Friday, April 30, 2010

Stadium Mbombela / Nelspruit



Mbombela Stadium (Mbombela Stadium) is a football stadium in Nelspruit (South Africa), built for the dispute of the World Cup 2010. It is located 6 km west of Nelspruit, being the cornerstone of a proposed sports arena with cricket and athletics facilities, and other sports. Construction began in February 2007 with completion date in October 2009. Its name literally means "many people together in a small place."


This stadium is a major boost to sports activities in the province of Mpumalanga, which did not have any facilities of international standard.

Mbombela Stadium is designed with a slightly curved rectangular shape. From the design company was commissioned R & L Architects. [2] Its main feature are the 18 roof supports look like giraffes. The stadium is near the Kruger National Park, so it was considered appropriate to reflect this inter-relationship [1].

The stand will be divided into three levels, with approximately 20,000 locations, the lower and upper level and about 5,000 on average.

The ceiling of 1,450 metric tons, covering an area of 22,500 sq.m. and will cover 95% of the localities. It is a transparent material to facilitate illumination and fleet (subject to the digital media Giraffe) without anchoring to the top of the stadium, with a gap of 6 m. to provide ventilation.

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