Loftus Versfeld Stadium (Loftus Versfeld Stadium) City: Tshwane/Pretoria (Tshwane/Pretoria) Completion: First built in 1906, upgraded in 2008 Completion status: Minor renovation Capacity: 50,000 people Loftus

The stadium is one of the oldest stadiums in South Africa. It was built in 1903 and was officially completed and put into use three years later. It is referred to as the East End Sports Ground.

At that time, the stadium was extremely crude. In 1923, the Pretoria City Hall renovated it and added a concrete structure building, which gave the stadium its initial scale.

In 1928, when the powerful New Zealand rugby national team came here to compete, the stadium union made huge profits by erecting changing rooms and toilets, which also made Loftus Stadium famous.

In March 1932, Robert Owen Loftus, the founder of the Pretoria Sports Association, died unexpectedly of illness. Since then, the stadium has been officially named Loftus Stadium.

But Loftus must have never imagined that his descendants would "abandon" him several times for financial gain.

On June 11, 1998, the Japanese company Minolta named it, and Loftus Stadium was immediately renamed Minolta-Loftus Stadium. It was not until February 2003 that the Japanese name was shed.

However, a few days later, Loftus Stadium had another British name. On February 5 of the same year, the famous British security company Securicor obtained the naming rights.

It was not until September 1, 2005, that the South African telecommunications giant Vodacom took over and redeemed the name rights for Loftus Stadium.

Loftus Stadium has been upgraded many times since 1906. The stadium was last renovated in 1984 before the World Cup.

It is precisely because of the continuous upgrading that Loftus Stadium has become the most trouble-free among the ten stadiums in South Africa. In order to prepare for the World Cup, Loftus Stadium only carried out simple repairs and replaced a small part of the facilities. Mainly

Focused on modifications to floodlights, electronic scoreboards and live sound.

As one of the oldest stadiums in South Africa, Loftus Stadium has hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup, the 1996 African Cup of Nations, and many large-scale concerts.

On April 17, 2006, when UB40 and Robbie Williams came here to tour, 56,000 people came to watch. When Canadian diva Celine Dion started singing in 2008, 8 people poured into Loftus Stadium.

Thousands of people.

Currently, the stadium is the home of South African domestic league powerhouse Mamelodi Sundowns, as well as the home of South Africa's top domestic rugby team, the Blue Bulls.

Many South African fans regard Loftus Stadium as a blessed place for the national team, because they defeated a European team for the first time in this stadium. In 1999, the South African national team defeated the Nordic powerhouse Sweden 1-0 here.

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It must be mentioned that Pretoria, where Loftus Stadium is located, is a Europeanized city, and the streets are almost all white.

The market is prosperous, the streets are clean, the scenery is beautiful, and the flowers and trees are prosperous. It is known as the "Garden City".

There are also many purple weeds planted on both sides of the streets in the city, so it is also named "Ziwei City".

The city of Pretoria was founded in 1855 and was named after South Africa's first president, Dutch immigrant Martinus Pretorius.

However, in 2005, after the unification of the South African Geographical Name Change Committee, Pretoria was renamed "Tshwane", which was the name of one of the first black chiefs to settle there, with the intention of breaking with the apartheid era.

Perhaps, to celebrate this move, four African teams will be guests at this World Cup.

Host venue time Group matchup 06.13 Group D Serbia VS Ghana 06.16 Group A South Africa VS Uruguay 06.19 Group E Cameroon VS Denmark 06.23 Group C United States VS Algeria 06.25 Group H Chile VS Spain 06.29 1/8 finals F1VSE2 Mokaba Stadium (Peter Mokaba Stadium)

City: Polokwane Completion: 2010 Status: Newly built Capacity: 46,000 people Mokaba Stadium is the last of the ten stadiums to be built for the World Cup in South Africa. It is a professional football stadium and will be completed on the eve of the World Cup.

The new stadium was built near the old Petersburg Stadium. The design of the stadium was inspired by the local baobab trees. Three sides of the stadium are open-air, and the other side is made of a steel structure that supports the entire roof plane. It is expected to be able to

Capacity 46,000 people.

The Mokaba Stadium is only 5 kilometers away from the center of Pauloguani and is very suitable for spectators to watch the game.