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Work begins on new stadium for the 2010 World Cup
World Cup 2010 - 18 September, 2006
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The groundbreaking has begun on one of the stadiums to be used for the 2010 World Cup.
According to fifa. com, Port Elizabeth, in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan, has started work on the five-tier, USD 150 million Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium overlooking the North End Lake, at the heart of the city.
It is one of three coastal stadiums being built for the World Cup.
South African Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile hopes the stadium would be completed in time for the FIFA inspection team to decide on the host cities for the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2009.
This is the first time a world-class football stadium will be built in the Eastern Cape Province, where projects such as this would only have been undertaken previously for Rugby Union.
The stadium will feature 150 VIP suites, 60 business suites, a sports clothing shop, gymnasium, 500 parking bays, plus lecture and function rooms, and is scheduled for completion in December 2008.
There has been a great deal of speculation about the status of stadium construction in the run-up to the 2010 World Cup, with the requirement that all the FIFA World Cup host stadiums must be completed by January 2010.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is the first of five new stadiums to start construction. The other new arenas to be built are in Cape Town, Durban , Polokwane and Nelspruit.
According to fifa. com, Port Elizabeth, in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan, has started work on the five-tier, USD 150 million Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium overlooking the North End Lake, at the heart of the city.
It is one of three coastal stadiums being built for the World Cup.
South African Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile hopes the stadium would be completed in time for the FIFA inspection team to decide on the host cities for the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2009.
This is the first time a world-class football stadium will be built in the Eastern Cape Province, where projects such as this would only have been undertaken previously for Rugby Union.
The stadium will feature 150 VIP suites, 60 business suites, a sports clothing shop, gymnasium, 500 parking bays, plus lecture and function rooms, and is scheduled for completion in December 2008.
There has been a great deal of speculation about the status of stadium construction in the run-up to the 2010 World Cup, with the requirement that all the FIFA World Cup host stadiums must be completed by January 2010.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is the first of five new stadiums to start construction. The other new arenas to be built are in Cape Town, Durban , Polokwane and Nelspruit.
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