Revamped Soccer City in Johannesburg will host first and last games in 2010 World Cup finals.
One of the most artistic and awe-inspiring football venues on the African continent, the reconstructed Soccer City Stadium, will host the first and last matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals.
Originally built in the 1980s, Soccer City stadium has been extensively redeveloped into an eye-catching venue covered in brown tiles and shaped to resemble a calabash, or African pot. It is the biggest Read more

Revamped Soccer City in Johannesburg will host first and last games in 2010 World Cup finals.
One of the most artistic and awe-inspiring football venues on the African continent, the reconstructed Soccer City Stadium, will host the first and last matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals.
Originally built in the 1980s, Soccer City stadium has been extensively redeveloped into an eye-catching venue covered in brown tiles and shaped to resemble a calabash, or African pot. It is the biggest stadium in Africa with a capacity of nearly 95,000.
The arena's aesthetic appeal should be heightened when it is lit at night.
Soccer City is located in Johannesburg's southwest and is only a short distance from one of the country's football-crazy townships, Soweto. About 40 per cent of Johannesburg's population live in Soweto, which should make the stadium a hub of activity throughout the 2010 finals.
The stadium is widely regarded as the heart of football in South Africa as it has hosted many important matches through history.
In the mid 1980s, officials came together to build the first international football stadium in the country.
Soccer City hosted the first mass rally for Nelson Mandela after his release from prison in 1990.
It was also the venue for the 1996 CAF African Cup of Nations final, with South Africa eventually triumphing 2-0 over Tunisia.
The original stadium, which was known as the FNB Stadium, had a capacity of 80,000.
Upgrades involved extending the upper tier to increase the capacity to 94,700; adding 99 more suites to bring the number to 184; constructing an encircling roof; adding new changing room facilities; and installing new floodlighting. Close