NAF World Cup - World cup 3 Thomsy - Aug 04, 2013 - 04:10 AM Post subject: World cup 3
It's getting close to 2 years until the World Cup 3 and just want to find out if there is any news on what's happening so we can get planning over here.Lycos - Aug 05, 2013 - 03:42 PM Post subject: RE: World cup 3
Thomsy, good to hear from you. You just beat me to it.... all the detail is up
I think the Italian bid is very smart indeed. They have piggy-backed on the Lucca Comics & Games Festival (3rd largest such fair in Europe - 270,000+ visitors), which is the previous week. They are using the same pavilions, and, if the press reports are accurate, the tourney can/will cater for 1,200 coaches (by way of comparison, Amsterdam had 480, although this did not meet demand). It sounds like Lucca is a small town that is proud to host an event like the BB World Cup, quite different to a big city.
I think it will take a lot of smarts and a few rabbits pulled out of hats to get the WC to the antipodes. Not impossible, but by no means easy.