Venue

We want to bring Worldcon back to Dublin, a vibrant European capital city. We are basing our convention predominantly within the city centre, within a radius of under 1 mile/1.6km from O’Connell Street.

Main venues

We have not yet finalised the facilities but we are speaking seriously with the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD), where Dublin2019: An Irish Worldcon was held, and the neighbouring National College of Ireland (NCI), Mayor Square.

Photograph of the Convention Centre Dublin. It is a large glass cylindrical building, tilted and set into a brick cube.
Photograph by J.-H. JanĂźen, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

As well as many smaller rooms, the main CCD auditorium seats 2,000, with overflow room available if needed where main events such as the Hugos can be live-streamed.

Hotels

Although Dublin does not have a venue with a hotel attached that is suitable for a Worldcon, each of the locations we’re considering has at least 5 hotels within 500m and Dublin has over 22,000 hotel rooms available in all, plus other forms of accommodation available.

The closest hotel to our hopeful venues is The Spencer, which is 260 metres from the front entrance of the CCD and approximately 200 metres from the entrance to NCI.

Map showing The Spencer hotel just a couple of blocks away from The Convention Centre Dublin.

Travel

Dublin Airport (DUB) is an international airport approximately 15 kilometers (a bit under 10 miles) from the Convention centre and closest hotels. There are taxis as well as public and private buses that run 24 hours between the airport and the city centre where our closest hotels are.

Photograph of Dublin Airport.
Photograph by Doyler79, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Because the venue is within the city, attendees will have full access to Dublin’s public transport system, as Bus services, Dublin Area Rapid Transport (DART) commuter rail, and the Luas light rail system all run through the city centre. This is in addition to the number of taxis and other private car services that are available.

Photograph of a green and yellow city bus.
Photograph by Cityswift, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Mainline train and bus services serve all parts of the island of Ireland with regular services to major cities like Belfast, Cork, Limerick, Galway and there are “locallink” bus services which connect the more rural areas of the country.

Accessibility

While it is too early to talk about specifics, in general Irish hotels are subject to the Disabilities Act 2005 and the Building Regulations Technical Guide M 2010, which set out the requirements on public spaces and services with regard to accessibility.

We are considering using multiple buildings for the venue, but they are very close together. For members with mobility issues, a mobie could be the best option.