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Ellis Park Stadium is a rugby union and association football stadium in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It hosted the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was won by the country's national team, the Springboks. The stadium was the country's most modern when it was upgraded in 1982 to accommodate almost 60,000 people. Today, th…
Ellis Park Stadium is a rugby union and association football stadium in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It hosted the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was won by the country's national team, the Springboks. The 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 the upgrade.
  • Location: 47 N. Park Lane Doornfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, 2028
  • Owner: City of Johannesburg, Orlando Pirates, Interza Lesego, Ellis Park Stadium (Pty) Ltd
  • Capacity: 62,567 (Rugby union and Soccer) · 55,686 (2010 FIFA World Cup)
  • Opened: 1928
  • Former names: Coca-Cola Park
  • Operator: Ellis Park World of Sport
  • Surface: Grass
Data from: en.wikipedia.org