Soccer Fans will be turned away from viewing World Cup Soccer games at the popular Studio City Soccer pub, The Fox and Hounds, if the popularity of the last World Cup, UEFA Champions League and English Premier League (EPL) games are anything to go by. With the 2014 FIFA World Cup starting in June, demand for space to watch the games could exceed supply as The Fox and Hounds is the premier place to watch soccer in the LA area.
Doug Milton, General Manager of The Fox and Hounds said "Everyone knows how exciting the Fox gets when the English Premier League or Champion's League games are on but the World Cup is a whole new ball of leather! Demand for space will be high, especially for the USA and England matches, so we advise fans to come in and talk to us about how we can accommodate them, well in advance of the start of the World Cup”
Soccer supporters are excited by the sport that in the past has been deemed uninteresting to Americans but the TV ratings say that's no longer true. NBC Sports viewership is up 92% from ESPN & FOX Soccer from last year. That's almost 10 million viewers! This change is so spectacular that the mainstream British press in the form of The Guardian, a well-respected UK broadsheet, has picked it up.
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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/feb/28/premier-league-epl-nbc-america-fans
http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2013/09/25/nearly-10-million-tune-in-to-nbc-sports
