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    Default Re: Venue confirmed for Haye fight

    There are flights to dusseldorf from leeds-bradford for around £50 - and its about an hours train ride from airport to venue. think im gonna try and make this with ticket and hotel should be around £200 - much cheaper than going to see hatton

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    Looking at stuff on the web - seems Gelsenkirchen used to be a huge industrial town in ww2 and has suffered great amounts of unemployment since (the highest in germany!) - plus used to be the venue for a concentration camp!! so great if you are into history but it seems the football club is all the city has to offer - what a strange place to hold the fight!

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    its as if they want to deter us Brits from going....
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    some of my mates have assured me it is one of the best footie grounds in europe - just the surroundings are not the best

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    Quote Originally Posted by fugaziuk View Post
    some of my mates have assured me it is one of the best footie grounds in europe - just the surroundings are not the best
    Yeah same here. Best ground (stadium) they have ever been to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ono View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by fugaziuk View Post
    some of my mates have assured me it is one of the best footie grounds in europe - just the surroundings are not the best
    Yeah same here. Best ground (stadium) they have ever been to.
    The problem will be convincing others to come with if there's fuck all to do there. I do know a bit about Schalke, they are the most popular team in Germany because of their working class roots, but spending the weekend in the German version of Newcastle (sorry geordies) isn't exactly my idea of a great experience.

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    Default Re: Venue confirmed for Haye fight

    Quote Originally Posted by Conrad View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by ono View Post
    Airports close to Schalke, Germany

    The closest airport is ESS - Essen Mulheim, located 16.3 km south west of Schalke. More nearby airports include DUS - Duesseldorf Dusseldorf 33.5 km south west, DTM - Dortmund 36.7 km east, MGL - Moenchengladbach Monchengladbach 51.4 km south west, ZCA - Arnsberg Menden 56.8 km east,

    I can probably find out a decent amount of information about getting there because i have some pals who went to watch Man City beat Schalke in November last year in the Uefa Cup.

    Forum full of pals went from Manchester/Gatwick...actually pretty much from all over England. I'll ask for some useful info and i'll post it on here for those that are going to make the trip from the UK.
    Damn it, I read the first post and thought it was in Frankfurt. I was happy with that as I booked up for a dance festival there only last week and got a Ryanair flight for just £53!!!

    Good job you posted that info Ono or I may have booked up for bloody Frankfurt!!

    With that in mind it does seem a strange choice of venue, no big airports nearby thus making it expensive for British fans to attend the fight.

    I wonder if this was intentional on Klitschko's part to take away any minor advantage Haye may get by having UK fans there to support him
    It's not that expensive i don't think. Man City sold their allocation for tickets against Schalke really easily and quickly.

    A few pals got 2 nights in dusseldorf, (flights/hotel/tickets) for £219. Not that bad.

    And some flew from Luton to Dortmund for £45 return.

    Thing is though footy is a guaranteed 90 minutes. This could last 90 seconds.
    Last edited by ono; 04-08-2009 at 12:31 PM.

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    Default Re: Venue confirmed for Haye fight

    I was hoping for Berlin.

    Had even started looking for fights and hotels.
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    Quote Originally Posted by porkypara View Post
    I was hoping for Berlin.

    Had even started looking for fights and hotels.
    me too

    had booked the time off work too

    Don't think I am going to go now :

    i) its in middle of nowhere (ok so it's a great stadium by all accounts !)
    ii) don't like stadium fights, you can see fuck all unless ringside
    iii) all the fans will be spread all over beforehand eg dortmund, dusseldourf or wherever so no intimate drunken carry ons in days before


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