Royal Bafokeng Stadium

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The Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace is a rugby union and football (soccer) stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa. It was originally built as a venue for the 1995 Rugby World Cup. It was named after the Royal Bafokeng Nation.

Although originally built as a rugby stadium, the stadium has become more of a football stadium after the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Like most soccer stadiums in South Africa, the ground belongs to the municipality in the area. The Bafokeng people are extremely rich because of platinum mining in the area and on their cultural land and because of this, the stadium has been kept in very good repair.

The current capacity of the stadium is 38,000. Only minor renovations will be required to bring this stadium into line with requirements for a stadium able to host first and second round matches at the Football World Cup 2010. The capacity will be increased to 42,000.

For 2010, essentially cosmetic measures such as installation of new electronic scoreboards and upgrading of the floodlights and public address system will render the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace ready to welcome the football supporters of the world.