Orlando Stadium Orlando Stadium is a
multi-purpose stadium, in
Soweto, a
suburb of
Johannesburg, in
Gauteng province in
South Africa. It is home venue for
Orlando Pirates Football Club. It is currently used mostly for
football matches, as the home stadium of
Orlando Pirates FC of the
Premier Soccer League, and was intended to be utilized, as a training field, for teams participating in the
2010 FIFA World Cup after it was completely rebuilt and reopened on 22 November 2008. In addition to the stadium capacity of 36,761 people, there is an auditorium for 200 people, 120 hospitality suites, a gymnasium and a conference centre. The stadium was originally built for the Johannesburg Bantu Football Association and it had a seating capacity of 24,000 and cost £37,500 to construct. It was opened by the Minister for Bantu development, MC de Wet Nel, and Ian Maltz who was then
Mayor of Johannesburg on 2 May 1959. Although intended for football the stadium has been used for concerts by the Jazz musicians Molombo and by the
O'Jays. Boxing matches were also staged including the 1975 victory of Elijah ‘Tap Tap' Makhathini over the world welterweight and middleweight champion
Emile Griffith.
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, also known as the
Arab Contractors Stadium or
Al Mokawloon Al Arab Stadium, is a multi-use
stadium in
Cairo,
Egypt. It is currently used mostly for
football matches. It is the home stadium of
Al Mokawloon Al Arab. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 spectators. In fact, Al Ahly’s management decided to play the match in this stadium because the
El Gouna Stadium in which it played its previous matches was not eligible to host the Champions League final, in addition to the Egyptian authorities ’decision not to play the game in the
Cairo International Stadium due to the
Port Said Stadium riot. ==Road to final==