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How accessible are UK sports and entertainment venues?
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In a recent Telegraph article, a Brazilian sports fan and wheelchair users describes his disappointment at having to give up on attending several events he had tickets for at the Rio 2016 Olympics. The reason for this, he says, was poor accessibility at venues.
Have you ever had trouble accessing a sporting or entertainment
venue? Do you think event accessibility has improved in the UK in recent years? What else still needs to be done? Join the discussion by commenting below.
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This may be useful to Essex-based sports fans, we at Dancing Giraffe are asking sports clubs/venues around the region about their facilities:
http://www.dancinggiraffe.com/sport/
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keep plugging away. Most organisations are pretty good and accommodating
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