2010 Soccer Stadiums

Situated only a few minutes drive from proposed FIFA™ and team hotels in Bloemfontein, the Free State Stadium is a dedicated sporting environment with ample parking and excellent corporate hospitality.

For the 2010 World Cup, a second tier will be added to the main grandstand, which will increase the seating capacity to 40,000. The upgrades are planned for completion by June 2007. New turnstiles will be erected, the floodlights will be upgraded, electronic scoreboards will be installed and the sound system will be revamped. The Free State Stadium has been ear-marked for 1st and 2nd Round Matches for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa..

The Green Point Stadium in Cape Town will be transformed into a completely new 70 000 seater, all-weather, multi-purpose, environmentally sustainable, modern, technologically advanced, world class Stadium giving expression to the “African Renaissance Stadium” at the juncture between Table Mountain and the Atlantic Ocean at the southern tip of Africa.

The uniquely impressive and recognisable visuals that this African landmark Stadium will offer the world will be of great marketing value to our continent and country. The new Stadium will comply fully with FIFA™ Match Stadium requirements.

In the city of Tshwane (Pretoria), Loftus Versfeld is situated 5 km from the city centre. To qualify for selection as a first and second round venue the floodlights, sound system and scoreboard at Loftus Versfeld will be upgraded and designated media areas will be constructed in the lower level of the west stand. Upgades to Loftus are expected to be completed by 2009. Loftus is the homeground of the Sundowns Football Club, one of South Africa’s premiere professional clubs. Since 1977 Loftus Versfeld has undergone many renovations and its four major stands have been completely rebuilt.

Loftus boasts the country's finest corporate hospitality facilities and will only have to undergo minimal upgrades in order to meet FIFA's stringent requirements for the 2010 FIFA™ World Cup in South Africa.

Located in KwaZulu Natal in the beautiful City of Durban, Moses Mabhida Stadium is named after a hero of the working class. The Moses Mabhida Stadium is located adjacent the ABSA Stadium in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct - a site located in Stamford Hill, is yet to be another world class multi-purpose stadium set to make possible successful history in the making of the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

To make way for this prestigious contribution Kings Park Stadium was demolished in late 2006 to develop a new stadium complex set to comprise of an adjoining indoor arena, sporting museum, sport institute and a new transmodal transportation station in preparations ahead of the world showpiece. Scheduled to host the 2010 Fifa World Cup five group matches, one second round match, one quarter final and a semi-final match; the catering capacity is set to comprise of 70 000 spectator seats. There are plans and allocations to increase the capacity of the stadium to 84 000 seats in the future to further accommodate major events such as Olympics.

The Nelson Mandela Stadium, still to be built, will have a capacity of 49,500, be a high-tech, modern venue and will meet every requirement needed to provide a world class venue for the first and second round matches of the 2010 World Cup. The Nelson Mandela Stadium in Port Elizabeth will be located two kilometres from the coast, close to the N2 highway and no more than fifteen minutes' drive from the Port Elizabeth hotels for the players and officials.

The Peter Mokaba Stadium is situated in Polokwane (previously known as Pietersburg), the capital of Limpopo, South Africa. It currently serves as a football stadium and as an international athletics venue. The stadium comprises only a main stand and three grass banks at the moment, but it will be upgraded in preparation for the 2010 FIFA™ World Cup.

Only minor renovations will be required to bring the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in line with requirements for a stadium able to host first and second round matches for the FIFA™ World Cup in 2010. (Seating capacity to be increased to just over 40,000).

Located in Rustenburg in the North West Province, the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace was opened in 1999 and completely funded by the Royal Bafokeng community. (An administrative entity presiding over the world's richest platinum mines). The Stadium is already well equipped and will require only minor renovations to bring it up to FIFA™ standards.

The capacity of the stadium will be increased to 40,000 with the construction of two additional rows of seating on the second level. New electronic scoreboards, floodlights and a new public address system will fullfill all the requirements for it to host the first and second round matches of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Soccer City (also know as the FNB Stadium) is earmarked to host both the opening and final matches of the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Built in 1987, Soccer City has played host to some of the most memorable matches in South Africa’s soccer history.

Soccer City is set to be enlarged from its present seating capacity of 80 000 to 94 700 for soccer’s showcase event. Some significant changes will be made to the present two-tiered bowl for the World Cup: the upper tier will be extended around the stadium, while an encircling roof will be added. New changing rooms will be developed, and new floodlights installed.