2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Venues

  2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Venues

  In 2005, the organizers released a provisional list of thirteen venues to be used for the World Cup: Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg (two), Kimberley, Nelspruit, Orkney, Polokwane, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria (two), and Rustenburg. This was narrowed down to ten venues, which was officially announced on 17 March 2006 by FIFA:

 

City	Stadium	Capacity
Johannesburg	Soccer City	104,000
Durban	King Senzangakhona Stadium	70,000
Cape Town	African Renaissance Stadium	68,000
Johannesburg	Ellis Park Stadium	60,000
Pretoria	Loftus Versfeld Stadium	60,000
Port Elizabeth	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	50,000
Polokwane	Peter Mokaba Stadium	45,000
Bloemfontein	Free State Stadium	40,000
Rustenburg	Royal Bafokeng Stadium	40,000
Nelspruit	Mbombela Stadium	40,000

Five new stadiums are to be built for the tournament (three match venues and two practice grounds), and five of the existing venues are to be upgraded. Construction costs are expected to be R8.4bn.

In addition to the stadia being built and upgraded, South Africa is also planning to improve its current public transport infrastructure, and implement special measures to ensure the safety and security of local and international tourists attending the matches in accordance with standard FIFA requirements.