Austin Stack Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. It is one of the main grounds of Kerry GAA's Gaelic football and hurling teams. The first game in Kerry GAA played under floodlights took place here in November 2001. The ground is named after Austin Stack, an Irish revolutionary and captain of the All-Ireland winning Kerry Gaelic football team of 1904. It is located in the centre of Tralee. In 2007 plans were approved for its relocation to a site outside the town currently occupied by Ballybeggan Racecourse. In December 2009 it was announced that plans for the new stadium and development are to put on hold indefinitely due to the collapse of the Irish economy and ongoing financial crisis in Ireland. It hosts a lot of the Kerry GAA teams home games, mostly league games for the Footballers and both League & Championship for the Hurlers. The Football & Hurling County Championships finals are normally held here. It hosted the 1997-98 Sigerson Cup final witch was won by Tralee IT. It also hosted the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship final in 1983 when Kerry took the title beating London in the final.
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