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Cape Town has the following existing large stadia

- Newlands Stadium for Rugby 50,000 seats
- Athlone Stadium for football, currently increasing capacity as planned to 35,000. The north and south stand are being completed. It will act as a training venue
- A second training venue, Philippi stadium is a small athletics venue near the townships, being upgraded to seat 5,000 as a world cup legacy and to serve as a possible training venue
- Green Point Stadium is the only new stadium being built specifically for 2010 in Cape Town. It will seat 68,000 during the event and 56,000 in legacy.

A total of 10 stadia are being provided for the World Cup, situated in 9 host cities. Johannesburg will host matches at two venues.

In addition, several smaller existing venues are being upgraded as a major legacy project. Each venue requires two training venues in that host city and therefore about 20 small stadia ranging from 5,000 to 35,000 are undergoing upgrades to meet FIFA requirements for a training venue.

So apart from the 10 World cup stadia being upgraded or newly built, about 20 other venues are being upgraded as we speak to serve communities and football post 2010. South Africa also has 2 40,000 plus venues in Newlands and Kings Park that are not being used for the world cup.

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Soccer City 95,000





Nelson Mandela Bay 48,000






Mbombela Stadium 46,000

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Mbombela Stadium

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'Cape Town will host the best World Cup yet'

By Clayton Barnes

South Africa and the Western Cape can and will host the best 2010 Fifa World Cup yet.

That's according to Dr Laurine Platzky, head of the provincial government's 2010 team. Platzky said preparations for the soccer spectacular were in full swing, and that the provincial government was ready to start implementing its years of planning.

"It's now time for implementation and delivery. There will be no delays."

She said the province's main projects, which include upgrades to Hospital Bend, the Koeberg Interchange and Granger Bay Boulevard, were all on track.

"Work at the stadium is going well and we are confident it will be complete by December 2009."

She said there was also excitement and development in the youth sector, in sport development and in the tourism industry.

"Safety and security are also among our key focus areas."

But Platsky made it clear that the developments were also about the lasting legacy for generations to come.

Pieter Cronje, spokesperson for the city's 2010 committee, said the main objectives were to host a successful semi-final match, and to give spectators and visitors a safe and fun time in the Mother City.

"We will see an improved transport system, jobs would have been created and sporting facilities and stadia upgraded and built."

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Transport: Road construction
City: Cape Town
Project: Hospital Bend

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What changes will be made?
* Two new bridge structures will be built
* The existing bridge over the N2 will be widened
* Roads will be widened, realigned and resurfaced
* Upgraded overhead signs gantries and ground-mounted signs
* New street lighting
* Hard and soft landscaping

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Terminal 2010 on track for 2009

By Clayton Barnes



The construction of Terminal 2010, Cape Town International Airport's new multimillion-rand passenger terminal, is on track and expected to be complete by the end of 2009, the airport's general manager has disclosed.

Speaking to the Cape Argus in an exclusive interview on Monday, Airports Company South Africa's (Acsa) Cape Town general manager, Deon Cloete, said that in spite of the "nasty" winter weather, construction work on the new terminal was up to date and well on track ahead of the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

He said the "substantial progress" was thanks to dedicated workers committed to "getting the job done".

Work on the new R1,5-billion terminal development, which is scheduled to be complete by August, started in 2006 and is predicted to change the face of Cape Town's airport forever.

"We will be phasing in the new terminal, but it should be fully operational by early 2010," said Cloete.

"By 2009's third quarter, T2010 (Terminal 2010) would have been completed already."

Other big airport projects include a second 4 000-bay multistorey parkade, an R82m road network upgrade, and upgrades to the apron.

All the projects are expected to be completed by next year, and fully operational by May 2010, Cloete said.

About 80 percent of the projects would be commissioned and completed in 2009.

"The rest of the work will just be minor additions, but will be completed by 2010."

Cloete said he was not too concerned about the actual building and construction as he was confident that the structures would be completed in time.

Instead, he said, Acsa was focused on planning, and how to staff its operations during the World Cup.

"The focus is shifting away from the building side to the operations side of it," Cloete explained.

"We are working with all the role-players and partners to make sure we host a successful World Cup, and to make sure our guests and visitors reach Cape Town, their hotels, the stadium and their home countries safely."

Cloete said all airlines, tourist companies and the government were working together to make sure everything went according to plan.

"There is extensive planning under way," he said.

"In terms of security, which is absolutely critical, we are constantly in negotiations and planning with the police and all the agents in the security fraternity.

"The airport's police station has recently also doubled its manpower from 100 police officers to 200 officers."

Terminal 2010 will have 120 check-in desks, 20 self-service customer machines, 10 carousels, 11 security points and 10 passenger-loading bridges.

Upon completion of the parkades, there will be more than 8 000 parking bays, and the road network around the airport will be able to accommodate about 2 500 cars an hour. The current capacity is 1 200 cars an hour.

About 23 000 passengers pass through Cape Town International Airport every day.

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Record revenues for 2010
30% up on Germany 2006

By Tariq Panja

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Commercial rights to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa were sold for $3.4 billion, 30 percent more than the last tournament in Germany two years ago, world soccer’s governing body said.

The sale was completed last week with an agreement with Nigeria for the sale of the remaining television deal, FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke told delegates at the Soccerex conference in Johannesburg today.

Sponsorship, television and mobile telephone rights were included in the sale by the Zurich, Switzerland-based organization. Sponsors include Coca-Cola Co., McDonald’s Corp. and Visa Inc., he said. The rights for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will bring in $3.7 billion, he added. The 2010 tournament will be the first time the world’s most watched sports event is held on African soil.

“There was not a single time a commercial partner asked for a reduction,” said Valcke, who was formerly the organization’s marketing director.

The bulk of FIFA’s World Cup revenue is made from its global television rights sales. The organization will make more than $2 billion, said Niclas Ericson, who runs FIFA’s television and new media operations.

Television access will be free across Africa. In other countries it will be available through a mixture of free-to-air and pay-television broadcasters.

“Of course we would rather have it on free TV,” Ericson told reporters. “But it’s very hard to manage the revenue expectations for a single broadcaster.”

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$115m hospitality package sales selling faster than Germany 2006
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Over US$115-million (about R1.1-billion) worth of 2010 World Cup hospitality packages have been sold to South African companies, the Local Organising Committee told a media briefing in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

The packages included tickets for all games to be played during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, transport to stadiums and facilities like private suites, lounges, marquees, catering, parking and entertainment.

Optional extras included accommodation in lodges across the country, game drives and trips to neighbouring countries.

Addressing the media on Tuesday, FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke said the package sales indicated the "strong confidence of the corporate world in South Africa's capabilities to stage a fantastic World Cup in 2010.

"FIFA is extremely pleased to hear that hospitality sales are far surpassing all set targets. The sales are going at a much faster pace than for Germany 2006 for the equivalent period. This is yet another indication of the attractiveness of the FIFA World Cup," Valcke said.

While some stadiums were still under construction, raising fears that they might not be ready for the event, Valcke assured the media that all stadiums would be ready.

"The four stadiums for the Confederations Cup (2009) are on track. We are left with six months to the Confederations Cup and we'll be ready for kick off," he said.

His views were shared by Issa Hayatou, chairman of the FIFA organising committees for both the World Cup and the 2009 Confederations Cup.

"We are satisfied as far as infrastructure is concerned... really happy with what has been done now," Hayatou said through an interpreter.

A volunteer programme was also on track, with over 30 000 people having applied to volunteer during the Confederations Cup. However, only 5000 would be chosen.

LOC chief executive Danny Jordaan said the selection process was currently underway and was expected to be completed by December.

"Training has already started. Some of the volunteers helped during the Nelson Mandela Cup and the overall response to those who worked during that game was very positive... We are really happy with that," Jordaan said.

Also discussed at the briefing were budgets for both the Confederations Cup and the World Cup.

Jordaan said a budget of "just over R4-billion" had been drawn up and submitted to FIFA.