the Edmonton Elks Canadian Football League team and for hosting major sporting and entertainment events.
C. Tim Hortons Field
Tim Hortons Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, best known as the home of the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats and a venue for major sporting and entertainment events.
D. Saputo Stadium
Saputo Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Montreal, Quebec, primarily known as the home of CF Montréal in Major League Soccer.
E. BMO Field
BMO Field is an outdoor sports stadium in Toronto best known as the home of Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC and the Canadian national soccer teams.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lansdowne Road Stadium
Target entity description: Lansdowne Road Stadium was Dublin’s historic national rugby and football venue, renowned as one of the oldest international sports stadiums in the world before its redevelopment.

A. Sun Life Stadium
Sun Life Stadium is a multi-purpose sports venue in Miami Gardens, Florida, best known as the longtime home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins and host of numerous Super Bowls and major events.
B. Commonwealth Stadium
Commonwealth Stadium is a large outdoor multi-purpose stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, best known as the home of the Edmonton Elks Canadian Football League team and for hosting major sporting and entertainment events.
C. Tim Hortons Field
Tim Hortons Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, best known as the home of the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats and a venue for major sporting and entertainment events.
D. Saputo Stadium
Saputo Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Montreal, Quebec, primarily known as the home of CF Montréal in Major League Soccer.
E. BMO Field
BMO Field is an outdoor sports stadium in Toronto best known as the home of Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC and the Canadian national soccer teams.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	football stadium ⓘ rugby union stadium ⓘ sports stadium ⓘ
alsoUsedFor	association football ⓘ
builtFor	rugby union ⓘ
capacity	about 49,000 ⓘ
city	Dublin ⓘ
closed	2007 ⓘ
country	Ireland ⓘ
demolished	2007 ⓘ
governingBodyUser	Football Association of Ireland ⓘ Irish Rugby Football Union ⓘ
hasRailwayStation	Lansdowne Road railway station ⓘ
historicStatus	Ireland’s national football stadium ⓘ Ireland’s national rugby stadium ⓘ
hosted	FAI Cup finals ⓘ linked to: FAI Cup FIFA World Cup qualifying matches ⓘ Five Nations Championship matches ⓘ Heineken Cup rugby matches ⓘ Six Nations Championship matches ⓘ UEFA European Championship qualifying matches ⓘ concerts ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the oldest international sports stadiums in the world ⓘ intimate atmosphere due to proximity of stands to pitch ⓘ
latitude	approximately 53.335°N ⓘ
locatedIn	Ballsbridge ⓘ Dublin ⓘ
longitude	approximately 6.228°W ⓘ
namedAfter	Lansdowne Road ⓘ linked to: Lansdowne Road Stadium
near	Dublin Bay railway line ⓘ
notableEvent	1995 Republic of Ireland vs England football match crowd trouble ⓘ
opened	1872 ⓘ
ownedBy	Irish Rugby Football Union ⓘ
recordAttendance	about 54,000 ⓘ
recordAttendanceEvent	Ireland vs England rugby union match 1954 ⓘ
redevelopedAs	Aviva Stadium ⓘ
redevelopmentCompletion	2010 ⓘ
redevelopmentStart	2007 ⓘ
region	Leinster ⓘ
replacedBy	Aviva Stadium ⓘ
servedAs	home stadium of Ireland national rugby union team ⓘ home stadium of Republic of Ireland national football team ⓘ
standConfiguration	three large stands and one low terrace along railway side in later years ⓘ
surface	grass ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aviva Stadium → builtOnSiteOf → Lansdowne Road Stadium ⓘ

Aviva Stadium → replaced → Lansdowne Road Stadium ⓘ

Aviva Stadium → formerName → New Lansdowne Road Stadium ⓘ