[excerpt from a rugby article] Taranaki Daily
http://www.ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/ne...te=1&p=1093259
New Plymouth's Yarrow Stadium will tonight host 23,300 rugby fans when the All Blacks play France in one of rugby's most fickle and celebrated matchups.
The All Blacks have already sewn up the three-match series, so who wins is largely irrelevant, but the rare provincial test has already been an economic victory for Taranaki.
New Plymouth's 700 or so hotel and motel rooms are booked out, bars are rolling in extra beer kegs, and restaurants and cafes are bracing for an onslaught.
"We've had extra staff on all week," says Kerry Vosseler, of New Plymouth's Chaos cafe.
"And it's been justified. We're expecting to be as busy as we were during
Fleetwood Mac, and that is the busiest we have ever been."