Stadium 路 South Africa
How much did Mbombela Stadium cost to build?
Mbombela Stadium in Mbombela (Nelspruit), Mpumalanga, South Africa, is the 43,500-seat stadium with a roof over 94% of its seats that hosted matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, owned by the Mbombela Local Municipality and designed by R&L Architects with Mike Bell, built from 2007 to 2009 and opened on 15 October 2009, with 5.5 million man-hours of construction. Mpumalanga.com says it cost approximately R1.2 billion to construct, 95% of it from the national Treasury and 5% from Mpumalanga, while Wikipedia's infobox gives R1.05 billion.
Final project cost
ZAR 1.2 billion
Approximately $141.62 million
Cost basis: 2009
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Basis of the published figure
Final project cost2009
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Key dimensions
- CapacityMpumalanga.com
- 43,500 seats
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