2010 World Cup Stadiums

[*England*]

My apologies to anyone I offended in a previous post about South Africa
As a way of saying sorry I’ll dedicate this thread to South Africa and what looks to be a great World Cup.

The Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg is to undergo a major upgrade for the 2010 tournament, with a new design inspired by traditional African pottery and a revamped capacity for 104 000 football fans. The stadium will hold the final and opening matches, five first-round matches, one second-round match and one quarter-final.

Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town, Western Cape, is to be specially built for 2010, with a retractable roof and a capacity of 70 000. It will host six first-round matches, one second-round, one quarter-final and one semifinal match.

The King Senzangakhona Stadium in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, is to be specially built for 2010, with a capacity of
80 000. It will host six first-round matches, one second-round, and one semifinal match.

The Nelson Mandela Stadium in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, is to be specially built for 2010, with a capacity of 50 000. It will host five first-round matches, one second-round, one quarter-final, and the third-place playoff.

Loftus Versveld stadium in Pretoria, Gauteng, is to undergo minor upgrades for 2010, and has a capacity of 45 000. It will host four first-round matches and one second-round.

Ellis Park in Johannesburg, Gauteng, is to undergo minor upgrades for 2010, and has a capacity of 60 000. It will host five first-round matches, one second-round and one quarter-final.

The Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, Free State, is to have a major upgrade, with a third tier added, increasing its capacity to 45 000. It will host five first-round matches and one second-round.

The Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, North West, is to undergo a minor upgrade, increasing its capacity to 45 000. It will host four first-round matches and one second-round.

The Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane is to undergo a major upgrade, increasing its capacity to 40 000. It will host four first-round matches.

The Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, is to be specially built, with a capacity of 30 000. It will host four first-round matches.

[*England*]

[Gherkin]

Great stadiums. The pressure is on Brazil in 2014 to supply stadiums of this quality or England's (supposedly) 2018 WC stadiums

[stokey33]

Originally Posted by *England*

The Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, is to be specially built, with a capacity of 30 000. It will host four first-round matches.

All WC stadiums have to have a capacity minimum of 40,000.

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by stokey33

All WC stadiums have to have a capacity minimum of 40,000.

This particular stadium will have a WC capacity of 43-46,000 but a permanent seating capacity of 30,000.

[Mo Rush]

They are fantastic. Its going to be Englands world cup. Ive just got a feeling about it. Germany I was reasonably happy but just looking at the squad in 3 years time im dripping with excitement.

Hopefully FIFA will do the sensible thing this year and place England along side South Africa in the largest stadiums considering the number of ex-pats and travelling fans England will accomodate.

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by SimLim

They are fantastic. Its going to be Englands world cup. Ive just got a feeling about it. Germany I was reasonably happy but just looking at the squad in 3 years time im dripping with excitement.

Hopefully FIFA will do the sensible thing this year and place England along side South Africa in the largest stadiums considering the number of ex-pats and travelling fans England will accomodate.

Accommodation is going to be a tough one, if not impossible. So sorting that out as early as possible would be a wise move. A homestay program might become a necessity.

[*England*]

last thing fifa care about is the fans, i expect them to put england in the lower capacity stadiums like they did in germany

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by *England*

last thing fifa care about is the fans, i expect them to put england in the lower capacity stadiums like they did in germany

FIFA does not assign the venues. match venues are assigned before the draw, so it really only depends on which group england land up in. in 2010 , certain groups will play upcountry, some inland and some at coastal venues.

e.g england if in group c might only play at coastal venues, so cape town(70,000),durban(70,000), and PE(50,000)

Thats the point. England should be located in the biggest stadiums no matter what. It might sound selfish but its the truth. They even have to buy tickets of other FA's due to them not being able to sell thier allocation.

250,000 fans in Portugal same amount in and around Germany. Who else can out-number the home nation, in thier own stadium for a European Quarter Final?

The stadiums we were given in Germany were nothing short of pathetic. The reason 70,000 fans were left on the streets, and yet they didnt want trouble.

[Mo Rush]

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[includes R120 million urban park]



Stadium Site: (Existing stadium to be demolished)


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[*England*]

thats if we even qualify of course, with all the money africa had to splash out they'll be praying a team like england make it

[Gherkin]

Thanks Mo I'm sure most people's favourite is the Durban stadium - that arch is spectacular and looks much better than Wembley IMO

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by Gherkin007

Thanks Mo I'm sure most people's favourite is the Durban stadium - that arch is spectacular and looks much better than Wembley IMO

well..theres that athletics track issue, it is a wonderful stadium though.

[The Hunted]

Can we have some contruction pics please?

[Mo Rush]

Top manager needed for Cape Town

Tue, 06 Mar 2007

The world's best project manager needed to be appointed to manage the 2010 Soccer World Cup project — including the building of a stadium at Green Point in Cape Town — who would report to both Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille and Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool, the mayor said on Tuesday.

Speaking at a business breakfast at the Cape Town Convention Centre with Rasool, Zille said there was no need for a special national minister in charge of the World Cup or for a mayoral committee member for that matter, but there was a need for cooperation by the various levels of government.

Such a project manager must meet with the two leaders regularly. "We need to get him or her out here," she told the crowd.

Close to dictatorship

Noting that transport planning for the soccer tournament was the city's responsibility but operations were the responsibility of the province, she said such a project manager "needs to be the world's best implementation manager".

Zille noted that planning was a democratic exercise but implementation "comes closer to a dictatorship".

Rasool said it was imperative that the stadium project was successful as it would be the "cheese in the trap" as it had a budget of some R2.8-billion.

Beyond that it has already attracted R1.3-billion in upgradings of Cape Town airport and R3.5-billion would be spent on public transport. On top of all that Dubai World was spending some R14-billion on the V&A Waterfront.

Spending could be as high as $3-billion by 2010, said the premier.

Asked if the stadium was definitely going to happen, Zille said she would know by the end of the week. "I cannot bankrupt the city, nor can I in terms of the law sign contracts if we do not have the money."

Still a shortfall

Noting that FIFA had indicated that there would be no Cape Town leg if the stadium was not built at Greenpoint, she said the budget for the stadium was at one point one billion over the budget.

In terms of the Municipal Finance Management Act she could not spend money the city did not have. There was only a five percent margin for contingencies — and she noted that the Wembley Stadium had run at 100 percent over initial costings.

There was still a shortfall of R180-million in the budget, Zille said, noting that she had held discussions with businesses including Investec which had thought out the box about the project. This amount may seem like a little but it was a huge burden for the city to carry and she would not allow that legacy.

She had approached the national Treasury which had said it was not able to provide this funding — although she pointed out it was national government which had signed the contract with FIFA.

Rasool noted that it was "worthwhile to put the cheese (the stadium) in the trap" otherwise Cape Town would "become a backwater", but Zille retorted that national, provincial and local government would have "to hold the [financial] line" — not just local government.

'Pessimistic'

Asked if Cape Town would cope with the World Cup — in June and July 2010 — Zille said: "We are committed to making 2010 a success... but we have to understand the enormity of the challenge. I tend to be pessimistic... we are looking at every possible glitch upfront."

She said she did not want to land a new and alarming valuations bill at the door of ratepayers after 2010 as a result of debts built up related to the project.

But Rasool said: "We are going to do it." Referring to various governments working together, including his African National Congress led provincial government and the Democratic Alliance-led city government, he said: "There is an understanding that we are interdependent. We have got to make it work."

[Mo Rush]

[Mo Rush]

ENGLAND to use Cape Town as World Cup Base

Athlone, Heideveld and Langa stations is expected to begin in August.

The visitors' survey, carried out by transport specialists Axios Consulting, shows the figure of 50 000 given last year was a gross underestimation of the number of visitors expected to be in Cape Town during the 2010 event.

Fransman said 40 000 of the visitors would be from other African countries.

During the peak period, between the eighth and 14th days of the World Cup, the city's hotels and registered accommodation establishments would have to handle, on average, 125 000 overnight stays a day. These excluded the 10 000 media representatives expected in Cape Town and people who would stay with friends or relatives.

The city is to host eight games and a semi-final.

Lillie said the English Football Association had announced it was to base its team in Cape Town. This was a "major economic coup" for the city.

Fransman said: "As a department we want to give the assurance to international teams that we will be able to offer a world-class transport system in a safe environment."

Lillie said the CBD fan park would be on the Grand Parade. Three others had been proposed, for Philippi, Athlone and Bellville. These would be built to take traffic away from the central city.

More than 80% of people surveyed said they would visit a fan park.

Richard Gordge, director of Axios Consulting, said national travel demands during 2010 would depend on the match schedule.

He said the study, which entailed online surveys and interviewing the supporters' associations of major teams, hoteliers and airport officials, had found strong support in Cape Town for the city's hosting of World Cup matches.

"It is sad that a small number of people who are opposed to the tournament have been hogging all the headlines in the Western Cape (while) the majority of local people want Cape Town to be a key World Cup venue," Fransman said, referring to the court case challenging approvals granted for the stadium.

Meanwhile, the city's mayoral committee yesterday approved a recommendation to recognise the Metropolitan Road Traffic Management Co-ordinating Committee as the co-ordinating structure for road traffic management.

Published on the web by Cape Times on April 5, 2007. © Cape Times 2007. All rights reserved.

[Mo Rush]

assuming they qualify!