Here are a few panoramas that I took on a recent site visit to the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg.... This stadium will host the opening ceremony and the 2010 World Cup Football final game....

Just a few stats:
Key Quantities:
Seats : 94,000
Concrete Volume : 65,000 m³
Rebar : 7,000 ton
Formwork : 174,000 m²
Slabs : 65,000 m²
Piles : 1,200
Precast Elements : 14,000
Structural-Steel : 7,100 ton
Cladding : 38,000 m²
Excavation : 105,000m³
Earth Fill : 45,000 m³
Brickwork : 80,000 m²
Roof-Fabric : 370 000 m²

/As venue for the opening match and the 2010 Fifa World Cup final, Soccer City will be the focal point of the tournament. The Stadium, a classic, two-tiered bowl set on a spacious site south-west of the Johannesburg city centre, will stand as the cherished symbol of South African football's boom in recent years./

/It was constructed in 1987, becoming the country's first world class stadium solely dedicated to soccer. Soccer City accommodates the Safa offices and hosts most of the country's major soccer occasions: prime internationals featuring Bafana Bafana, impassioned derby matches between the giants, Chiefs and Pirates, and most Cup finals./

/For 2010, the upper tier will be extended around the stadium, an encircling roof will be constructed, a new changing room complex will be developed, and new floodlights will be installed. It can seat 94 700./

A couple of my shots from the site visit are in the next post.....
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Still not enough time to take pictures....... Is there ever?
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