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rock_knutne
May 14, 2010 12:12pm
Those stadiums look awesome. I'm impressed by what the South Africans accomplished in building and rennovating for this World Cup, a lot of people thought they couldn't get it done. all those stadiums look geat except for the one in the bottom left of the picture.Automatik wrote:
Automatik
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May 14, 2010 12:19pm
I've seen pics of the Moses Mabhida Stadium...looks awesome!
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rock_knutne
May 14, 2010 12:24pm
^^^^^I take it the final will be played at Soccer City in Johannesburg?
Laley23
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May 14, 2010 12:29pm
Yep, I think they said the opening match and final are at Soccer City.rock_knutne wrote: ^^^^^I take it the final will be played at Soccer City in Johannesburg?
Automatik
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May 14, 2010 3:53pm
Of all the stadiums...which ones are brand new? If I had to guess I'd say all of them except the one in Rustenborg and Pretoria. If all are not new, I'm sure they did some major renovations to some.
Sage
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May 14, 2010 3:55pm
God the world cup is so silky
hoops23
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May 14, 2010 3:57pm
Those stadiums are pretty amazing.
Automatik
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May 14, 2010 3:59pm
^^^Now thats a nice avatar!
One of my good friends is going over for 3 group stage game. I'm guessing it cost him a fortune. Soooo jealous!
One of my good friends is going over for 3 group stage game. I'm guessing it cost him a fortune. Soooo jealous!
hoops23
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May 14, 2010 4:00pm
My World Cup interests definitely peaked at 11:00pm last night 
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spartan
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May 14, 2010 4:48pm
i have some friends that live in south africa and most of them attending the games, ticket prices for south african citizens were like 30 dollars and one of my friends scored tickets to the finals and paid a maximum of 100 dollars, i am super jealous of themAutomatik wrote: ^^^Now thats a nice avatar!
One of my good friends is going over for 3 group stage game. I'm guessing it cost him a fortune. Soooo jealous!
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rock_knutne
May 14, 2010 5:27pm
^^^^I thought they didn't reach any where near the ticket sale goals they wanted. I also heard that tickets are cheap for this WC.
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spartan
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May 14, 2010 6:11pm
most of matches are sold out i believe, i know in South Africa they sold tickets at reduce prices so the average South African could attend the game.rock_knutne wrote: ^^^^I thought they didn't reach any where near the ticket sale goals they wanted. I also heard that tickets are cheap for this WC.
Sage
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May 14, 2010 8:43pm
Not the tix thatre pricey it's getting there
hoops23
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May 14, 2010 8:49pm
Bingo^
tk421
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May 14, 2010 8:58pm
http://allafrica.com/stories/201005140938.html
Doesn't look good for the African "experiment" that is the WC 2010.
Doesn't look good for the African "experiment" that is the WC 2010.
hoops23
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May 14, 2010 9:03pm
How did South Africa get the World Cup to begin with? It's been nothing but trouble since they were announced the host.
tk421
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May 14, 2010 9:05pm
Because FIFA likes to look like they care about bringing the game to areas it hasn't been. All it usually means is a lot of expense and headache.LTrain23 wrote: How did South Africa get the World Cup to begin with? It's been nothing but trouble since they were announced the host.
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spartan
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May 14, 2010 9:22pm
Fifa wanted it the world cup to be in Africa it came down to Morocco or South Africa.LTrain23 wrote: How did South Africa get the World Cup to begin with? It's been nothing but trouble since they were announced the host.
on a side note the USA is bitting a bid in for either 2018 (probably a european country) or 2022
Laley23
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May 14, 2010 10:00pm
England is the front-runner with Portugal/Spain (combined bid) for 2018. USA and Australia are front-runners for 2022.
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I Wear Pants
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May 14, 2010 10:11pm
I don't think you're allowed doing combined bids so I'd cross off Portugal/Spain.
Laley23
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May 14, 2010 10:18pm
Since when???? 2002 was Korea and JapanI Wear Pants wrote: I don't think you're allowed doing combined bids so I'd cross off Portugal/Spain.
This past year had I think 2 African countries try a join bid.
Im almost positive Portugal/Spain is favorites along with England.
Laley23
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May 14, 2010 10:20pm
Just looked, Portugal/Spain and Netherlands/Belgium are joint bids for 2018/2022.
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rock_knutne
May 14, 2010 10:51pm
tk421 wrote: http://allafrica.com/stories/201005140938.html
Doesn't look good for the African "experiment" that is the WC 2010.
Thanks for posting that article. I was pretty sure they had trouble selling tickets for this WC.
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rock_knutne
May 14, 2010 10:53pm
Little doubt in my mind that England gets the nod in 2018.Laley23 wrote: England is the front-runner with Portugal/Spain (combined bid) for 2018. USA and Australia are front-runners for 2022.
Laley23
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May 14, 2010 10:55pm
Agreed, which is a little disheartening because I REALLY want to travel for a month during the next WC, but Ive already been to England twice. Spain/Portugal would(ve) been AMAZING!rock_knutne wrote:Little doubt in my mind that England gets the nod in 2018.Laley23 wrote: England is the front-runner with Portugal/Spain (combined bid) for 2018. USA and Australia are front-runners for 2022.