Ellis Park (Coca-Cola Park) Stadium
Name Ellis Park (Coca-Cola Park)
Year completed 1928 (rebuilt in 1982)
Cost US$63,000,000 (renovations)
Capacity 62,567
Home to Orlando Pirates (football), Lions (rugby)
Year completed 1928 (rebuilt in 1982)
Cost US$63,000,000 (renovations)
Capacity 62,567
Home to Orlando Pirates (football), Lions (rugby)
Trivia In 1955, over 100,000 watched the rugby match between South Africa and British Lions and, in 2005, it became the first black-owned stadium in the country The site of the 1995 Rugby World Cup final - when South Africa tore up the formbook to defeat New Zealand and Nelson Mandela famously donned a green Springbok shirt to present the trophy to home skipper Francois Pienaar - Ellis Park may be a shrine to the scrum and the ruck, but it is no stranger to football either. Orlando Pirates, where the likes of Mark Fish and Teko Modise have plied their trade, call the ground home.
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