World Cup 2010 Stadiums

As soon as we can find more pictures of the rest of the stadiums we will add them here.

World Cup 2010 Stadium South-africa

PropertyInvesting.net Team

The PropertyInvesting.net team visited South Africa to provide some insights for our visitors. Starting with the Cape Town area - it’s absolutely beautiful. Dramatic scenery, lovely beaches, history, culture, low retail prices, a growing economy and amazing “Mediterranean” climate – similar to central Italy. Only problem is the crime – you have to “watch your back” and “don’t be too trusting”. As we have described before, the retiring babyboomers with high net worth have been looking for select properties with sea views, sun, sand, sailing, scenery for many years now. Most of the British arriving at Cape Town airport seem to be over 55 years only. Many South Africa's from Jo'burg retire in these parts.

You have all this beauty on the coast road from Cape Town through Green Point, Sea Point, Cliftonville, Bantry Bay, Camps Bay, Llandudno through to Hout Bay. Camps Bay - Bantry Bay are the closest you will get to the St Tropez of Africa – the best beach front penthouses now sell for £1 million. Cape Town harbour is rapidly developing with nice marina, shops and restaurants – and good maritime history. This is a stones-throw from the new World Cup Stadium in Cape Town at Greenpoint - currently on course for completion early 2010. The area just behind the stadium and anywhere in Greenpoint will likely see prices rising as regeneration efforts improve the area prior to the World Cup.

The Claremont suburb of Cape Town has spacious executive houses with good security – these make popular long term corporate rentals. Most living costs are half what they are in the UK – no sign of this changing. Hout Bay is a more family oriented alternative residential area and is definitely up and coming – some new select gated developments are being built, the town does have a growing Township of squatters – crime is low because of a very effective neighbourhood watch scheme and community spirit. Further south along the dramatic coastline is Hoek Bay – a rather Bohemian place frequented by surfers – definitely up and coming – the sea is very warm which attracts bathers. Likely to become more mainstream and popular in the next ten years.

The economics of South Africa are less compelling – GDP growth of 3% in 2008 an projected -2% in 2009 is not good. The Rand has dropped from 10 to 18 to the pound, but has recently recovered to 15 because of the pounds drop. It’s still difficult to take large amounts of Rand out of the country. Commissions on property sales are high – like in Spain. Manufacturing, centred in Johannesburg, was doing well in 2008 but South Africa has to compete with India and China, so the longer term outlook may not be so good. The crime problems don’t seem to be getting any better. So South Africa is not without its risk though any property investor visiting Cape Town and seeing Table Mountain, the Seven Apostles and all the beautiful beaches, wildlife, wineries, sun, sand, sea, scenery and culture will feel like buying a property - but be careful.

House prices rose by about 12% in 2007 and 9% in 2008 but are now dropping because of the global downturn - retail prices in inflation was 10% in 2008 and is also dropping to ca. 5% currently. Interest rates peaked at 15% in 2008. As you can see, the real price increases are only slightly above inflation - with the Rand exposed to weakness against the pound, Euro and dollar, it's a relatively risky place to attempt to make serious money, if you are from a country with a strong currency.

Prices rose the strongest in Pretoria 45% by 2006 plying catch-up. This area used to be one large Township – now many locals have jobs in manufacturing, mining and land and property price have risen accordingly. Not for the average investor but for the more adventurous – could be with considering. In the Cape Town area, prices rose about 16% last year and are expected to rise by a further 7% this year. Interest rate recently rose to 9% so this will likely hinder the property market in 2007.

Other developing cities are Durban on the east coast and Johannesburg the capital and main financial centre – crime is still a big problem, so researching an area and buying secure property is important.

Price have now declining in most area – so the big boom of the last 6 years has ended – if you invest in South Africa, it will undoubtedly be a bet on the strength of the Rand. And any hike in oil price will hit the country hard – or taxes on airline fares (carbon tax) in view of the distance from Europe, Asia and USA.

Add to this the increased political risk from instability in the ANC party, problems controlling immigration from other African countries and an uncertain net migration of wealth to Europe, although the situation at present is relatively stable, the downside is quite large, albeit the economic upside is also quite large.

Problems were encountered Jan-Feb 2008 with power cuts, related mine closures caused by the cuts and some political turbulence - however, things rapidly improved by mid 2008 and things have been far more stable since. But it does highlight the uncertainties - and challenges the country has with power, exposure to high oil prices and reliance on high metals commodity prices, manufacturing and long-distance tourism for its economy.

If oil prices skyrocket again, and airline travel costs rise, or the world stays in recession many years, South Africa could be hit hard.

But the Football World Cup in 2010 will likely boost prices in the main cities – Cape Town will see a big new stadium being build about 1 mile south-east of the harbour / marina - properties close to the action are likely to see values rise at a higher rate than the average area.

So overall – if you want a retirement home in the sun, it’s a great place being in the southern hemisphere – but for serious property investors, it might be best to focus are areas in Europe, Asia or USA close to where you live. Its more manageable and easier to pick up below market value property on an ongoing basis. And you wont have to worry about currency fluctuations.

We provide some hopefully useful resources below that can be used to map-identify the best investment areas - choosing low crime areas is important, along with regenerating areas possibly close to a World Cup stadium.

World Cup 2010 Stadium Locations

Fifa World Cup 2010 draw

World Cup 2010 South Africa Stadium Map (www.cybercatown-com)

World Cup 2010 Stadium South-africa

World Cup 2010 South Africa Crime Map

Fifa World Cup Nelson Mandela

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FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa

FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa

The 2010 World Cup comes from South Africa.The entire world has been waiting for the world cup to get underway and to experience the thrills. With the likes of legends like Ronaldinho and Beckham playing in their last event, it is surely going to be a great one month in 2010!

Here are all the latest news and information...

Soccer World Cup 2010

All set to rock the sports world

Soccer has been the most famous sport in the world for over a century. It is also the most viewed and followed sport in the world. There are many football competitions that are followed by millions of people all over the globe. Most notable are the leagues that are played in many European, American and African countries among others. However, one event that steals the leading attention and comes over on top of every viewer's list is the FIFA World Cup.

The event, which takes place once in four years, shatters all audience records in every time it is held. There is a huge expectation for every football world cup even a year before its commencement. The next world cup, which is to be held in 2010, is not an exception. Millions of football fans are just impatient for the event to start and are eager to grab as much tickets as possible.

Host

South Africa is all set to host the 2010 World Cup after having won a strong bid to host the event, warding off a stiff challenge from fellow African country, Morocco.

The preparations for the event, which is to be held between June 11 and July 11, had started in full swing in 2006. Being a third world country and a developing economy, South Africa looks to rake in a bulk of profit through the event by means of ticket sales, transport, lodging and tourism. The country is very careful in making full and best arrangements to accommodate the teams and the visiting audience.

2010 Soccer World Cup Mascot

The World Cup 2010 Mascot "Zakumi" is a green haired leopard has been announced as the official mascot for the event.
The word "Zakumi" derives from "Za", which is South Africa's abbreviation and "Kumi", which is a representation of ten in a majority of the African languages, denoting 2010.

Official World Cup 2010 Mascot

Official World Cup 2010 Mascot - ZAKUMI

Official launch of Mascott - 22 September 2008

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Venues and Stadiums

All the matches of the 2010 World Cup are scheduled to be conducted in 10 venues in nine different cities. Two stadiums in Johannesburg are set to host matches for the event. The other cities that will host matches are Pretoria, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Nelspruit, Polokwane and Rustenburg. The "Soccer City" stadium in Johannesburg is the largest of all the ten stadiums and is set to accommodate about 100,000 people. This is also the stadium, which is expected to host the finals of the world cup.

The budget allotted by the government of South Africa for the infrastructural development for the event is reported to be $8 billion. The South African Football Association has been utilizing the money efficiently to raise exceptional stadiums and to develop the facilities in the existing stadiums.

City

Stadium

Capacity

Info

Johannesburg

Soccer City

94700

being upgraded

Durban

Moses Mabhida S.

70000

being constructed

Cape Town

Greenpoint Stadium

70000

being constructed

Johannesburg

Ellis Park Stadium

62567

being upgraded

Pretoria

Loftus Versfeld S.

50000

being upgraded

Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela S.

48000

under construction

Bloemfontein

Free State Stadium

48000

being upgraded

Nelspruit

Mbombela Stadium

46000

under construction

Polokwane

Peter Mokaba Stadium

46000

being constructed

Rustenburg

Royal Bafokeng S.

42000

being upgraded

Soccer World Cup Official Sponsors

The event has garnered support and sponsors like never before. This time, there will be six official partners for the whole event namely Coca-Cola, Adidas, Emirates, Hyundai, Sony Corporation and Visa Corporation.
There will be a string of official sponsors supporting the event financially. Notable of the sponsors are Budweiser, McDonalds, Castrol, MTN and Continental corporation.

Official World Cup Ball

Adidas will be the official makers of the footballs to be used in the tournament just as it has been the case in the previous editions too. The official ball is expected to be released for public view in December 2009.
Resources have quoted that it is going to be the debut of the "smart ball", which would contain a microchip that would help the referees to make perfect decisions.

Qualification

Teams

The event fields 32 countries vying for football glory. South Africa, being the host of the World cup, gets an automatic qualification for participation in the event. The remaining 31 slots are divided into individual slots for each FIFA confederations and the qualifications for those places are decided through qualification play-offs.

A record 204 countries registered for the qualification event. The qualification rounds started in late 2007 and 34 teams were eliminated after the first round of preliminary play-offs. The remaining teams will go through a string of rounds and the final 31 will be selected in mid 2009.

Brazil, Argentina, France, Italy, Spain, England, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, Portugal, Australia and Korea are some of the teams that are expected to qualify with ease. Italy is the defending champion after having won the last world cup against France.

Players

The 2010 World Cup is expected to be the last event for many football greats like Ronaldinho and Beckham.

Apart from them, many greats and legends like Kaka, Thiery Henry, Michael Ballack, Steven Gerrard, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney among others are set to take part in the event. It will be the first world cup for a few young guns Robinho, Park and others.

2010 World Cup Tickets

World Cup tickets

It has been reported that there has been 1.6 million advance bookings for the tickets at all the world cup matches. This is a record by a long way for a single event.


There is a heavy competition among the locals and the worldwide fans to grab tickets for the world cup. Apart from the official ticket providers FIFA, many other online ticket providers sell tickets for the FIFA world cup. Bidding for tickets have been in progress for months together in online booking centers. Some notable ticket sellers online like Worldticketshop.com have started their sales and bidding process of the world cup tickets. The bidding prices have rocketed up in the site and are all set to reach record heights.

Hotels and Accommodations

The pre-world cup analysis by the South African Football Association reports that approximately eight hundred thousand visitors will visit the stadiums to watch the matches live. Among these, 400,000 are expected to be foreign visitors. Owing to this high expectation, the developments of new hotels in the South African cities have been on the rise since 2007.

The developments have not only been concentrated in the cities that host the matches but also in the cities surrounding the venues. This includes places like Kwa-Zulu Natal, Franschhoek, Knysna, Stellenbosch, Mpumalanga among others. More hotels are being built in tourists locations like Kruger National Park, Plettenberg Bay, Mossel Bay etc.

SEARCH FOR WORLD CUP 2010 HOTELS!

Being one of the most famous sports events after the Olympics, the world cup is set to bring huge revenues for South Africa. The government has been pouring in a lot of money for the internal development along with the development of infrastructure. A lot of importance has been given to the development of security within the country.

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South Africa 2010 World Cup Groups Revealed

The groups for the South Africa 2010 World Cup have been drawn and it looks to be a fantastic world cup, in the group stages we'll have fixtures like England-USA, Germany-Ghana, Netherlands-Cameroon, Brazil-Portugal, and one of my favorites, Spain against Chile.

Check out the groups below and let us know what you think of them by commenting below.

Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic, Greece
Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana,
Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, Korea DPR, Côte d'Ivoire, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile

And in a more glamourous fashion below is the groups arranged in their respective tables.

Group A

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group C

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
USA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group D

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group E

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group F

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group G

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Korea DPR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Côte d'Ivoire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group H

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0