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Modern Pentathlon arena to be venue for 2016 Sevens
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<blockquote data-quote="Nielsch" data-source="post: 561039" data-attributes="member: 44680"><p>According to the article the arena will only have 20.000 seats. Given that the Sevens World Tour draws many more fans - especially on the final day - during most legs, that seems a pretty low capacity. However, there's also a positive note; say that Rugby Sevens would only be able to draw around 20.000 fans at the Olympics (it's a new sport, in a non-traditional rugby country) it will look much better here than in a 50.000 seater stadium. </p><p></p><p>Remember that most people visiting Brazil for the Olympics won't just go there to watch rugby, but many more sports. Rugby might not be the first thing on their list when deciding to buy tickets to the events. It's not like it's going to be an established Sevens tournament like Dubai or Hong Kong and it's not organised by a traditional rugby country like England or New Zealand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nielsch, post: 561039, member: 44680"] According to the article the arena will only have 20.000 seats. Given that the Sevens World Tour draws many more fans - especially on the final day - during most legs, that seems a pretty low capacity. However, there's also a positive note; say that Rugby Sevens would only be able to draw around 20.000 fans at the Olympics (it's a new sport, in a non-traditional rugby country) it will look much better here than in a 50.000 seater stadium. Remember that most people visiting Brazil for the Olympics won't just go there to watch rugby, but many more sports. Rugby might not be the first thing on their list when deciding to buy tickets to the events. It's not like it's going to be an established Sevens tournament like Dubai or Hong Kong and it's not organised by a traditional rugby country like England or New Zealand. [/QUOTE]
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