More than 200 families open their houses to lodge U2 fans from all over Argentina and neighbouring countries. After the hotels were all booked, the town hall opened a register for families who want to lodge U2 fans for the concerts of March 30th, April 2nd and 3rd.
Ana Fisher, La Plata`s Tourism Manager, estimates that more than 70,000 people will attend each concert.
She added that the town hall inspects the places so they can be appropriate for lodging and she said that they are all very happy as "the city will change its perspective and become a new touristic spot in our country".
La Plata is the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and according to the 2001 census, the city proper has a population of 574,369 and its metropolitan area has 694,253 inhabitants.La Plata hosts one of the most renowned universities in Argentina, the National University of La Plata (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de La Plata, UNLP). It has over 75,000 regular students, 8,000 teaching staff, 16 faculties and 106 available degrees, for that reason it is known as "the city of students".
Fans have been camping outside Estadio Único since Saturday. More than 1,200 people are still working in the building of the famous "The Claw". The newly renovated stadium was easy to prepare as all the equipment (including cranes) could get in without problems. The concerts will have with a huge security operation including more than 400 police officers , 600 admission people, paramedics and ambulances.
PS: La Plata is "where the streets have no name" as the streets there have no name but numbers! Beware of the diagonals!
No comments:
Post a Comment