Rugby World Cup Fanzone

[Marty___Mcfly]

10,000 capacity on The beach by Madeira Drive- I guess they are taking over the outdoor cinema site for the weekend? Opens at 15.00 tomorrow- could be a good atmosphere for the England game if the weathers ok and a decent amount of people turn up. Any takers?!

 

[Vegas Seagull]

'10 minute walk from the Station' I think not...

 

[Simster]

A fan zone? FFS, it will be freezing. You won't get THOUSANDS of people packing these fan zones! Rugby World Cup is trying desperately hard to be a bigger event than it is.

It's interesting, I quite like rugby, so of course I'll follow it keenly. But why is it pretending to be a football World Cup, a sport that unfortunately so many rugby people seem happy to sneer at when it suits them?

 

[Gwylan]

The weird thing about the fanzone is that it's only on when there are matches at the Amex. In other words, it's open at a time when all the big rugby fans in the area are somewhere else: it should be open for the other big games

 

[Lord Bracknell]

A fan zone? FFS, it will be freezing. You won't get THOUSANDS of people packing these fan zones! Rugby World Cup is trying desperately hard to be a bigger event than it is.

What about the DOZENS of Samoans who'll be in town without a ticket for the South Africa game? They could be fun.

 

[Horsham Gull]

"10 minute walk from the station" what route are they taking?

 

[studio150]

No no and no absolutely no interest

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

No no and no absolutely no interest

Weird thread to open.

 

[zeetha]

"10 minute walk from the station" what route are they taking?

The people who timed it must be racewalkers!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

What about the DOZENS of Samoans who'll be in town without a ticket for the South Africa game? They could be fun.

Samoa: statistically the fattest nation on earth, I believe? What a pity there won't be many pies left at the Amex after Jabba the Hutt's visit on Tuesday night.

 

[beorhthelm]

The weird thing about the fanzone is that it's only on when there are matches at the Amex. In other words, it's open at a time when all the big rugby fans in the area are somewhere else: it should be open for the other big games

that does seem rather pointless, and hopeful. having it for the England games at least, otherwise i'm not sure theres much point.

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

The weird thing about the fanzone is that it's only on when there are matches at the Amex. In other words, it's open at a time when all the big rugby fans in the area are somewhere else: it should be open for the other big games

I would imagine that the Council is obliged by the RWC to facilitate a Fanzone for the days when matches are taking place, and not at any other time. I agree it would be good to run it on other days and especially for England games.

 

[Notters]

if the weathers ok

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

Here it is..

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

This will surely have about 2 men and a dog down there at most times and they'll be confused cottagers.

 

[Easy 10]

Well you were all wrong.

I minced along there at about 2pm, and it was totally RAMMED. Absolutely brilliant atmosphere there, lovely weather, Ireland v Canada on the giant screen. Fast moving queues despite the numbers (£5 for a Heineken not great, but the going rate I suppose for this kind of thing). Got chatting with a great bunch over here from Cape Town, I extoled the virtues of our wondrous stadium they were about to visit. Loads going on with various inflatable-based challenges for kids and adults, the Brighton Eye was doing a roaring trade, and there was just a real BUZZ about the whole place, everyone was having a great time.

They were running shuttle buses from the fanzone to the station, it was all superbly organised. Made me proud to be a Brightonian and to welcome the South Africans and Japanese to our wonderful city - they truly could not have wished for a better host city than this. Its a shame there are only 2 games here, because you could not wish for a better host venue.

We've gone worldwide today, and could not have put on a better show (quite apart from the fact that the game itself was a bona-fide classic)