As part of the arrangements for this year's World Cup, all 12 venues will be organising an official 'fan park' in their city, where fans can gather, party and watch the games on giant screens.
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| Impression of Frankfurt's floating screen |
Fan parks come in many guises
In many cases, the fan parks will be directly adjacent to the actual stadium.
In Dortmund, for instance, the park will be in the Westfallenhallen, literally across the road from the ground, while in Nuremberg, it will be on fairground land next to the gargantuan Kongresshalle about 200 yards from the match venue, the Frankenstadion.
In other cases, the location will apart from the stadium, but no less striking. In Berlin, for example, the park will be on the lawns in front of the Reichstag, in Frankfurt along the banks of the River Main and in Munich in the grounds of the 1972 Olympics complex.
Live TV pictures
Full details of each fan park are being released by and by from each of the city councils - some are more advanced in their planning than others. We'll monitor their press releases and add more details on the relevant pages in each city section as we receive them. What is sure already, however, is that these fan parks have unrestricted rights to show live TV pictures of all of the games.
So if you can't get a ticket for the match, the fan park certainly sounds like the place to be!
Details of the fan park in each of the 12 venues:
Image courtesy of the City of Frankfurt and copyright Atelier Markgraph GmbH.
