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South African as the FNB Stadium, this venue has been enlarged from an 80 000 seater to a whopping 90 000 and is incorporating a variety of new features, for example, an encircling roof, new floodlights and state-of-the-art changing rooms.
4) Ellis Park, Johannesburg – Capacity 60,000 This rugby stadium will be converted into a soccer venue for the 2010 World Cup. It is slap bang in the middle of a built up area, so the developers couldn’t do much to the existing structure, but major internal renovations have taken place since 2006.
5) Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Capacity 45,000 Another rugby stadium that will be converted for soccer use, this venue will experience the same face-lift as Ellis Park.
6) Peter Mokaba, Polokwane – Capacity 40,000 This stadium in the Northern Province has been totally demolished and re-built with ultra modern facilities to cater for players from all over the world.
7) Royal Bafokeng, Rustenberg – Capacity 40,000
HOW RUGBY UNITED THE NATION
INVICTUS
Invictus tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team (Damon) to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match. Seen at the INVICTUS Premier below left: Lodewyk Hermann and below: William Dutton and Leon Elliott.
This is another existing stadium in Western Gauteng that has undergone a major face-lift.
8) Mbombela, Nelspruit – Capacity 40,000 This stadium is brand new and will incorporate major innovations.
9) Nelson Mandela, Port Elizabeth – Capacity 50 000 Another brand new stadium has risen out of the sand and become a hallmark for the Eastern Cape area. It will bring tourists to this most beautiful part of the country and offer to them incredible destinations along this verdant coastline.
10) Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein – Capacity 40 000 This rugby stadium will undergo the same conversion and face-lift as Ellis Park and Loftus Versfeld to accommodate the Soccer World Cup. And so we have the BIG TEN! Well done, South Africa!
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