Key facts
- Full name
- Peter Mokaba Stadium
- Location
- Magazyn St., Polokwane , South Africa
- Owner
- City of Polokwane
- Capacity
- 45,500
- Surface
- Rye Grass with Desso GrassMaster
- Built
- 2007–2009
- Opened
- 23 January 2010 ; 16 years ago ( 2010-01-23 )
- Construction cost
- Rand 1.245 billion, ( US$ 150 million)
- Architect
- AFL Architects
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The Peter Mokaba Stadium is a football and rugby union stadium in Polokwane (formerly Pietersburg), South Africa, that was used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It has a capacity to host 45,500 spectators but for the purposes of the 2010 FIFA World Cup the seating capacity was reduced to 41,733. It is named after Peter Mokaba, a former leader of the ANC Youth League. It is located just east of the older Peter Mokaba Stadium and 3 kilometers from the CBD.
The stadium is one of five stadiums that were built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Initial plans to upgrade the existing Old Peter Mokaba Stadium were abandoned in favour of the R1,245,000,000 new Peter Mokaba stadium.