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10,000 people camping and separate
villages for gundog handlers, falconers,
fishermen and shooting enthusiasts.
The event is unique – it even sounds
and smells unique. The Telegraph call
it ‘Glastonbury for The Green Welly
Brigade’. And the ‘brigade’ spent
£60m with the exhibitors last year and
another £30m in hotels, restaurants and
theatres in the local community.”
Still located in its original venue at
Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, the event
will take place from 18-20 September.
Chef James Martin cooking for guests alongside
event catering company Global Infusion Group
Gower explains his team is getting
accustomed to working from home and
applying new systems and processes.
The events supply chain, contractor
base, local authority and other
stakeholders are all taking a flexible
and pragmatic approach in support of
the event. The events large sponsors
are also showing their support by
continuing to pay the bills to keep
up the cash flow. “There is almost a
community movement willing the
event to succeed,” added James.
» A walk around the showground
measures 4.97 miles and would
take the average person over an
hour to cover
» Of the 120,000 visitors, over
60,000 own dogs
» The total length of shop fronts
measures 5,760 meters (3.58
miles), and will house 850-900
stands
» The Clay Line (Clay pigeon
shooting) this year is nearly 1km
in length
» 2,000 lunches a day are served
within The Game Fair enclosure
» There will be 1,650 meters (1.03
miles) of tented shopping bays
at this year’s event. There will
also be around the same again
put up privately by trade stand
holders
» The Game Fair employs
around 150 temporary staff to
build and run the event. This
doesn’t include staff employed
by catering, attraction and
exhibition stands. There are 13
people employed all year round
permanently to run The Game
Fair
» Over 3,500 meters (2.17 miles)
of various timber fences will be
erected for The Game Fair this
year. All fences are stored away
after the event
» 20 miles of cabling, 1,800
individual sockets, 60,000 litres
of diesel and more than 40
generators are used – sufficient
to power a small town of 1,600
family homes
» The average age of visitors to
The Game Fair is 53 years
» Visitors to The Game Fair are 70
per cent AB profile
» 25 per cent use hotels or other
accommodation locally
» The Game Fair has introduced
around 250,000 new people
to fieldsports over the past five
years
» The fair attracts visitors from
across the world with around 80
countries represented
» The first game fair in 1958 had
8000 visitors
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