Soccer City set for official opening 20/05/2010 |
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The World Cup final stadium will be officially opened this weekend and hopes to attract a crowd of 80,000 for the South African FA Cup final.
Johannesburg's Soccer City is the last of the World Cup venues to open, having undergone an almost complete renovation.
Reuters reports that the inaugural game at the revamped venue had been saved for this weekend's cup final, although hopes for a sell-out crowd have been hit by the progress of two lesser-known teams – AmaZulu of Durban and Wits University – to the final.
The league says 50,000 of the 80,000 seats have already been sold. The stadium's capacity is 94,700 but for security reasons the number of tickets has been limited by 14,700.
"For many people who have not been able to get World Cup tickets, this is a chance to see the stadium," said the league's chief operations officer Ronnie Schloss.
"We hope that people will finally discard the idea that football cannot go on in the absence of the top supported teams."
Soccer City will host the opening game of the World Cup between South Africa and Mexico on June 11, as well as the World Cup final on July 11.
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