Rugby fans invade Dunedin. Everybody glad the Germans don’t play the game.
Rugby World Cup fever is set to hit North Dunedin over the coming weeks, as the city plays host to several teams, including Argentina, Georgia, Romania, Ireland and Italy.
The highly ranked English team also appear to be spending some of their time/money in Dunedin, with several players having been spotted enthusiastically investing their salaries on number 29 at the roulette table in the Dunedin Casino.
World Cup boss Martin Snedden will be attending the first game in the new stadium, where England will face off against Argentina. Speaking to the ODT, Snedden expressed his excitement about the first game in the stadium, stating “it will be one of the really special moments of Rugby World Cup in New Zealand”.
Accommodation anywhere closer than Mosgiel has been booked out. Critic spoke to a worker at the Scenic Hotel Dunedin City who explained that the hotel was booked throughout the World Cup, and that nights surrounding game days had filled up the quickest. That is some ODT front page shit right there.
A representative from upscale Queens Garden brothel La Maison told Critic she was confident they would see an increase in business, “especially as visitors to the city will be looking for the classiest establishment”.
One student was extremely worried about how Dunedin North KFC would cope with the increase in demand. “I mean it takes twenty minutes to get a snack burger on a quiet Tuesday night, imagine when the city gets really busy!”
Bars are also expecting to make money for once, with the city filling with people who actually have a disposable income. Starters Bar told Critic that they had already noticed an increase in foreigner customers.
First year college residents told Critic that an increase in “foreign customers” was also expected. Especially at UniCol.
