The best thing that Sandton City did during the World Cup 2010 was to extend their shopping hours, they are open from 9am-9pm!! This of course is every shopper lover's dream and for someone from Durban who is used to such long shopping hours, I am ecstatic!!
Yesterday my boyfriend and I went to Sandton City just to check the vibe, foreigners and all the World Cup regalia. First stop was Nelson Mandela Square, we found the Sony 3D tent there and were just in time for the 3D show. There were quite a few Argentinian supporters who were in high spirits due to Argentina's victory over Korea earlier on in the day and they were very entertaining because they kept breaking out in song and happily jumping up and down. I am pretty sure a big party went down at the nearest bar in celebration.
Back to the Sony show, Mark Pilgrim was the host of the show and they started off by showing us clips from the previous day's soccer games in 3D, it actually felt like you were on the field, the quality of the images, motion and realism was awesome. Next was a few adverts, one which featured Kaka (Brazilian soccer player *sigh*) and then a live performance by an African artist (i have completely forgotten his name :( ). Lastly was the video of the official World Cup song "Waka Waka" by Shakira and Freshly Ground. I am actually so in love with the world cup song and can pull a few dance moves from the video, it's just so catchy and upbeat.I really enjoyed the show and Mark Pilgrim was a great host.
Afterwards we decided to shop around for anything with a South African flag on it because sadly we realised that after the world cup these things will be hard to come by. We found a few t-shirts in Woolies but alas there were only XXL sizes left :( We were even more disappointed to find that there weren't that many shops in the centre with SA Flag clothing, I have decided to assume that the foreigners bought it all!
In summary though Sandton City is currently the shopping capital and also the trendy place to be for the foreigners or to spot any celebrities, so if that's what you're looking for it's really worth the visit. I just hope that they consider the extended shopping hours on a more permanent basis as this would be great :)
Below is the Waka Waka Video, not in 3D though, enjoy ;)
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