Thread: WC in West Indies a mistake?
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Old 31-03-2007, 10:08 AM in reply to pie_chucker's post starting "But would you expect anything less from..."
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Originally Posted by pie_chucker
Done correctly a World Cup in the West Indies is a great idea, providing you fill the ground with the locals (in conditions they are used to) because of the atmosphere they create. IMO that is one of the things that makes the Windies a special venue. You know that something is wrong when a WI v Aus game doesnt generate a full house and the crowd was deviod of its usual atmosphere.
That just about sums it up. The locals would probably even be willing to fork out a highish entry fee if it was going to be on their terms. I heard that a lot of them, having arrived, simply went home because of the long queues, draconian restrictions and the general lack of the carnival atmosphere.
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