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2010 Soccer World Cup

 

One of the world’s greatest sporting spectacles, the 2010 Soccer World Cup, is about to dawn on South Africa. Johannesburg is honoured to be selected as a host city and offers two magnificent venues to host a number of group matches: the opening game and the final.

Mapungubwe Hotel Apartments is situated in close proximity to the Soccer City (4km) and Ellis Park (5 km) venues. The hotel is also in close proximity to the cultural hub of the inner city. The Market Theatre & Joburg Theater, as well as various world-class art galleries, museums, restaurants and theme parks, are all easily accessible.

Mapungubwe Hotel Apartment has a selected number of rooms available during the World Cup period from 11 June to 11 July 2010. Mapungubwe also offers exciting specials and events from 1 June 2010 to 31 July 2010 to celebrate the World Cup and to ensure all visitors maximise the enjoyment of their stay in Johannesburg.

Mapungubwe Hotel offers luxury accommodation with contemporary African design and décor. The property consists of 98 themed apartments that include 79 deluxe studios, 19 one-bedroom units and 1 penthouse unit. A limited number of ‘smoking rooms’ are available on request.

For World Cup Reservations:

 

2010 World Cup Rates

ROOM TYPE & BASIS		1 June to 31 July
STANDARD RATES		SINGLE	DOUBLE
Studio Suites	B&B	R 2 450	R 2 650
One Bedroom Exec Suite	B&B	R 2 650	R 2 850
Penthouse	B&B	R 3 650	R 3 850

For World Cup Reservations:

 

 

Mapungubwe Hotel Apartments supports Bafana Bafana!

Matches

 

Ellis Park Stadium

 

Date – Time	Stage		Results
12 June - 16:00	Group B		Argentina	-		Nigeria
15 June - 20:30	Group G		Brazil	-		Korea DPR
18 June - 16:00	Group C		Slovenia	-		USA
21 June - 20:30	Group H		Spain	-		Honduras
24 June - 16:00	Group F		Slovakia	-		Italy
28 June - 20:30	Round of 16		1G	-		2H
03 July - 20:30	Quarter-finals		6	-		8

 

Soccer City Stadium

 

Date - Time	Stage		Results
11 June - 16:00	Group A		South Africa	-		Mexico
14 June - 13:30	Group E		Netherlands	-		Denmark
17 June - 13:30	Group B		Argentina	-		Korea Republic
20 June - 20:30	Group G		Brazil	-		Côte d'Ivoire
23 June - 20:30	Group D		Ghana	-		Germany
27 June - 20:30	Round of 16		1B	-		2A
02 July - 20:30	Quarter-finals		1	-		3
11 July - 20:30	Final		W1	-		W2

Ellis Park

 

 

Directions from Mapungubwe Hotel to the Ellis Park (Coca-Cola Park) Stadium

 

Coca-Cola Park, formerly and known as Ellis Park Stadium, is a rugby union and association football stadium in the city of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It hosted the Rugby World Cup final in 1995, which was won by the country's national team, the Springboks. The large stadium was the country's most modern when it was upgraded in 1982 to accommodate almost 60,000 people. Today, the stadium hosts both football and rugby, and is also used as a venue for other large events, such as open-air concerts. It has become synonymous with rugby as the only time when rugby was not played at Ellis Park was during 1980 and 1981 when the stadium was under construction during an upgrade. The stadium was formerly named after Mr J.D. Ellis who made the area for the stadium available. Ellis Park is home to one of the country's most popular clubs, Orlando Pirates FC.

Soccer City

 

 

Directions from Mapungubwe Hotel to the FNB Soccer City Stadium

 

The stadium will host the opening match with South Africa versus Mexico, four more first-round matches, one second-round match, one quarter-final, and the final. The Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg has undergone a major upgrade for the 2010 tournament, with a new design inspired by traditional African pottery. The upper tier has been extended around the stadium to increase the capacity to 94 700 spectators with an extra 99 Executive suites. An encircling roof has been constructed, new changing room facilities have been developed and new floodlights have been installed.

 

The number of suites in this stadium has been increased to 195. The outside of the stadium is designed to have the appearance of a calabash, an African pot, the cladding on the outside is a mosaic of fire and earthen colours with a ring of lights running around the bottom of the structure, simulating fire underneath the pot. No spectator will be more than 100 metres (330ft) from the action and there are no restricted views in the stadium.

 

The stands in Soccer City are articulated by ten black vertical lines; nine are aligned geographically with the nine other stadia involved in the 2010 World Cup, and a tenth line is aimed at Berlin's Olympic Stadium, which hosted the previous World Cup final in 2006. This represents the road to the final and it is hoped that after the World Cup, each goal scored at the stadium will be placed in pre-cast concrete panels on a podium so that the full history of the tournament’s scores can be seen for years to come.