The most popular venue to watch the World Cup match between South Korea and Uruguay on Saturday morning is the ESPN Zone @ LA Live (1011 S. Figueroa St, across from the Staples Center downtown). The viewing party is hosted by the Red Tigers who will be ready by 6:00 am. The place has a capacity of 1,000 and if you want to be able to squeeze in, come early.
How about in Koreatown itself? The place to be is, as always, the front lawn of Wilshire Park Place, also known as the Radio Korea building. This was where huge crowds congregated for the previous World Cup matches involving South Korea. Television camera crews from local Korean as well as mainstream English-speaking media consider the viewing party itself an event worthy of coverage.
The game will start at 7:00 am, but people are expected to start arriving two hours prior. A few really early birds are camping out Friday night. Freebies will be amply handed out including t-shirts, medium-size squeeze balls, pastries, water, and possibly thunderstix. The recommended color of apparel is red.
Address: 3700 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010-2903
Between Oxford and Serrano, near the Wiltern Theater
