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Royal Bafokeng Stadium

Sports venue in Phokeng, South Africa

Summary

Sports venue in Phokeng, South Africa

Field	Value
name	Royal Bafokeng Stadium
fullname	Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
image	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng.jpg
image_size	250px
country	South Africa
location	R565 (Sun City Road), Phokeng, South Africa
broke_ground	1995
coordinates
owner	Royal Bafokeng Nation
tenants	Platinum Stars F.C. (2006–2018)
built	1996-1998
opened	1999
renovated	2007-2009
expanded	2009
seating_capacity	44,530
surface	GrassMaster

The Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace is a football, rugby and athletics stadium in Phokeng near Rustenburg, South Africa. It was built and is managed by the Royal Bafokeng Nation. It was used as the home stadium for Premier Soccer League club Platinum Stars. The Leopards rugby team host large attendance matches during the Currie Cup at the stadium, instead of their usual home ground, Olën Park.

The capacity of the stadium was increased from 38,000 to 44,530 to be able to host five first-round matches and one second-round match at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

For the 2010 tournament, the main west stand was upgraded and enlarged and given a new cantilever roof. Other improvements include the installation of new electronic scoreboards, new seats, and upgraded floodlights and public address system.

The stadium upgrade was completed in March 2009 for hosting 4 matches of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Sporting and Miscellaneous events

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

Royal Bafokeng Stadium was one of the host venues for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Date	Time (UTC+2)	Result	Round	Attendance
14 June 2009	20:30	0–5	Group A	21,649
17 June 2009	20.30	2–0	36,598
21 June 2009	20:30	0–3	Group B	23,140
28 June 2009	15:00	3–2	3rd/4th Place Play-off	31,788

2010 FIFA World Cup

In the World Cup, the stadium hosted five first round matches and one second round match and was the second smallest stadium for the tournament.

Matches

Date	Time (UTC+2)	Result	Round	Attendance
12 June 2010	20:30	1–1	Group C	38,646
15 June 2010	13:30	1–1	Group F	23,871
19 June 2010	16:00	1–1	Group D	34,812
22 June 2010	16:00	0–1	Group A	33,425
24 June 2010	20:30	1–3	Group E	27,967
26 June 2010	20:30	1–2	Round of 16	34,976

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Royal Bafokeng Stadium served as one of the host venues for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

Date	Time (UTC+2)	Team No. 1	Result	Team No. 2	Round	Attendance
22 January 2013	17:00		2–1		Group D	2,000
20:00		1–0		8,000
26 January 2013	17:00		3–0		20,000
20:00		0–2		35,000
29 January 2013	20:00		0–2		Group C	15,000
30 January 2013	20:00		2–2		Group D	5,000
3 February 2013	17:00		1–2		Quarter-finals	25,000

2019 Fill Up Royal Bafokeng

In 2019, South African star Cassper Nyovest announced that his annual one man show "Fill Up" will be heading to North West and Royal Bafokeng Stadium will be hosting his concert named Fill Up Royal Bafokeng

On the 15th of December 2019, Cassper Nyovest held his 5th concert at Royal Bafokeng with a capacity of over 40,000

References

https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/music/local/watch-cassper-nyovest-does-it-again-with-fill-up-royal-bafokeng-39309716

References

"Royal Bafokeng Stadium - Rustenburg - the Stadium Guide".
(9 May 2010). "Royal Bafokeng Stadium".
"Sports Palace | Royal Bafokeng Nation". Bafokeng.com.
(4 December 2009). "Royal Bafokeng Stadium: 2010 Venue – Sportslens".
FIFA.com. "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 - Destination - FIFA". FIFA.

Wikipedia Source

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