World Cup Soccer Stadium

The World Cup Soccer Stadium has become quite a prominent landmark in Port Elizabeth. Earlier this evening Suzi-k and I went for a stroll to see the progress. This is the result from Richmond Hill, looking out over North End and the stadium.

The face of Port Elizabeth will never be the same again.


Not long to go now and it will be finsished, though I do believe that a game has already been played there.

World Cup Soccer Stadium

I visted the World Cup Soccer Stadium yesterday afternoon and for the for the first time since the project started, I got feeling of real excitement when I saw the progress and the buzz on the site. Somehow, the roof cladding has made the difference.

Now for confession time - I have been watching this development rather dispassionately, over the past months. Perhaps it is because I am not a soccer fan, or maybe it is because I can't understand why billions of rands are spent on a structure, where a few games will be played ..................... and then its all over.

On the positive side, we will have a world class stadium that can be used to attact more big games to the city. You cannot deny that these days "sport = big bucks" - so bring it on and let the city benefit.

If you are interested I will be posting more pictures of the stadium on Port Elizabeth Daily Photo over the next few days.