Watching soccer

Another pic from yesterday's Bay United vs Korea game

Korea Republic vs Bay United

As everybody should know by now, South Africa will be hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup in June and July this year. Port Elizabeth is one of the proud host cities and matches will be played in the new Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. The final draw for the tournament was done early in December and … Continue reading Korea Republic vs Bay United →

Freeways

This is the view from the top of the Campanile out of the window facing north. The three lane freeway is the Settlers Freeway which connects the beachfront area to most of the city as well as the N2 highway out of town. The buildings on the left is part of the city centre while … Continue reading Freeways →

Campanile view of the NMB Stadium

The view of the new Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium from the top of the Campanile.

FIFA Host City Profiles film crew

As mentioned before, I spent a couple of days with a film crew shooting the footage for the host city profiles for FIFA. The footage will be shown before the matches are played during the FIFA 2010 World Cup here in South Africa. This means that the footage shot here in Port Elizabeth gets aired … Continue reading FIFA Host City Profiles film crew →

Stadium close-up

About a week or two ago I did a post of the new Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium as viewed across the North End Lake. This week I drove up to the gate for a closer look. Obviously I had my camera in hand.

Stadium absail

Port Elizabeth is one of the host cities for the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup to take place in South Africa. The new muti purpose 46 500 seater Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is now nearing completion and its become more and more clear that it will be something the city is going to be very … Continue reading Stadium absail →

World Cup Soccer Stadium #2

When one embarks on a project such as this you need some serious equipment to get the job done. This "giant" crane is used to lift the the trusses into place. To get an idea of its size, look at the guy standing at the base of the crane. Yesterday's picture of the stadium shows … Continue reading World Cup Soccer Stadium #2 →

World Cup Soccer Stadium Update

The Soccer Stadium is beginning to take shape nicely. We have watched the progress, as the team has put up the roof trusses, over the past weeks. This has been a slow process - I imagine it is like putting together a giant jig saw puzzle. Now that they have started to put the cladding … Continue reading World Cup Soccer Stadium Update →