Key facts
- Full name
- Mbombela Stadium
- Location
- 1 Bafana Road, Nelspruit
- Owner
- Mbombela Local Municipality
- Operator
- Platinum Sport
- Capacity
- 43,500
- Surface
- Rye grass & Desso GrassMaster
- Groundbreaking
- February 2007
- Built
- 2007–2009
- Opened
- 15 October 2009 ; 16 years ago ( 2009-10-15 )
- Construction cost
- Rand 1.05 billion, ( US$ 199 million)
- Architect
- R&L Architects Mike Bell
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The Mbombela Stadium is a football and Rugby union all-seater stadium in Mbombela in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It was one of 10 venues for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and one of 5 newly constructed stadiums for the tournament. It is the home ground to the soccer team TS Galaxy, who play in the Premiership, and the Pumas rugby team. It is an all-seater stadium, with 43,500 seats, almost all under roof.
It is located 6 kilometres west of Mbombela, the capital of the Mpumalanga province and is the largest venue in the province. The R1,050-million facility was ready for use well ahead of the June 2010 World Cup kickoff and was funded entirely through central government taxpayer funding, requiring no financing by the city.