What a way to start a blog, by breaking the news of the 2010 World Cup Venues....
The Sports Ministry has announced the 10 venues to host the 2010 Soccer Wold Cup. The venues comprise of 5 existing stadia wichich will be refurbished and upgraded and 5 that will be newly built or re built.
There are 3 stadiums for Gauteng, Soccer City, Ellis Park and Loftus got the nod. The Royal Bafokeng in the North West and Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein will also be upgraded.
The new or rebuilt stadiums are the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Kings Park Soccer stadium in Durban and the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town. New stadia will be built in Mbombela in Mpumalanga and in theNelson Mandela Metropole. Green Point will be turned into a multi sport venue with a roof that can open and close.
The announcement also went on to explain that there was a move to correct the imbalance between rugby and soccer fields.
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