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[Rafa]

my question is...a cape town games...would its be able to deliver good/great revenues to the IOC?is it just normal that the next host adds another 1 billion plus in revenues? will brazil reach 4bn etc...excluding ur USA's etc.? can we expect any sort of similar sponsorship enthusiasm for an olympic games?

Marketing rights for 2010 Fifa World Cup to reach €3 bn



Indiantelevision.com Team

(16 August 2006 2:00 pm)


MUMBAI: The value of the marketing rights for the 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa is set to take a further leap to reach close to €3 billion.

This compares with about €1.9 billion for this year’s World Cup in Germany.

The figures are contained in Sportcal.com’s recently-published World Cup 2006: The Commercial Report. Fifa estimates that media rights, including new media, would be worth about €1.8 billion in 2010, while sponsorship would be worth €1.1 billion. Many of the main television rights deals for the 2010 event have already been concluded, together with a reduced number of six, more lucrative, deals with top-tier Fifa partners.


The figures represent a massive increase on even a World Cup as recent as that of 1998, when the media rights were worth only about €100 million and the sponsorship rights about €70 million.

Overall commercial revenues for the 2010 World Cup look certain to be pushed above €3 billion once ticket revenue is taken into account. For this year’s event, ticket revenues were worth about €200 million.

The largest single contributor to 2010 World Cup revenues is once again set to be ARD and ZDF, the Germany public-service broadcasters, which are paying €200 million to acquire the television rights for the tournament in Germany. This compares with the €170 million they paid for the rights for this summer’s event.

This year’s soccer World Cup generated €1.9 billion in marketing revenue, with the sale of television and new media rights raising €1.2 billion and the remaining €700 million deriving from other sources such as sponsorship and hospitality.

[Rols O'Bertilsson]

The coach has been chosen:

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SAO PAULO, Brazil, Aug 16 AP - Former Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira officially agreed on Wednesday to manage 2010 World Cup host South Africa.
Parreira, who resigned from Brazil after the team's disappointing World Cup elimination, signed a four-year contract after final details were agreed with the South African Football Association in Rio de Janeiro.
Parreira, 63, will begin coaching the South Africans in February.
``I wanted to spend more time with my family and they understood that,'' Parreira said.
He will become the nation's 14th coach since it returned to international competition 14 years ago.
South Africa, the 1998 African Cup champion, qualified for the 1998 and 2002 World Cups but finished third in its qualifying group for 2006, five points behind qualifier Ghana.
It managed a 1-0 victory over lightly regarded Namibia in a friendly on Wednesday without Parreira.
Parreira led Brazil to its fourth world title in the 1994 World Cup in the United States.
If he coaches another nation in 2010 finals, he would become the only man to manage a team at six World Cups.
AP

[Rafa]

yeah this is slightly old news but i dont think i posted it thanks rollie

but u are corect in that the contract only became OFFICIAL now.

[Rafa]

This is the LOCATION of the Cape Town Stadium, not the DESIGN, the final design is currently being completed by the German Firm BMP who remodelled the berlin olympic stadium.





Port Elizabeth Stadium
Nelson Mandela Metro 50,000






Nelson Mandela Stadium, Port Elizabeth: The stadium, still to be built, will have a capacity of 49,500, be a high-tech, modern venue and will meet every requirement needed to provide a world class venue for the first and second round matches of the 2010 World Cup. The Port Elizabeth Stadium will be located two kilometres from the coast, close to the N2 highway and no more than fifteen minutes' drive from the city's main hotel sector.

[baron-pierreIV]

The Nelson Mandela one looks nice. But the Cape Town one looks like a flattened cake of some sort.

[Rafa]

read and u will discover....the image indicates the location...not the design.

[Rols O'Bertilsson]

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CAPE TOWN, Aug 23, 2006 (AFP) - The South African government on Wednesday acknowledged that the country's crime rate was a major concern ahead of its hosting of the next football World Cup in 2010.
Patrick Matlou, deputy head of the national tourism department, told lawmakers during a briefing on preparations for the tournament that a detailed survey of crime-fighting technology was already under way in a bid to allay fears.
``As South Africa, we recognise this is a major problem ... both at a perception level and at a reality level,'' said Matlou.
``The challenge ... is to ensure that we overcome these issues, both at a marketing level and by ensuring that people are safe, feel safe, when they come here.''
National crime statistics showed that nearly 19,000 murders were reported in the country of 47 million over 2004-2005, a 5.2 percent drop from 2003/2004.
South Africa has one of the highest rape statistics worldwide -- more than 55,000 cases were reported by police last year.
President Thabo Mbeki has expressed his irritation at media reports which have questioned the safety of South Africa as a World Cup venue.
Matlou told MPs that around 445,000 foreign tourists were expected to flock to the country for the tournament -- the first time that it has been staged in Afica.
Total revenue was expected to top 11 billion rand (1.5 billion US dollars), he added.
AFP

As probably one of the main areas of concern about the 2010 tournament, it's good to see some strategy is in place in RSA. I hope they succeed.

[Mikel]

roltel, on Aug 23 2006, 10:55 PM, said:

As probably one of the main areas of concern about the 2010 tournament, it's good to see some strategy is in place in RSA. I hope they succeed.

Of course they will succeed, if they don't the credibility of FIFA will fall drastically (they promoted an African WC)

[Mikel]

Mikel, on Aug 24 2006, 08:46 AM, said:

Of course they will succeed, if they don't the credibility of FIFA will fall drastically (they promoted an African WC)

New stadiums in Spain- Possible backup stadiums for 2010-14

[baron-pierreIV]

Very impressive, mikel. But would they be ready for 2010? I mean Spain can be a back-up for 2010. But the US is already the back-up for 2014 -- so you can't have that year. And if Brazil doesn't get ready for 2014; then 2018 will go to them.

So Spain and England will have to battle for 2022. That would be an interesting fight. I'm with Spain for that fight!!

Arriba Espana 2022!!

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ALso,



Is that soccer field to scale over the Olympic track? Is that much land left unused if an Olympic stadium is converted to a soccer field? Makes the seats pretty far!

Edited by baron-pierreIV, 25 August 2006 - 01:12 PM.