City Oval
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
12,000
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to FNB Stadium, 94,736
City Oval in Pietermaritzburg is the joint oldest (opened 1888) of the 114 listed stadiums in Africa. The nearest listed stadium is Chatsworth Stadium, 58.4 km away.
- Position
- 29.61° S, 30.38° E
Where it stands in South Africa
- FNB Stadium82,736 more94,736
- 25 more listed stadiums
- Buffalo City Stadium4,000 more16,000
- Danie Craven Stadium4,000 more16,000
- Old Peter Mokaba Stadium3,000 more15,000
- City Oval12,000
- Boland Park2,000 fewer10,000
From the record
- Share of listed capacity in South Africa
- 1.1%
- Compared with the median in South Africa
- 0.4 times the median capacity of 34,000 across its 31 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1880s in South Africa
- 2 of the 31 listed stadiums, this one included
- Also opened in 1888 in South Africa
- Newlands Cricket Ground
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Chatsworth Stadium, 58.4 km
Nearest listed stadiums
- Chatsworth Stadium · south-east22,000 places, opened 198958.4 km
- Kings Park Stadium · east46,000 places, opened 195867.1 km
- Moses Mabhida Stadium · east55,500 places, opened 200967.3 km
- Botshabelo Stadium · west22,000 places, opened 1990358.9 km
- Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium · west22,000 places, opened 1982404.7 km
Source: Wikipedia, City Oval.