Week 1 – A story from Leeds

In the heart of Hyde Park the adopted home of the students sits Royal Park Pub, one of the most popular pubs amongst students with deals on drinks and food and weekly karaoke to keep the party going.

Royal Park Pub also is the centre for live sport with multiple screens throughout the indoor with additional screens outside for warm summer days. These screens thrive business in the pub attracting hundreds of students to come and watch the sport, speaking to barmen Pat Thurlow on how much business the live sport brings in he said, “It’s huge whenever we’ve got the Rugby or Football it can go from being silent in here to absolutely rammed in the space of half an hour.”

Despite their being multiple other Pubs and places to get a drink in Hyde Park Royal Park Pub is always the most popular and attracts the most business, Pat spoke on this saying, “We are definitely the most popular and I think that’s down to the deals we have and we not only have one or two screens we have about 10 inside and around 6 or 7 outside which is massive for those who are wanting to watch sport.”