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Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan will be the Worst Wcup ever in history.
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 614067" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>There really is only one hitch to that. If you have never been to Japan you won't realise what a BLOODY expensive country it is for the tourist. Things like restaurant meals and accommodation are much more expensive than any of you Northerners will be used to paying in Europeland. .</p><p></p><p>USA Soccer managed to do a great job in 1994 in a country where football is about on a par in popularity with Lacrosse, well down the scale behind American Football, Baseball, Ice Hockey, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Horse Racing and training for anti government militia men (a.k.a Paint-ball) especially in the south. It is still the best attended FIFA World Cup in history (average attendance just under 69,000. and a the total attendance of nearly 3.6 million for the tournament) This remains the record. </p><p></p><p>I am confident that Japan is capable of hosting a great Rugby World Cup, but it is going to take a LOT of marketing by the JRU and the iRB to get Japanese bums on seats. They may even have to play to the Japanese sense of shame (loss of face) in not wanting to have their country look bad in front of the world. Don't under-estimate how important not losing face is in Japanese society. We could see a lot of "rent-a-crowd" to fill stadiums.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 614067, member: 20605"] There really is only one hitch to that. If you have never been to Japan you won't realise what a BLOODY expensive country it is for the tourist. Things like restaurant meals and accommodation are much more expensive than any of you Northerners will be used to paying in Europeland. . USA Soccer managed to do a great job in 1994 in a country where football is about on a par in popularity with Lacrosse, well down the scale behind American Football, Baseball, Ice Hockey, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Horse Racing and training for anti government militia men (a.k.a Paint-ball) especially in the south. It is still the best attended FIFA World Cup in history (average attendance just under 69,000. and a the total attendance of nearly 3.6 million for the tournament) This remains the record. I am confident that Japan is capable of hosting a great Rugby World Cup, but it is going to take a LOT of marketing by the JRU and the iRB to get Japanese bums on seats. They may even have to play to the Japanese sense of shame (loss of face) in not wanting to have their country look bad in front of the world. Don't under-estimate how important not losing face is in Japanese society. We could see a lot of "rent-a-crowd" to fill stadiums. [/QUOTE]
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