Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium

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Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium
Location Clermont, Durban,
South Africa
Coordinates 29°46′10″S30°53′8″E / 29.76944°S 30.88556°E / -29.76944; 30.88556
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 currently 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 small 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]

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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.