The long list of venues being considered, by province:
Leinster
- Croke Park (83,200)
- Aviva Stadium (51,711)
- RDS Arena (18,677)
- Nowlan Park Kilkenny (26,000)
Munster
- Pairc Ui Chaoimh (45,770)
- Thomond Park (26,897)
- FitzGerald Stadium Killarney (38,200)
Connacht
- Pearse Stadium Galway (34,000)
- McHale Park Castlebar (31,000),
Ulster
- Casement Park (34,500)
- Kingspan Stadium (18,168)
- Celtic Park Derry (17,000)
It is projected that the tournament would be worth €800m+ to the economy of the Island, with some 445,000 visitors predicted to travel to Ireland for the tournament.
The 2015 Rugby World Cup, which was hosted in England, reached an estimated worldwide TV audience of four billion people.
