This event has caused trouble for a lot of people for a few days (with two more to go, plus the deconstruction) and is having the effect of keeping the regular visitors away. The shopping centres were very quiet this afternoon and a lot of shops have reduced staffing levels for the weekend. I know of tow big retailers who have offered to let some staff take the weekend off as holiday due to the trouble they’re going to have getting in as the busses and trains are running different timetable and prioritising fans with tickets.
That’s what you call “trouble”? Sounds pretty good to me. Going without spending money in shops for a while is hardly a hardship, staff get some time off, regular visitors go elsewhere but the city has a whole host of new ones, hardly what you would term hardship surely?
I’m no fan of football generally, and I know this is as much about money as it is about sport, but seems like there are two options. Either go into the city, have a few beers and meet people from Italy and Spain, or if you want to avoid it head out into the country and ride bikes.
I live in Edinburgh. We get “disrupted” for an entire month every August with the world’s biggest festivals. It’s brilliant though, my favourite time of the year.