RWC 2011 MEOC

Media Half Time Report

17 September 2011
• Match:
Australia v Ireland
• Venue:
• Eden Park
• Transport:
Transport to the Australia v Ireland match at Eden Park ran smoothly.
Roads in the area were normal for a major event at Eden Park and there were no major traffic delays.
Special event buses carried 10,930 fans to the match. Trains carried 11,370.
A total of 22,300 (41% of the crowd) used public transport to get to Eden Park.
People travelling around Eden Park after the match are asked to be patient as the large crowd travels home.
Special event buses, which are free with a match ticket, will run for an hour after the match or until crowds have cleared. Trains are free with a match ticket until the end of service at about am

• Fanzones
1. Queen’s Wharf:
• Steady crowd numbers all night
• No issues
• Very quiet at both Viaduct and Wynyard quarter
• Fan Trail report:
• 5997 participants
• All fan trail participants got to the match on time and in good spirits
• Police report:
• Three people were evicted from game, no arrests made
• The rest of town was quiet
• Fire report:
• No incidents reported
• St John report:
• Two people attended to at Eden Park
• One person taken to hospital with suspected heart attack
• One person taken hospital with anaphylactic reaction

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