Sydney to make history with WC 3D Fan Fest
Roar Guru By ItsCalledFootball, 2 Feb 2010 ItsCalledFootball is a Roar Guru
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The planet’s biggest single-sport event begins on 11 June and makes 2010 the most important year in South Africa since 1994. Some have even coined the FIFA World Cup as South Africa’s “second miracle”.
It’s also going to be a very important year for Australian football.
To comprehend the potential impact the 2010 FIFA World Cup will have on South Africa, you just have to consider some of the staggering statistical data from the last World Cup, hosted in Germany in 2006:
* There were over 15 million applications for tickets.
* All 64 matches in 2006 were sold out.
* Spectators totalled 3,359,439 – with an additional 18 million fans who couldn’t get tickets gathering at Fan Fests across Germany.
* An average 52,491 spectators attended each match in Germany’s 12 stadiums.
* The 2006 FIFA World Cup™ stands as one of the most watched events in television history.
* It was broadcast to 214 countries on 376 channels with a total cumulative television audience of 26.29 billion (both in-home and at various sporting and social venues).
* If the 2006 TV coverage was shown on just one channel, it would take over eight years to broadcast everything non-stop.
* The FIFAworldcup.com website became the most successful sports events website.
* The website had 4.2 billion page views from 9 June to 9 July (more than double the traffic recorded in 2002).
* When the website went mobile for the first time, there were over 73 million page views on the mobile web portal.
Statistics like these confirm the tournament’s status as the world’s most popular event, and South Africa is pulsating in its preparations to welcome the world.
But what has Sydney got to do with staging the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa in a few months?
Well, Sydney has been selected as one of seven sites worldwide for a official FIFA Fan Fest site during the World Cup finals in South Africa. The other cities selected are London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro as well as all nine host cities in South Africa.
The choice of Sydney as a venue for a FIFA-organised fan park during the 2010 World Cup is a positive sign in Australia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022.
The choice of Sydney was a boost for the bid with five of the other live site cities – London, Paris, Rome and Berlin – having previously hosted the World Cup final. The FFA don’t want to raise expectations too high but they can only interpret it as a positive sign for the 2018 and 2022 bids.
Fan Fest sites at Germany 2006 proved to be very popular with over 18 million fans who couldn’t get tickets (all games were sold out) watching the games in public arenas and celebrating together at free outdoor live football broadcast venues.
FIFA has extended the Fan Fest concept world wide and Sydney has been chosen to join the planet’s biggest ever football party.
The 2010 World Cup will be the first time the Fan Fest concept has been taken outside the host country and Sydney was selected ahead of many other cities around the world by the FIFA World Cup organising committee, as one of only seven World Cup Fan Fest sites around the globe.
The Sydney site at Darling Harbour is expected to attract 50,000 fans per day and night, with all 64 matches of the tournament to be shown live and replayed on giant screens.
The coverage of the matches will be complimented with pre-match and post match concerts, entertainment and other performances.
The site will also be linked to other live Fan Fest sites across the world for the official broadcast coverage, which will have a cumulative audience for the 64 games of an estimated 30 billion viewers in over 200 countries.
Sony and FIFA are also preparing to show selected 2010 World Cup events in 3D, a first for any sporting event in the world.
Now you can watch live 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa matches in 3D. In announcing an agreement for selected media rights of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Sony said that up to 25 matches will be produced using Sony’s 3D professional cameras, providing coverage of the sport action that is unprecedented in depth, vividness and excitement to billions of people around the world.
The Sydney Fan Fest world wide exposure will be invaluable to Sydney and Australia as part of our bid to host either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup finals.
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February 2nd 2010 @ 2:22pm
Towser said | February 2nd 2010 @ 2:22pm | Report comment
Let me say as a personal opinion that Darling harbour is a great part of Sydney to hold this event. Sort of a natural horseshoe shape that will enclose the atmosphere of World Cup crowds.
Better than say the Harbour/Opera house for me.
February 2nd 2010 @ 3:04pm
ItsCalledFootball said | February 2nd 2010 @ 3:04pm | Report comment
And the sounds and cheers bouncing off the water, the reflection of the moon and stars in the glassy ultramarine arena . . .
February 2nd 2010 @ 2:34pm
Tifosi said | February 2nd 2010 @ 2:34pm | Report comment
3D TV has been around for over 20 years. Why is it now being so popular?
Sounds like something the TV manufacturers are pushing to make you buy yet another TV, just after you bought your brand new FULL HD Plasma/LCD.
February 2nd 2010 @ 2:46pm
Redb said | February 2nd 2010 @ 2:46pm | Report comment
3D TV technology stagnated for awhile but due to piracy issues it has become of more interest.
The next stage is to actually remove the need for 3D glasses and the TV sets themselves will emit two signals to the brain, the only problem is you have to sit still. 3D Holographic TV is free of such constraints though but requries more advancement.
February 2nd 2010 @ 3:22pm
Tifosi said | February 2nd 2010 @ 3:22pm | Report comment
Sit still???
Try doing that after the Bombers have scored the winning goal in the Grand Final after the siren!!!
February 2nd 2010 @ 3:27pm
AndyRoo said | February 2nd 2010 @ 3:27pm | Report comment
The reports from the Arsenal vs Man U game was the wide shots didn’t look that great but the close ups were good.
February 3rd 2010 @ 7:54am
Redb said | February 3rd 2010 @ 7:54am | Report comment
There are 3 basic 3D technologies.
1. 3D glasses been around since the 1950s.
2. 3D TVs which emit two signals to the brain, one for each eye but yes you have to sit still.
3. 3D holographic TV – the one that will be utilised when the Dons win the flag in 2017.
Redb
February 2nd 2010 @ 2:44pm
Art Sapphire said | February 2nd 2010 @ 2:44pm | Report comment
The wonders of capitalism Tifosi. Women have to change their wardrobe every few years to stay fashionable.
Why else do you think they are spending big money to look like someone who has just come out of a dodgy suburban nightclub from back in the ’80s
February 2nd 2010 @ 5:19pm
MV Dave said | February 2nd 2010 @ 5:19pm | Report comment
Sydenee Schmidenee…Federation Square Melbourne will be the place to be…dont need an official FIFA fan fest to have a great time.
February 2nd 2010 @ 6:03pm
ItsCalledFootball said | February 2nd 2010 @ 6:03pm | Report comment
Mel Born Schmell Born – I’m sure you will MV Dave.
February 2nd 2010 @ 6:28pm
Australian Football said | February 2nd 2010 @ 6:28pm | Report comment
Musky out for 2 weeks—–well it looks like it’s over red rover for the Melb Vics
Lads—–I have put in an article about GCU’s history making season—-hoping it’s up tomorrow.. Cheers
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AF
February 2nd 2010 @ 11:17pm
Froar said | February 2nd 2010 @ 11:17pm | Report comment
Got to go with Melbourne on this one. I visited recently. What a city with a genuinely commited football fan base.
February 3rd 2010 @ 12:57pm
mattamkII said | February 3rd 2010 @ 12:57pm | Report comment
“get a life, go out have a few beers and ask a nice girl if you can take her home.”
Where did you get that from? oh that’s right, I have said something very similar to you over the last week.