Broadcast center upgrade for 2010 World Cup

The need for a World Cup International Broadcast Center (IBC) will lead to EUR 9.72 million upgrades for the Nasrec area south of the Johannesburg city centre.

The money will be used to rent and upgrade various facilities in the area. For six weeks, broadcasters and media members will flood the area for the 2010 tournament. Germany had more than 13,400 members of the broadcast media for the 2006 World Cup.

"The IBC will be the pulse and the nerve centre for all TV operations during the 2010 FIFA World Cup," President Sepp Blatter said in a video message played at a Nasrec gathering. "It will also create a legacy, far beyond the event in terms of telecommunication infrastructure for the country."

The Nasrec Precinct came about in 2001 as a development node bridging the apartheid spatial planning gap between the south and the north sections of Johannesburg.

"In this city, we do not regard the 2010 FIFA World Cup as a once-off event, but that a considerable portion of our planning goes into ensuring that it will leave a legacy for the people of our city," Johannesburg mayor Amos Masondo said. "Every rand we spend on infrastructure and operations will bring lasting benefits to Johannesburg, its residents and its future growth and development."

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