Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Members of opposing teams are mostly forced to share the room or stadium where a given game is viewed, but Hat-trick Sports Bar, which opened on December 25, 2010, across from Yod Abyssinia in Bole Medhanialem, affords sport fans the opportunity to view their teams’ attempts apart from the opposing team’s fans.
Each of the upstairs rooms is named for the home ground of each presented team: Camp Nou for FCBarcelona (Barça) and Old Trafford for Manchester United FC, as well as Anfield for Liverpool FC and Emirates Stadium for Arsenal FC, which are both smaller than the other two rooms and not yet finished.
“These are very prominent teams and I am a huge Barça fan,” Samson Hailu, 36, the owner, told Fortune of his reason for selecting the teams.
Yet, some people complain that Liverpool is represented and not Chelsea, as the former does not have a large fan base at the moment because they are faring poorly (they were in 13th position at the time of going to press) while Chelsea is very popular, according to Samson.
Groups of friends can use the rooms to watch games, sitting together, or apart if they choose, in different rooms. As a result, the supporters of one team can be in the same room, and if they support one of these teams, they can even be in its “stadium.”
“People do not want to sit in the opposition’s room when their team is playing them,” Samson said. “They would rather sit in a neutral stadium.”
Football is not the only sport on offer and if people are using a room, they can watch anything they want that is being broadcast. As the term “hat trick” in sport, which means to achieve a positive feat three times, is most commonly used in cricket, when a bowler takes wickets with three consecutive balls, Samson plans to show the ICC Cricket World Cup, which starts in February, and the Indian Premier League (IPL) wherein eight of India’s local teams bash it out in Twenty20 cricket, when it starts in April.
Hello Nico,
You can try Meda Sports Bar & Grill. They are located in Addis Ababa in the Tegene Building on Debre Zeit Road. You can call them at this number for direction.
Phone 251 11 466-1603.
I hope that helps.
Mamo
Does anybody have the phone number for this place? Or know if any bar in Addis is recording the NBA finals? and showing the games at a reasonable hour??
Nico Parco
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I appreciate the owner’s business oriented mentality. Lelaw chuet tegbar yemayawkew ager wedadnet new.
what is this? mendenew yehe hulu gagata? hulishem meche stadium gebeto kuas ayto yemiawqe? huleshem ye engeliz prim. lig stasadige ayedel yemeteweyew? yemigeremew giorgis, buna, awassa, teblo biseyem zena lay enkuan ayewetam neber? zembelachu atechuhu.
gura bicha ay yegna sew
Folks, you should first understand why the owners chose these names for each compartments. I think the names perfectly fit with the purpose. Don’t forget that they are showing English Premier League!
The owner by far care more about Ethiopia than us. At least he created a job for his people. Stop bla bla and think twice !!!!
I simply like and appreciate all the comments given above.
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Ere b hig amlak police yelem inde… Globalization mehonu new …kiki awkeh muthal hatrik…dam…coffie,st.george,dedebit r best than manch,arsenal…since they r ours…ATASHQUALITU…ETHIOPIA L Zelalem tinur!
Chelsea… Come on! Nobody knew about chelsea before the money splashing russian. Never been the king of europe forget about it
I agree with you dan and tebtabaw.
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I like it. However why on earth would we name rooms with foreign teams, oh Why?? Why?? I would die before giving my business firm a foreign name, hattrick or name rooms with English or Spanish teams. I would name name Girogis, Bunna, or Abebe Bikila, Miruts, Gebre or Kenenisa.
Old Trafford? Please Niggas! what’s wrong with you?