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Tuesday 27 September 2011

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Special 8 page Rugby World Cup feature

Hospo delight at RWC spending After a slow start to the expectations,” says Michael month, Nelson businesses Graham, an owner at 623 In have hit top gear as Rugby the City. World Cup fans flock to the Even on the days that games city, with hospitality busi- aren’t on, Michael estimates nesses seeing the biggest im- a 50-100 percent increase in trading. pact on their bottom line. Restaurants and bars spoken With two more games in to by Nelson Weekly say the Nelson this week, some busipast week has been huge trad- nesses are bracing for anothing-wise. 623 in the City say er bumper week. The news they are looking wasn’t as good at big increases for Warwick in turnover beYoung, of New cause of the visThe walk up crowd Zealand Rent itors in town for was massive, beyond A Car though. the cup. our expectations. “We had the Hopgood’s head worst first week chef Aaron Bal– Michael Graham. in September in lantyne says the first couple of weeks leading 15 years, 50 percent down on up to the Nelson games were last year, it seems everybody very quiet, but after a busy was sitting back waiting for week for the Trafalgar St res- the World Cup to start. We taurant says: “The tourists are are ahead now but it’s not what you would call a bonandefinitely in town now”. One major trend that has za,” he says. been replicated in our re- Car and campervan rentgion from other host cities is als around the country have seen one of the largest jumps spending in bars. “The walk up crowd after the in turn over, but that figure Russia-Italy match last TuesSEE PAGE 2 day was massive, beyond our

STARS AND STRIPES: Kaitlyn Carter, 11, gets ready for the Main St Parade down Queen St in Richmond yesterday. The parade was to welcome the United States rugby team, who play Italy tonight at Trafalgar Park as part of the Rugby World Cup. Photo: Phillip Rollo.

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