RWC 2011 MEOC Media End of Match Report
Sunday 23 October 2011
Match:
• RWC 2011 Final: New Zealand v France End of Match Report

Venue:
• Eden Park

Headlines:
• Big Night for Auckland with large crowds celebrating early into morning the All Black victory
• CBD and Waterfront Fanzones were at capacity
• A record 41,000 people walked the fan trail to Eden Park
• Busy day and night on Auckland roads, with many CBD roads - including Queen Street - closed to traffic from mid-afternoon

• Transport:
• No public transport figures were available at time of report being sent out
• Buses, trains and ferries were busy from late morning
• Large pedestrian numbers meant roads in the CBD were closed from early afternoon
• A feature of the night was the 4000 people who caught the train back from Kingsland to Britomart before kick-off, after walking the fan trail

• Fanzones
1. Waterfront Fanzone s (Queens Wharf, Captain Cook Wharf, Marsden Wharf, Wynyard Quarter Fanzone)
• A peak total of 37,000 across the Waterfront Fanzones during the match screening
• All waterfront Fanzones were at capacity, which included:
• Queens Wharf with a peak crowd of approximately 11,000.
• Captain Cook Wharf with a peak of approximately 14,000
• Marsden Wharf with a peak of approximately 4,500
• Wynyard Quarter with a peak of approximately 7,500

2 Aotea Fanzone
• A peak crowd of 18,000 people across the Aotea precinct (Aotea Square, Queen Street and Wakefield St) during the match screening

3 Northern Lights :
• A total crowd of 10,000 attended the Fanzone throughout the evening
• A peak crowd of 6100 were on hand to watch the match screening

4 Southern Seas :
• A total crowd of 12,300 attended the Fanzone throughout the evening
• A peak crowd of approximately 4400 watched the match

5 Outrageous West :
• A total crowd of 3800 attended the Fanzone, peaking at just over 2600.

• Fan Trail report:
• 41,000 people walked the Fan Trail before the match - more than three times the previous record.

• Police report:
• 12 evictions from Eden Park (5 by police and 7 by security), one arrest
• 41 evictions from Waterfront Fanzones, no arrests reported (as at 1 am) .

• Fire report:
• No RWC 2011 related incidents reported

• St John report:
• 69 people attended to at Eden Park, three transported to hospital
• 67 people attended to at Waterfront Fanzones, 12 transported to hospital
• 12 people attended at Aotea Fanzone and two transported to hospital
• 23 people attended to at regional Fanzones, three people transported to hospital

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