Work on three new stadiums in Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth in preparation for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be completed in three years.
The South Africa organising committee has said that the total stadium costs for the 2006 World Cup will be about 6 billion rand. Germany spent Eur1.5 billion on building or upgrading its 12 stadiums.
South Africa's budget covers the costs for 10 new and existing venues in nine host cities. The opening match and final have been set for Johannesburg's Soccer City, which will seat 104,000 after renovations.
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