Flagship case study

Thomond Park

Rugby heritage, visitor planning and venue enquiries in one place

Year
2024
Industry
Sports & Tourism
Scope
Website Design
Timeline
3 months
Archive
14 published artefacts
Thomond Park conferences and events website presented on a laptop
01

Starting condition

What needed to change

A landmark venue had to serve supporters, tourists and event planners without reducing its story to a list of facilities.

Museum and stadium tour visitors needed a more direct route from research to booking, especially on mobile. Corporate and private event audiences needed specifications, practical venue information and a visible enquiry path. At the same time, the site had to carry the atmosphere and heritage associated with Thomond Park, while remaining straightforward for the team updating matchday, tour and event content.

Executive summary

Summary

Business condition
A landmark venue had to serve supporters, tourists and event planners without reducing its story to a list of facilities.
Organizing decision
Distinct visitor routes sit within one venue platform, supported by stronger content and a real sense of place.
Studio contribution
UX Architecture / Web Design / Booking Engine Integration / Technical SEO / Inclusive UX and accessibility support
What you can inspect
The work, and the decisions behind it.
Selected artefacts

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Sleek website design on a laptop embedded in concrete.
05Sleek website design on a laptop embedded in concrete.
Smartphone displaying a clean, mobile-responsive website design site.
06Smartphone displaying a clean, mobile-responsive website design site.
Thomond Park website on tablet, exemplifying website design.
07Thomond Park website on tablet, exemplifying website design.
Tablet displaying venue website design for events and stadium information.
08Tablet displaying venue website design for events and stadium information.
Website on laptop breaking concrete, showcasing website design.
09Website on laptop breaking concrete, showcasing website design.
Mobile event website example by Vancouver Website Design the region.
10Mobile event website example by Vancouver Website Design the region.
Tablet displays Thomond Park Stadium website for Vancouver Website Design.
11Tablet displays Thomond Park Stadium website for Vancouver Website Design.
Vancouver Website Design the region project shows responsive website on tablet and phone.
12Vancouver Website Design the region project shows responsive website on tablet and phone.
website design displayed on tablets for a sports venue.
13website design displayed on tablets for a sports venue.
brainstorm-design-limerick-thomon-park,-John-Cantwell-managing-director
14brainstorm-design-limerick-thomon-park,-John-Cantwell-managing-director
02

Design response

The organizing idea

Distinct visitor routes sit within one venue platform, supported by stronger content and a real sense of place.

The website combines a mobile focused structure, video led headers, richer event content and a more direct booking route for museum and stadium tours. Venue information is easier to scan, commercial enquiry journeys are more visible and heritage content has space to breathe. Together, those elements let Thomond Park communicate tours, events, matchday updates and its wider story without asking visitors to interpret one crowded navigation path.

03

Published process

How the work moved

Fans, tour guests, event organisers and international visitors were treated as separate audiences from the outset.

We mapped each audience's main questions, then shaped navigation, page hierarchy and calls to action around those tasks. The technical work included caching, GZIP compression, minified assets, dynamic event display sections and content tools for matchday updates. Accessibility considerations were carried through the responsive interface, helping the venue serve a broad audience while keeping routine content management practical.

04

System delivered

01UX Architecture
02Web Design
03Booking Engine Integration
04Technical SEO
05Inclusive UX and accessibility support
05

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