South Africa's Preparations For Hosting The Fifa World Cup 2010

South Africa's Preparations For Hosting The Fifa World Cup 2010

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You guys know that the FIFA World Cup tournament is coming next year, and South Africa has taken the responsibility of hosting the World Cup this time. Now South Africa is now ready to host the greatest football show on the planet, the FIFA 2010 World Cup.

The preparation are going on and in most instances the physical construction of the stadiums is virtually complete, with almost all seats installed and newly-laid pitches a welcome sight at Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeths Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Durbans Moses Mabhida Stadium, Nelspruits Mbombela Stadium, Polokwanes Peter Mokaba Stadium and Johannesburgs Soccer City stadium.

For the first time the tour also included a consultant from the South African Disabled Alliance to oversee the provisions that have been made for access for all spectators with disabilities. Of the 650,527 tickets sold to date for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, 7,863 wheelchair tickets have been purchased.

FIFA which recently concluded successful inspection tour of the five newly-built stadiums and they have concluded that they are very impressed with the achievements, the Coutnary has made for preparing the World Cup. they also included a consultant from the South African Disabled Alliance to oversee the provisions that have been made for access for all spectators with disabilities. Of the 650,527 tickets sold to date for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, 7,863 wheelchair tickets have been purchased.

These are the descriptions of some of the Football grounds in South Africa.

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium (Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth)
The stadium infrastructure is complete and the stadium became the first newly-built 2010 FIFA World Cup stadium to open its doors in June. 45,931-seats are available in the stadium.

Green Point Stadium (Cape Town)
Progress on site is good and the speed of construction is impressive, with the project set for completion on December 14. 55,000 permanent seats have been installed in this ground.

Durban Stadium (Durban)
The construction of the stadium is now approximately 95% complete and precinct projects, and the 56,000 permanent seats are in place.

Mbombela Stadium (Nelspruit)
This stadium is now approximately 94% complete.The 46,000 seats have been installed and the pitch is currently being laid.

Polokwane Stadium (Polokwane)
The stadium is approximately 95% complete. The pitch was laid in August and the last of the 45,000 seats are being put in place.

Soccer City Stadium (Johannesburg)
The stadium, which will host the opening match and the final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, has now laid its pitch and the current seating capacity of 87,792 is in place.

Progress is approximately 90% complete and the stadium bowl is expected to be complete by the end of November.

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