FIFA salutes World Cup efforts in South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa - FIFA inspection team Friday concluded a five-da y inspection tour of six of South Africa's 10 World Cup stadiums and heaved prai s es on the 2010 host cities, PANA reports.
"We are very impressed with the efforts made in all venues visited and amazed by the level of details of their preparations," said Ron DelMont who headed the de l egation.
He said South Africa was arguably ahead of previous World Cup organisers at this comparative stage.
The delegation visited stadiums in Johannesburg, Tshwane, Rustenburg, Polokwane, Nelspruit and Mangaung.
The visiting FIFA team is made of experts in the areas of security, competitions , hospitality, media, marketing, Television and IT who carefully analysed the st a dium plans and discussed with project managers the current status and communicat e d any changes that needed to be made to ensure the smooth hosting of the event.
"The technical details and level of understanding of the FIFA and LOC requiremen ts by the host cities and professional teams building the stadiums is really ver y advanced. They fully understand the high requirements and have catered for it d u ring the construction process.
"We have had very positive feedback from the host cities," explained Dennis Mumb le.
Dressed in their hard hats and safety boots, the team toured the two large const ruction sites at Polokwane and Nelspruit taking shape in brilliant weather, and o nly imagined how the two high tech arenas will operate when they open their gate s to the public in late 2009.
The progress made since last year when the team first visited the Peter Mokaba S tadium in Polokwane surprised the delegates.
Due to recent strikes that have now been resolved, Nelspruit's Mbombela Stadium is a few days behind schedule, but according to the delegation there is nothing t o be concerned about.
The FIFA delegates were, however, intrigued by the unique design of the Nelsprui t stadium, which integrated the province's rich wildlife scenery into its featur e s.
Cape Town - 22/02/2008
Panapress
"We are very impressed with the efforts made in all venues visited and amazed by the level of details of their preparations," said Ron DelMont who headed the de l egation.
He said South Africa was arguably ahead of previous World Cup organisers at this comparative stage.
The delegation visited stadiums in Johannesburg, Tshwane, Rustenburg, Polokwane, Nelspruit and Mangaung.
The visiting FIFA team is made of experts in the areas of security, competitions , hospitality, media, marketing, Television and IT who carefully analysed the st a dium plans and discussed with project managers the current status and communicat e d any changes that needed to be made to ensure the smooth hosting of the event.
"The technical details and level of understanding of the FIFA and LOC requiremen ts by the host cities and professional teams building the stadiums is really ver y advanced. They fully understand the high requirements and have catered for it d u ring the construction process.
"We have had very positive feedback from the host cities," explained Dennis Mumb le.
Dressed in their hard hats and safety boots, the team toured the two large const ruction sites at Polokwane and Nelspruit taking shape in brilliant weather, and o nly imagined how the two high tech arenas will operate when they open their gate s to the public in late 2009.
The progress made since last year when the team first visited the Peter Mokaba S tadium in Polokwane surprised the delegates.
Due to recent strikes that have now been resolved, Nelspruit's Mbombela Stadium is a few days behind schedule, but according to the delegation there is nothing t o be concerned about.
The FIFA delegates were, however, intrigued by the unique design of the Nelsprui t stadium, which integrated the province's rich wildlife scenery into its featur e s.
Cape Town - 22/02/2008
Panapress
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