Soccer City

The Soccer City called by advertising motives FNB Stadium (First National Bank), is a soccer stadium located in Johannesburgo, South Africa, which will be a headquarters of parties of the World Cup of Football of 2010, between which the inaugural party and the final will be.

It was constructed in 1987, and he was having 78.000 spectators. There was partially demolished for the world one of 2010, and his capacity extended to 94.700 seated spectators, which turns it into the biggest stadium of Africa. The majority of the big soccer events of South Africa develop in the FNB, since one adapts better to these events that the nearby Ellis Park, where there was disputed the final of the World Cup of Rugby of 1995. Soweto and the National Center of Exhibitions in Nasrec are in his proximities.

Once remodelled, it returned to be a headquarters of international parties of the selection of football of South Africa, disputing the first one of them against Colombia, on May 27, 2010.