{"id":68740,"date":"2023-01-11T11:57:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T18:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=68740"},"modified":"2023-01-11T11:57:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T18:57:16","slug":"canadas-world-cup-qualification-drives-up-business-for-local-pubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2023\/01\/11\/canadas-world-cup-qualification-drives-up-business-for-local-pubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s World Cup qualification drives up business for local pubs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A full house:<\/strong> Patrons at Jameson’s pub disappointed that Canada lost against Croatia on Nov. 27, 2022. Jamesons Pub in Brentwood broadcasted the FIFA World Cup games. (Photo by Pamela Shah\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

C<\/span>algarians showed great fanaticism for Canada\u2019s spot in the FIFA World Cup, and their excitement bled into skyrocketing attendance at pubs that were willing to open early.<\/span><\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s first appearance in the World Cup in 36 years<\/a> sparked so much excitement that local pubs have struggled to accommodate fans. Jamesons Irish Pub was fully booked by the time Canada played their second game.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe still had people coming down and we just had to turn them away. We had nowhere for them to sit,\u201d said Mike Roy, manager of Jamesons\u2019 location in Brentwood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jameson staff announced that they would open their doors at 8 a.m. to accommodate customers who wished to view Canada\u2019s game against Croatia at 9 a.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The passion to cheer for Canada was so widespread that many, like Roy, struggled to find a Canada\u2019s FIFA jersey in stores.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to wear my hockey jersey, because that\u2019s not quite right, in my opinion, but when I got to work, that\u2019s literally all you saw,\u201d said Roy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether it was hockey jerseys, or simply jerseys that were red and white, fans were eager to show their support for Canada. This was the case for Brennan O\u2019Yeung, a visitor to Jamesons who wore a red and white English Premier League jersey.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really great to see Canada have representation on the world stage and it gives me hope for a lot of other sports that have grassroots in Canada,\u201d said O\u2019Yeung, a badminton player and a business graduate from the University of Calgary.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other bars in Calgary welcomed early-bird guests during the World Cup. The Ship & Anchor bar on 17th Ave,<\/a> and Bottlescrew Bill\u2019s on 10th Ave S.W., opened at 8:30 a.m. to accommodate guests eager to watch Canada\u2019s match against Croatia.<\/span><\/p>\n

The heightened fervor to watch Canada\u2019s games was short lived. While many were excited for this unprecedented event, the roots of passion for this sport are still green in Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a different story in Europe. It\u2019s all about your game. It\u2019s all about your team. Soccer is life,\u201d said Roy. <\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely ingrained in [European] communities a lot more, and so, they\u2019ll come out and support their team even when they\u2019re down or potentially about to go out. Whereas, unfortunately, we didn\u2019t see that with Canada.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When Canada\u2019s chances of advancing passed the group stages plummeted, business at these pubs diminished drastically. According to Roy, Canada\u2019s third World Cup game saw more staff in attendance than guests.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s really great to see Canada have representation on the world stage and it gives me hope for a lot of other sports that have grassroots in Canada. -O\u2019Yeung.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The World Cup games are being hosted in Doha, Qatar, which is 10 time zones ahead of Alberta. If Calgarians wish to watch World Cup games, they will have to tune in with their morning cup of coffee, as the earliest games begin at 8 a.m. local time.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Calgarians showed great fanaticism for Canada\u2019s spot in the FIFA World Cup, and their excitement bled into skyrocketing attendance at pubs that were willing to open early. [ READ MORE ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":802,"featured_media":68764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_text_assignment-slug":"S5 World Cup","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13,21,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-68740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-news","9":"category-professional-sports","10":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/802"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68740"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68844,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68740\/revisions\/68844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}