Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

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Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
"The Sunflower"
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Aerial view of the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth
Data
place 70 Prince Alfred Road North End, 6001 Port Elizabeth , South Africa
South AfricaSouth Africa
Coordinates 33 ° 56 '16.1 "  S , 25 ° 35' 58.3"  E Coordinates: 33 ° 56 '16.1 "  S , 25 ° 35' 58.3"  E
owner Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
opening June 7, 2009
First game June 7, 2009
surface Natural grass (2009-2010)
Hybrid grass (since 2010)
costs ZAR 1.1 billion ( € 70.3 million )
architect Gerkan, Marg and Partner
capacity 46,000 seats
playing area 105 × 68 m (football)
125 × 70 m (rugby)
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Events

The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is a rugby - and football stadium in the South African city of Port Elizabeth , Province of Eastern Cape . It was built on the occasion of the 2010 soccer World Cup and offers 46,000 seats. The sports facility bears because of the roof structure nicknamed "The Sunflower" ( German  "The Sunflower" ).

history

The architectural design comes from the German architectural office Gerkan, Marg and Partner (gmp), Hamburg, the structural planning for the roof was carried out by the engineering office Schlaich, Bergermann und Partner , Stuttgart. The stadium, with the originally planned cost of 1.1 billion Rand , about 100 million euros, was built on the North End Lake in the heart of the city and consists of five ranks. Construction began at the beginning of September 2006, the completion was in May 2009 and the official opening at the beginning of June of that year. The sports arena is 150 VIP - boxes , 60 business boxes, a shop for sportswear, a gymnasium equipped, 500 parking spaces, as well as seminar and function rooms.

Is named the stadium after the turn by Nelson Mandela designated Metropolitan Municipality Nelson Eastern Cape .

On July 8, 2008, the National Organizing Committee announced that the 2009 Confederations Cup would not take place at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, as construction was well behind schedule at the time. With this measure, the organizing committee wanted to prevent a disgrace at the dress rehearsal for the 2010 World Cup. However, the stadium was the first of the World Cup stadiums to be completely completed and would also have been ready for the Confederations Cup.

2010 World Cup matches in Port Elizabeth

Group games

Round of 16

Quarter finals

3rd place match

  • July 10, 2010, 8:30 p.m.: Uruguay - Germany 2: 3 (1: 1)UruguayUruguay GermanyGermany 

2013 African Cup of Nations games in Port Elizabeth

Group games

With the exception of the last day of the match, the group matches took place as part of double events. All information in local time (UTC + 2); this corresponds to Central European Time (CET) + 1 hour.

Quarter finals

  • February 2, 2013, 5:00 p.m .: Ghana - Cape Verde 2: 0 (0: 0)GhanaGhana Cape VerdeCape Verde 

3rd place match

  • February 9, 2013, 8:00 p.m .: Mali - Ghana 3: 1 (1: 0)MaliMali GhanaGhana 

Web links

Commons : Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, South Africa - Another stadium of the 2010 FIFA World Cup equipped with Desso GrassMaster . Desso Sports; accessed on December 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium . gmp Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners; accessed on December 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium . Schlaich Bergermann and Partner; accessed on December 31, 2017.