South Africa will soon begin work on stadia for the 2010 World Cup finals and the costs should run to about R6 billion, Danny Jordaan, the head of the local organising committee (LOC), told Parliament.
The tournament is expected to inject billions of rands into the country’s economy and thousands of jobs.
Jordaan, speaking to a committee debating a special Sports Measures Bill, said the building of four new stadia and the refurbishment of a further four would all be under way by January.
He said construction of a new stadium in Port Elizabeth would begin in October, to be followed in November by work on a major revamp of Soccer City, the Johannesburg venue where the 2010 final will be played.
Cape Town's new stadium will have a 70 000 capacity with a retractable roof, Jordaan said, and is earmarked to host one of the semi-finals. Soccer City, which already has a capacity of 75 000, would be increased to a new capacity of 104 000. It will host the opening game and the final.
A total of three million tickets will be sold for the 2010 tournament, one third for the South African market, one third for international fans and the other third reserved for marketing partners and FIFA.
Jordaan said South Africa expected 350 000 visitors for the tournament in 2010, way down on the numbers in Germany.
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