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FNB Stadium

BASIC INFO
Name:FNB Stadium
Location:Johannesburg, South Africa
Opened:2009
Closed:2007
Rebuilt:2009
Capacity:91,141
Tenants:South African national football team
Previous Names:First National Bank Stadium, Soccer City, The Calabash
Events staged:

Football.

BUILD
Construction Cost:2009 Approx £275 million
Construction:Populous and Boogertman & Partners

LINKS
Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer_City#cite_note-1
Stadium website:http://www.soccercity2010.co.za/index.asp
Web cam:

RANDOM FACT
The stadium is designed to look like a calabash, an African pot. The stadium is raised on a podium with lights around the bottom indicating the pot is on a fire.

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