Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium

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Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium
Location Clermont, Durban,
South Africa
Coordinates 29°48′06″S30°53′46″E / 29.80167°S 30.89611°E / -29.80167; 30.89611
Owner City of Durban
Capacity 6,500
Construction
Renovated2010
Construction cost R73 million (2009 refurbishment) [1]

Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Clermont, a township of Durban, South Africa. It is used mostly for football matches and was selected as one of the 3 training venues of the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being renovated in 2010 and brought up to FIFA standards.

The stadium's capacity was expanded from 1,700 to 6,500 as a lasting legacy of the World Cup.

The stadium is named after Cedric 'Sugar Ray' Xulu, a footballer considered a living legend in Durban whose career in the 1960s led him to play for local side AmaZulu and Mbabane Swallows in Swaziland. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "2010 Training Venues". Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Training Stadia". Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2010.


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