At one time in the not too distant past, FNB Stadium was a somewhat bland soccer facility lost in the Seweto sprawl and known only to the rest of the world as the site of Nelson Mandela’s first speech in Johannesburg after his historic release from prison. And so the dusty stadium would have remained, but when South Africa was awarded the 2010 FIFA World Cup, an extensive make-over was in order. Indeed, even the name would change as the outdated FNB Stadium received a complete make-over to the tune of 1.5 billion rand.

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