Our Games:
• M20 - Thursday 17th June - 20:30 - Argentina vs South Korea
• M29 - Sunday 20th Jun - 20:30 - Brazil vs Ivory Coast
• M39 - Wednesday 23rd June - 20:30 - Ghana vs Germany
• M52 - Sunday 27th June - 20:30 - 1B v 2A (2)
• M58 - Friday 2nd July - 20:30 - 1 v 3 (Quarterfinal A)
Name: Soccer City Stadium (FNB Stadium)
Year completed: 2010
Cost: US$310,000,000
Capacity: 94,700
Trivia: The outside of the stadium is designed to have the appearance of a calabash, an African pot.
Home to South African football heavyweights Kaizer Chiefs, the 94,000 capacity Soccer City has undergone a US$310 million revamp for these finals. The money has been spent on increasing the capacity from 78,000, upgrading floodlights, VIP areas, rebuilding changing rooms and a hi-tech terracotta outer shell that is meant to resemble a traditional African earthenware pot. Before the makeover, the ground literally used to shake with the fervour of supporters, so expect the extra capacity to turn the volume up to stunning levels.
Soccer City - or the FNB Stadium to give it its official title - is found on the Nasrec Road in the famous south-western township of Soweto. It is best reached by car or park-and-ride bus. To improve road access, the Soweto freeway has been widened and the stadium boasts no fewer than 15,000 car parking places.
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