Stadiums

The 64 football matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ will be played in nine South African cities – Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Bloemfontein, Rustenburg and Pretoria.

Of the ten stadiums, five are to be upgraded – with one of them, Soccer City in Johannesburg, being given a major upgrade. The other five will be constructed afresh.

Planning

Intensive planning has gone into ensuring that the stadiums will be versatile, multipurpose facilities that will not only serve a variety of sports codes, but will also be suitable for entertainment and other community uses following the World Cup.

First, host cities prepared business cases that were jointly evaluated by the Organising Committee, the Development Bank of Southern Africa, the National Treasury, Sport and Recreation South Africa, and the host cities. On the basis of this evaluation, the National Treasury allocated R8,4-billion for the building and upgrading of stadiums.

Host cities also developed plans for supporting infrastructure – so the stadiums could be part of integrated development that would not only deliver the World Cup, but would also leave a legacy of improved cities for South Africans.

Construction of all major facilities began in February 2007, but demolition and groundwork in some stadiums got under way in 2006. The South African construction industry, which has substantial experience in large-scale infrastructure development, was consulted about the stadium timelines – and it was agreed that the dates were realistic.

Funding

The national government has – in addition to the money already dispersed to host cities for planning – allocated a total of R8.4-billion for stadiums, broken down into:

• R7.62-billion for stadium construction and upgrading
• R0.58-billion for the supply of utilities and services to the stadiums
• R0.20-billion for overlay items at each stadium

The R8,4-billion set aside for stadiums will be spread over four years:

• R600 000 000 for the 2006/07 financial year
• R1 260 672 000 for the 2007/08 financial year
• R3 600 000 000 for the 2008/09 financial year
• R2 939 328 000 for the 2009/10 financial year

Host cities and provinces are also making contributions to stadium construction and supporting infrastructure development.

Costs are to be kept to a minimum, and innovative construction will ensure stadiums are versatile and cost-effective.

The stadiums that are being upgraded are either privately owned (such as Loftus Versfeld and Royal Bafokeng) or on long-lease arrangements (Ellis Park and Vodacom Park). Soccer City Stadium, previously owned and managed by SAFA, has been returned to the state and will be managed by the City of Johannesburg.

The R8.4-billion is the national Government’s contribution to the building and upgrading of stadiums; any additional funds required will be raised by the cities from their own sources. The five new stadiums will be built, owned, operated and maintained by their host city municipalities. However, there are opportunities for private-sector involvement in operation and management; municipalities will explore those opportunities that ensure good revenue streams.

The Government has put in place a national advisory team to assist host cities in negotiations with contractors and to provide procurement assistance.

To prevent monopoly awards and to ensure black economic empowerment practices were followed, all cities reported to the National Treasury's 2010 Project Office before the stadium construction tenders were awarded.

Profiles

The 10 stadiums will together seat more than 570 000 people during the World Cup.

Five stadiums will be built – in Cape Town (Greenpoint Stadium), Port Elizabeth (Nelson Mandela Bay Multi-purpose Sports Facility), Durban (Moses Mabhida Stadium), Nelspruit (Mataffin Stadium) and Polokwane (Peter Mokaba Stadium).

Five will be upgraded – in Rustenburg (Royal Bafokeng Stadium), Bloemfontein (Vodacom Park Stadium), Pretoria (Loftus Versfeld Stadium) and Johannesburg (Soccer City Stadium and Ellis Park Stadium).

	Soccer City Johannesburg , Gauteng Capacity: 95 000 seats
	Ellis Park Johannesburg , Gauteng Capacity: 61 000 seats
	Greenpoint Stadium Cape Town, Western Cape. Capacity: 70 000 seats
	Moses Mabhida Stadium Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Capacity: 70 000 seats
	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Capacity: 50 000 seats
	Mataffin Stadium Nelspruit, Mpumalanga . Capacity: 46 000 seats
	Vodacom Park Bloemfontein, Free State. Capacity: 48 000 seats
	Royal Bafokeng Stadium Rustenburg, North West Province. Capacity: 42 000 seats
	Loftus Versfeld Stadium Pretoria, Gauteng . Capacity: 50 000 seats Stadium tour coming soon.
	Peter Mokaba Stadium Polokwane, Limpopo . Capacity: 46 000 seats Stadium tour coming soon.