Free State Stadium
Bloemfontein, South Africa
42,000
recorded capacity
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to FNB Stadium, 94,736
Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein is the largest of the 4 listed stadiums in Bloemfontein. It was a venue of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
It was completed in 1995. The nearest listed stadium is Mangaung Oval, 0.4 km away.
- Listed for
- Football and rugby union
- Tenants
- Free State Cheetahs, Cheetahs
- Surface
- Grass
- Position
- 29.12° S, 26.21° E
Where it stands in South Africa
- FNB Stadium52,736 more94,736
- 7 more listed stadiums
- Royal Bafokeng Stadium2,530 more44,530
- Mbombela Stadium1,500 more43,500
- Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium486 more42,486
- Free State Stadium42,000
- Johannesburg Stadium4,500 fewer37,500
- Orlando Stadium4,687 fewer37,313
- Athlone Stadium8,000 fewer34,000
- 16 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Operator
- Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality
- Opening order in South Africa
- 23rd of 31, earliest first
- Share of listed capacity in South Africa
- 3.8%
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2009, more recent than 2 of the other 13 listed stadiums in South Africa with such a year
- Compared with the median in South Africa
- 1.2 times the median capacity of 34,000 across its 31 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1990s in South Africa
- 5 of the 31 listed stadiums, this one included
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- FNB Stadium, 365 km
- Listed stadiums within 10 km
- 2
Chronology
- 1995 Completed, Renovated
- 2009 Expanded
- 2010 FIFA World Cup venue
Nearest listed stadiums
- Mangaung Oval · west20,000 places, opened 19890.4 km
- Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium · south22,000 places, opened 19826.8 km
- Botshabelo Stadium · east22,000 places, opened 199049.4 km
- Dobsonville Stadium · north-east24,000 places, opened 1975360.4 km
- Orlando Stadium · north-east37,313 places, opened 1959362.5 km
Source: Wikipedia, Free State Stadium; the year is the completion year from the article's categories, because its infobox gives no opening year.