South Africa World Cup stadiums
October 25th, 2011 by
South Africa World Cup stadiums
Ellis Park Stadium
City: Johannesburg (Johannesburg)
Completion date: 1982
Current status: mild renovation (completed in 2009)
Capacity: 61,000
Ellis Park Stadium in fact built in 1928, 50 years it has been used as a football field. Until 1982, after the stadium was torn down and rebuilt, also will re-write history, a man named JD. Ellis’s suggestion that the Johannesburg municipal golf course into pitch, so there’s Ellis Park todaycourse.
And the Free State Stadium, as Ellis Park stadium also has hosted the Rugby World Cup in 1995, it hosted the same time, quite a few football games in 2000 in a friendly against world champions South Africa and the new France fight lasting 90 minutes tied the game 0-0, is carried out at Ellis Park Stadium.
Ellis Park Stadium as there is another important, it is South Africa’s Orlando Pirates Premier League dominant home team. The historic 1995 team won the South African football history an African Club Championship title after the Ellis Park Stadium home of the Carnival a grand ceremony. In addition, a concern for much of world peace Mandela charity match has been held in the stadium.
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