STADIA - SOCCER CITY
Soccer City Stadium
South Africa's premier soccer venue is the
FNB Stadium, known as Soccer City. It seats
a massive 80,000 individuals, and made for a
thrilling sight on 3 February 1996, when
Bafana Bafana beat Tunisia in the final of
the African Cup of Nations. Built in 1987,
South Africa's national soccer stadium has
played host to some of the most memorable
matches in the country's soccer history.
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Soccer City is South Africa's foremost
soccer venue and it will be the main venue
for the 2010 Football World Cup, hosting the
final. It 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. The upgrades
are expected to be completed by April 2007.
Soccer City is home to the South African
Football Association and often used as a
venue for matches featuring Bafana Bafana,
as well as the massive local rivalry between
Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.
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