SOUTH AFRICA: Soccer City and Ellis Park stadiums cater to the metropolitan fans in Johannesburg including the World Cup final

Record ID: 454615

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Soccer City and Ellis Park stadiums cater to the metropolitan fans in Johannesburg including the World Cup final
  • Date: 18th May 2010
  • Summary: ELLIS PARK STADIUM JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (RECENT MAY 2010) (REUTERS) (4:3 CONVERTED MATERIAL) CARS ACROSS BRIDGE/POSTER FOR WORLD CUP VIEW FROM SEATS AT TOP OF STADIUM/VIEW FROM PITCH OF STADIUM/INTERIOR VIEWS/MAINTENANCE ON PITCH SOCCER CITY JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (RECENT MAY 2010) (REUTERS) (16:9 MATERIAL) EXTERIOR VIEW OF SOCCER CITY STADIUM
  • Embargoed: 2nd June 2010 13:00
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA9P9HYN4DKCQ5XZP86DXSLNFDK
  • Story Text: The World Cup teams will play at two stadiums in Johannesburg and one nearby at Rustenburg.
    The World Cup final will be played at Soccer City stadium.
    Ellis Park has a capacity of 60,000 and will host one of the quarter-final matches, Argentina/Nigeria, Brazil/Korea DPR, Slovenia/USA, Spain/Honduras and Slovakia/Italy as well as round matches.
    Soccer City seats 95,000 and will host South Africa/Mexico on the opening day of the tournament, Netherlands/Denmark, Argentina/Korean Republic, Brazil/Ivory Coast and Ghana/Germany matches as well as the final and of course a round of 16 match.
    The Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg seats 40,000 and will host England/USA, New Zealand/Slovakia, Ghana/Australia, Mexico/Uruguay and Denmark/Japan matches as well as a later round match.
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