Soccer City (also known as the FNB Stadium) is 10 kilometers from the Johannesburg city centre, on the outskirts of Soweto, and it will be the major venue at the 2010 World Cup, hosting eight games altogether, including the opening ceremony and match, and the closing ceremony and final. This means that a piece of history will be made as the World Cup is won on July 11 20010 in Africa for the first time, in Soccer City Stadium.

Soccer City is the jewel in South Africa's crown, built in 1987 it had a capacity of 80 000. Upgrades involved extending the upper tier to increase the capacity to 94 700 (excluding Media and VIP's); adding 99 more suites to bring the number to 184; constructing an encircling roof; adding new changing room facilities and installing new floodlighting.

Facts

• 15 000 at parking area around stadium, with 4 055 VIP underground parking
• 300-seat Restaurant
• Football museum
• Media section with 2 451 seats
• The venue has a capacity of 94 700, making it the largest in Africa
• although attendances will be limited to 89 000 during the World Cup in line with FIFA's security guidelines.
• From an engineering point of view, Soccer City is the biggest roofed stadium to be built for a World Cup.
• Vertical lines within stadium on seats pointing towards nine other stadiums in South Africa, and Berlin, where the World Cup was last won.
• Soccer City was recently award top honours at the bi-annual Fulton Awards, which reward constructions for their excellent and innovative use of concrete. Soccer City also won the award for Concrete in Architecture.

An arena with a seating capacity surpassing that of the new Wembley, the Johannesburg venue will host eight games during the 2010 event, including the opening match between South Africa and Mexico, and of course the final on 11 July. Other matches to be staged at Soccer City include the group games Holland – Denmark, Argentina – Korea Republic, Brazil – Ivory Coast and Ghana – Germany, as well as a second round match and a quarter-final.

World Cup Matches at Soccer City Stadium:

• Friday 11 June 2010 - South Africa vs Mexico
• Monday 14 June 2010 - Netherlands vs Denmark
• Thursday 17 June 2010 - Argentina vs Korea Republic
• Sunday 20 June 2010 - Brazil vs Ivory Coast
• Wednesday 23 June 2010 - Ghana vs Germany
• Sunday 27 June 2010 - Round of 16
• Friday 02 July 2010 - Quarterfinals     
• Sunday 11 July 2010 - Final