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No incidence of violence at the 10 South African FIFA Fan Fests with 1,5 million visitors in two weeks |
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Monday, 28 June 2010 09:36 |
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Pretoria - More than three million fans world-wide attended the 16 FIFA Fan Fest venues since the start of the World Cup in South Africa two weeks ago, the football governing body said on Sunday.
It said 1.5 million people visited the ten Fan Fest venue in South Africa while similar figures were recorded in Rome, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro.
The Fan Fest have been particularly successful in coastal towns where there has been warmer temperatures.
In South Africa, Durban topped the attendance to its Fan Fest venues with more than 375 000 people having watched the World Cup games on the giant screens. At least 304 581 people visited Fen Fest venues in Cape Town followed by Port Elizabeth with 146 974 and Sandton with 133 326. Source: BuaNews "We will use the learnings (sic) from the 2010 World Cup to define what we will do in Brazil (2014)," said head of FIFA business development and new media Ralph Straus.He said that no incidents of violence had been reported in all FIFA viewing areas in South Africa, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro. Source: Sapa Fan Park in Bellville largely Crime-free At the Bellville Veledrome, one of the City of Cape Town's fan parks during the World Cup, there were two cases of crime: a drunk person and a fight. 6500 fans packed the Veledrome on 11 June before the opening match of the World Cup.
The Veledrome was open on the days Bafana Bafana played and is open on Cape Town match days. Source: Tygerburger |
I find your statistic very interesting, stating that there haas been no violence whatsoever in fan parks in south africa. I work as a doctor in an emergency unit in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa and have worked on many nights during matches. I have treated one man who was stabbed in the heart during one of the Bafana Bafana matches and many others who attended fan parks during that time. Possibly your reporting only covered fan parks in heavily touristy areas, as I assure you that the reality in the majority of South Africa has been far from free from violence during this period. I would be very interested to find out where you acquired your statistics from.