Dr Pepper Dallas Cup XXVII Quick Facts
• Dallas Cup entertained more than 160,000 spectators during the week’s events
• 17,105 spectators on Opening Day, April 9, 2006 too see Manchester United FC (U19-Super Group) play Real Madrid CF (U19-Super Group)
• Over 4,000 participants & spectators traveled by air
• Over 7,500 hotel room nights were occupied
• Over 120,000 restaurant meals were consumed during the tournament week by participants & spectators
• 1,600 local volunteers logged in more than 12,800 volunteer hours
• 918 international players participated in Dr Pepper Dallas Cup XXVII
• 24 of the 51 international teams took part in the Dallas Cup HomeStay Program
• 184 teams participated in Dr Pepper Dallas Cup XXVII (2006), 50 international teams, 33 local teams and 101 teams representing 24 states
• 3,230 column inches of newspaper & magazine articles covered Dallas Cup events around the world
• 32 minutes of local television coverage (16 stories), including, KDAF (WB33), KDFW (Fox 4), KTVT (CBS 11), WFAA (Ch. 8), Telemundo & NBC 5 with a total Nielson audience of 1,697,729
• Over 120 minutes of national/international television coverage, including, ESPN, Fox Sports News-SW, Fox Soccer Channel, CBS Evening News w/ Bob Schieffer, GOL-TV, Univision, Soccer (Children’s Network),
Manchester United TV, Real Madrid TV, Iraq National News, Turkish Television Network & Baghdad News Agency
• Over 10 hours of live radio coverage on local and national Hispanic stations
• 4,326,226 hits at www.dallascup.com in April 2006 averaging a little over 144,207 hits per day
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