Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is a 48,459-seater stadium in Port Elizabeth.
The five-tier, R2 billion (approximately $159 million) Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was built overlooking the North End Lake, at the heart of the city. It is one of three coastal stadiums built in anticipation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It regularly hosts large scale rugby union and football (soccer) matches. The stadium has also been used as a concert venue.
Read more about Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium: Background, Design, Construction, Transport, Precinct, See Also
Famous quotes containing the words nelson mandela, nelson, mandela, bay and/or stadium:
“Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.”
—Nelson Mandela (b. 1918)
“From now on, if I ever get to burn another newspaper, I’ll remember what a few cents can buy.”
—Alvah Bessie, Ranald MacDougall, and Lester Cole. Raoul Walsh. Captain Nelson (Errol Flynn)
“Communists have always played an active role in the fight by colonial countries for their freedom, because the short- term objects of Communism would always correspond with the long-term objects of freedom movements.”
—Nelson Mandela (b. 1918)
“The seagull’s wings shall dip and pivot him,
Shedding white rings of tumult, building high
Over the chained bay waters Liberty—
Then, with inviolate curve, forsake our eyes”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)
“In their eyes I have seen
the pin men of madness in marathon trim
race round the track of the stadium pupil.”
—Patricia K. Page (b. 1916)