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World cup stadiums
Less than one year is left to host the football world cup 2010 in South Africa. Being the international sport competition it is important to feature the important aspects of the world cup. One such aspect is the stadiums that will host this superb competition.
Since this time South Africa is the proud host of the world cup 2010, for the past couple of years a passion for construction for new stadiums and upgrading the existing stadiums has overwhelmed South Africa.
Ten different stadiums in South Africa will host all the matches of the FIFA world cup 2010. South Africa has made a lot of preparation and investment in building new stadiums and upgrading the old ones. All the stadiums that are going to host the football 2010 are located in the host cities of South Africa.
Of the ten stadiums five new ones are build especially for the world cup 2010, other five are the existing ones and are upgraded for the FIFA world cup.
The existing five South Africa existing stadiums undergo major renovation for the soccer 2010. They are Soccer City and Ellis Park in Johannesburg, Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, the Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg in North West Province and Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein in the Free State.
New stadiums are planned to be build at Mbombela in Mpumalanga and in the Nelson Mandela Metro in the Easter Cape. Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane and King Senzangakhona Stadium in Durban stadiums will be rebuilt. Kings park stadium will be designed and rebuild with all the modern and multi-speciality sport facilities. Green point stadium will also be rebuild in order to protect the pupils in the stadium from the capes capricious winter weather
As per the result of the inspection group three stadiums are suitable for the soccer world cup 2010. They are Free Park Stadium in Bloemfontein, Loftus in Pretoria, Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Rustenburg, the Oppenheimer Stadium in Orkney and Soccer City in Johannesburg. These stadiums are thought to be the suitable one since they have been the venues for the other sporting events like rugby world cup.
South Africa government said that capital for the construction and development for the stadiums are been secured and the work also started from the beginning of 2007.
The final 10 stadiums for the FIFA football world cup 2010 are: (Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup)
| Johannesburg | Durban | Cape Town | Johannesburg | Pretoria |
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| Soccer City | Moses Mabhida Stadium | Green point stadium | Ellis Park Stadium | Loftus Versfeld Stadium |
| 26°14′5.27″S 27°58′56.47″E |
29°49′46″S 31°01′49″E |
33°54′12.46″S 18°24′40.15″E |
26°11′51.07″S 28°3′38.76″E |
25°45′12″S 28°13′22″E |
| Capacity: 94,900 | Capacity: 70,000 | Capacity: 69,070 | Capacity: 62,567 | Capacity: 51,760 |
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| Port Elizabeth | Bloemfontein | Polokwane | Nelspruit | Rustenburg |
| Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Free State Stadium | Peter Mokaba Stadium | Mbombela Stadium | Royal Bafokeng Stadium |
| 33°56′16″S 25°35′56″E |
29°07′02.25″S 26°12′31.85″E |
23°55′29″S 29°28′08″E |
23°55′29″S 29°28′08″E |
25°34′43″S 27°09′39″E |
| Capacity: 48,000 | Capacity: 48,000 | Capacity: 46,000 | Capacity: 43,500 | Capacity: 42,000 |
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