Lucas Moripe Stadium
Appearance
Former names | Atteridgeville Super Stadium |
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Location | Maunde St., Atteridgeville, Pretoria, South Africa |
Coordinates | 25°46′33.31″S 28°4′22.33″E / 25.7759194°S 28.0728694°E |
Owner | City of Tshwane |
Capacity | 28,900 |
Construction | |
Renovated | 2008 |
Construction cost | R48 million (2008 refurbishment)[1] |
Tenants | |
Mamelodi Sundowns[2] |
Lucas "Masterpieces" Moripe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Atteridgeville, a township of Pretoria, South Africa. With a capacity to host 28,900 spectators, it is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as part-time home stadium of Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns.
The stadium was named after former local soccer player Lucas Moripe. Until 2010 the stadium was known as Super Stadium.
The Germany national football team used it as a training venue during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
References
[edit]- ^ "$4.7m budgeted for Confederations Cup marketing". 12 May 2009.
- ^ "Ajax lused Cape Town Stadium". KickOff Magazine.
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