This coming Saturday night, Tel Aviv's Yitschak Rabin Square will be awash with yellow as the celebrations for Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club's 2012/13 Championship season get underway. The Israeli pop group "Ethnix" and singer Lior Narkis will raise the crowd's spirits heavenwards and a splendid time is guaranteed for all!
After having secured their first league title in a decade, the Maccabi Tel Aviv Football club invite all of their wonderful and devoted fans to join them at Tel Aviv's Yitschak Rabin Square at 8.15 P.M. this Saturday night the 4th of May to celebrate the 20th Championship in the Club's history. Tens of thousands of Maccabi supporters are expected to arrive at the square and will be treated to a celebration it is hoped will provide ample compensation for the ten long years they have had to wait for the National Championship to return to the yellow side of the nation's culture capital. A joyous occasion, full of surprises and performances by the Israeli singer Lior Narkis and pop group "Ethnix", who together with the players recorded this year's Championship song, just as they did ten years ago when Maccabi Tel Aviv last won the Israeli Premier League title. And what would a championship celebration be without appearances by the players and the professional staff themselves!
These celebrations have been organised in full co-operation with the Tel Aviv Municipality, the Israeli Metropolitan Police and the Security Services. As the crowds are expected to be large and the traffic flow limited, fans are recommended to use public transport to get to the square if at all possible.
The organisers ask you to bear the following in mind:
The celebrations will start at 8.15 P.M. but as early as 4 P.M. the following roads will be closed to all traffic:
1. Ibn Gvirol Road in both directions from Kaplan St. to Rokach Boulevard
2. David Hamelech St. between Weizman St. and Yitschak Rabin Square
3. Frishman St. from Masarik Square to Ibn Gvirol Road
4. Ben Gurion Boulevard from Shlomo Hamelech St. to Yitschak Rabin Square
5. Bloch St. between Arlozoroff Road and Ibn Gvirol Road
6. Gordon St. from Shlomo Hamelech St. to Malchay Yisrael St.
7. Malchay Yisrael St. in both directions from Shlomo Hamelech St. to Hen Boulevard
8. Shaul Hamelech St. from the Tnuva intersection to Ibn Gvirol Road
9. Kaplan St. from the Menachem Begin circular to Ibn Gvirol Road
10. Arlozoroff Road from Weizman St. and Dizengoff St. in both directions
In addition, all streets giving direct access to Yitschak Rabin Square itself will be closed to traffic.
In the interest of public order we also ask you to bear the following instructions in mind:
1. fans are to use public transport to get to the square if at all possible
2. no weapons will be allowed in the area of the celebrations
3. an entrance for the disabled has been arranged from Malchay Yisrael St.
Fans arriving by car are instructed to use the following car parks:
1. Gane Yehoshua Exhibition Grounds – 101 Rokach Boulevard
2. Reading Bus Terminal at the Ha Ta'arucha Road
3. Arlozoroff Railway Station on Arlozoroff Road
4. Habima Theatre at Habimah Square
