Milwaukee bar sets up fake Brazilian favela for World Cup viewing
http://voices.suntimes.com/sports/sports-prose/milwaukee-bar-sets-up-fake-brazilian-favela-for-world-cup-viewing/
Yeah, yeah, yeah . . . everybody is fired up about the World Cup starting today. And everyone has a different way of showing it.
Take the bar Nomad in Milwaukee, for instance. Theyve gone to the trouble of construction a fake favela for their patrons to view the action at outside the bar complete with flat screens, of course.
From the bars website:
The Nomad event includes the temporary construction of a courtyard viewing area inspired by the colors and spirit of the mountainside favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Nomad Favela takes over an adjacent parking lot and consists of a surfboard bar, a Belair Cantina taco shack, and large outdoor space to view all of the tournaments soccer matches on six large televisions. The unique space is the collaborative effort of a small group of volunteering artists and craftspeople and includes several from Makerspace.
Oddly, theres some criticism of creating a scene of abject poverty for boozers in Milwaukee to come enjoy their World Cup soccer in. But fear not, if youre itching to blast up I-94 to take in the favela flavor, the bars owner has no intention of tearing his fancy slum down:
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