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Post subject: World Cup chaos?  Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:39 pm |
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Received this mail today from our HR Dept: Quote: WORLD CUP INFORMATION
Just to alert you about a few points that may affect employees, families and lives regarding this year's 2010 Soccer World Cup in SA: At an FNB Business Dinner last week, Gary Bailey (who has been involved in the last two World Cups) presented some stats on World Cup expectations:
1. Schools will be closed for almost over four weeks during the World Cup – Think about what you're going do with your kids.
2. Air tickets to Cape Town (for example) will cost about R8,000 per seat as some flights have to leave same night after the games due to accommodation problems in PLZ/CPT/DBN/BLOEM.
3. Flights will operate 24 hours. Expect NOISE. Expect TRAFFIC around airports all hours.
4. Fresh veggies and fruit will be scarce, if not unavailable, during this time. For the World Cup in Germany , they had to import them.
5. Traffic will increase by about 45% at the times of the games as fans go to the grounds or Fan Parks (games start at 13.30, 16.00 and 2030 hrs). The best time to fly is whilst matches are on!
6. Road areas around stadiums will be closed off;
7. It is expected that 550,000 people will be travelling to/from matches and 100,000 per match day... Expect considerable delays on match days;
8. There will not be parking available at airports - so arrange drop offs
9. 4,800 buses will be operational and there will be restrictions on truckers/hauliers, etc. so you need to plan with clients and especially regarding containers needing haulage.
10. "Fan Parks" will be a huge attraction and traffic to/from those areas will be extremely congested. At one Fan Park in Germany 500,000 people pitched up, consuming during the events three million sausages, one million litres of beer, etc. Think of the logistics!!!
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRAVEL DURING THIS PERIOD
- Do not travel during these periods unless it is critical to travel.
- Plan your trip well in advance, changes to a ticket over this period will be extremely difficult and very expensive.
- Try to make appointments at a location that is in the opposite direction of a stadium / fan park.
- Take flights during the times when the games are being played. Games start at 13h30.
- Allow for a minimum of 2 hours to get to the airport in Cape Town and possibly 3 hours for Johannesburg . The congestion on the roads both to and from the airports is going to be chaotic. Plan for delays.
- Parking at the airport will be virtually impossible and it is advisable to get someone to drop / collect you from the airports.. Transfer companies will be busy with tourists and will also be very expensive.
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Post subject: Re: World Cup chaos? Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:56 pm |
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Kind of makes one want to flee to the Richtersveld on June 11 ...
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Post subject: Re: World Cup chaos? Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:19 pm |
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I was in Germany in 2006 (on business) with the World Cup and the infrastructure just about buckled under the pressure. I'd hate to have to use ANY airport in sunny SA during this years' World Cup. Can you imagine the chaos in SA's hot spots? Sandton, Cape Town?  
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Post subject: Re: World Cup chaos? Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:40 pm |
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But can you imaging the seatcovers that are coming?!?!  And you wont have to get them drunk cause they will be already... And the more they drink the better I look!!! 
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Post subject: Re: World Cup chaos? Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:01 pm |
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vader wrote: But can you imaging the seatcovers that are coming?!?! And you wont have to get them drunk cause they will be already... And the more they drink the better I look!!! I agree Quote: But can you imaging the seatcovers that are coming?!?! However I dont want to be on any roads during world cup especially on match day. I rather relax at home or work on aircooled as Blitz says. however if any seatcovers do come wandering from soccer city I will be around to work on their aircooled's....will work that beetle bonnet nicely and also sort those spot lamps out....   PS: Any places where one can leave the wife and kids during this time 
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Post subject: Re: World Cup chaos? Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:38 pm |
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JohnHoffe wrote: I was in Germany in 2006 (on business) with the World Cup and the infrastructure just about buckled under the pressure. I'd hate to have to use ANY airport in sunny SA during this years' World Cup. Can you imagine the chaos in SA's hot spots? Sandton, Cape Town? I work in sandton. on the corner of grayston drive and revonia drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Post subject: Re: World Cup chaos? Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:46 pm |
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I sure hope you are doing the Richtersveld trip this year.....
....otherwise good luck dealing with that mess!!!!
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Post subject: Re: World Cup chaos? Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:57 pm |
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I work in the tourist industry and will beworking over this time.
There is alot of hype over what is expected to happen but honestly I don't think it is going to be as bad as everyone is making out. Yes all my vehicles are booked by clients and my guides will be working long hours (especially on match days), however this is nothing we aren't used too.
SA has hosted many World cups; rugby, cricket etc and no major problems. In 2002 the World summit was held in JHB and the same hype was made about how chaotic things were going to be, but they weren't really.
The other factor that very few people have mentioned, currently in Europe there is a bigger demand for new televisions than for flights to SA for the World Cup.
We also have a problem with price gauging and many people have decided it is not worth the cost to fly to SA and pay the ludicrous amounts hotels and airlines are charging. with road transport we are having the same problem, even though my vehicles are fully booked (kept rates the same as the rest of the year) I am still getting new requests every day but when the subcontractors I use come back with rates 3 - 4 times higher than normal the guests are not booking and refusing to fly to SA.
Remember when the WC is in Europe most spectators travel to the game and home on the same day thats why the numbers are so high. To come here they need to spend at least a week.
Cannot wait till this is over and SA can go back to normal.
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