Police in Vancouver say there were no major incidents during the city’s first ever World Cup game between Australia and Turkey.
A Vancouver Police Department statement says one person was arrested at the fan festival at the Pacific National Exhibition for being in breach of court-imposed conditions, but not the event itself.
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It says that a second person was removed from BC Place during the match for being too intoxicated and refusing to leave.
The statement says that considering the size of the event, two arrests is minimal and would be a small number even for a regular Saturday night.
The first of seven matches to be played at BC Place was officially sold out, with an attendance of 52,497 and the finale whistle left Australian fans ecstatic as their Socceroos beat the favoured Turkish national team two goals to nil.
Vancouver will host its next match on Thursday, June 18, when Canada hosts Qatar.
I guess Canadians are NOT AS TAXED TO DEATH as I thought we were. So much for being in that “technical” recession as well. Bring on more taxes since it seems we all CAN afford to hand over more of our hard earned money to this federal government after all. Canadians that ARE UNABLE to say NO.
These so called hydration breaks are a joke let’s call them what they are commercial breaks so FIFA can make more money
they all went were ya get a bang for yer dollar, and it ain’t canadaaa
The asholes of the planet are there
Several large hotel are sitting around 60-70%, some nights as low as 50%, which is unheard of for June.
So how busy are the hotels with tourists or are most of these people locals. Toronto hotel business is not that great.