FIFA Fan Fest

As a fan mile, Fan Fest Fan Zone or zones are referred to in public places that allow sports broadcasts through the big screen for a large crowd. The term was coined for the Football World Cup 2006 in Germany, as " FIFA Fan Fests " or FIFA Fan Fests were set up at all venues for the first time. They were originally intended as an alternative ground for football fans ( fans ) who do not get tickets to the games. Quick but this form of common football Guckens then developed its own appeal - under the name of public viewing.

FIFA fan zones were located at all venues, such as Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover, Nuremberg, Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Gelsenkirchen ( Glückaufkampfbahn ), Dortmund, Leipzig, Kaiserslautern and Cologne and also under other ownership in all major cities. With an official capacity of 900,000 people, according to initial 300,000, which again underlines the heightened during the tournament course interested in fan zones, the Fan Mile Berlin was the greatest of all the fan zones.

Official fan zones of FIFA or UEFA were to the following Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland at the venues and also set up at the World Cup 2010 in South Africa and the 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine.

The German Language Society paid tribute to the dominant character of the FIFA World Cup on the mood in Germany with the choice of " fan mile " word of the year 2006: This places were called, who were visiting during the World Cup in Germany fans from around the world to hundreds of thousands to there to give her a very special way of life expression.