Hurricanes vs. Highlanders: Live Stream Wellington Buzzing with Excitement as It Gets Ready to Host the Super Rugby Final
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It is one more step for the Hurricanes to have the long waited glory of rugby and their town Wellington is buzzing about it. For this Wellington based franchise this is their 20th season and for the first time it will play the Super Rugby Final against the Highlanders. Both the teams will come to the pitch to claim their maiden title. The match will take place at the Westpac Stadium. It has a capacity of 34,500. Around 2000 of them are pre-sale tickets. They are already sold to the members of the Wellington Rugby Football Union. Tickets will go on for sale on Monday at 4 pm for the public. James Te Puni, the chief executive of Wellington Rugby said that they are expecting tso have a fast sell-out. He also said the fans need to keep ready with their phone and computers to grab one. He wished ‘Good luck’ for everyone and said everyone is very much excited as this is the first final Wellington is going to host.
David Perks, the chief executive of Wellington tourism is expecting that over the weekend the visitors will bring in around $8 million in the town. He added,
"It's a very big weekend for the city... obviously [Saturday] was a huge night in town and I expect it will be pretty busy this weekend too, with a sell-out crowd."
The chief executive of Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce John Milford said it will be great boost in the town’s economy. He also said that for accommodation and hospitality industry this is going to be a great weekend as there will no spare room available in the town. The chief executive of Motel Association said that the accommodation is going to be premium. He said that they are expecting rise in call for booking accommodation in the upcoming days.
Additional flights are already being pulled out by the Air New Zealand in order to cope with the flood which will be created by the rugby fans. For Saturday extra 50 return seats and for Sunday extra 68 return seats are available between Dunedin and Wellington. Mike Tod, their chief marketing officer said it will be tricky for them to provide extra seats in such short notice but they are working hard to provide help for the fans. Shane Harmon, the chief executive of the Westpac Stadium said they had a very successful night on last Saturday and they are looking forward for the next weekend. The also said there will extra seats which will installed temporarily to boost the capacity as much as possible. Even the mayor of the city Celia Wade-Brown is excited about the game and she is anticipating that the game will bring huge financial benefits in the city. She also said the event teams of the council are together with the Hurricanes and the stadium to build up a great atmosphere for the upcoming week. Finally she added that she will be keeping a close eye on Twitter for the score as she won’t be able to attend at the match personally.
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