Lucas Moripe Stadium
Appearance
Former names | Atteridgeville Super Stadium |
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Location | Maunde St., Atteridgeville, Pretoria, South Africa |
Coordinates | 25°46′33.31″S 28°4′22.33″E / 25.7759194°S 28.0728694°E |
Owner | City of Tshwane |
Capacity | 28,900 |
Construction | |
Renovated | 2008 |
Construction cost | R48 million (2008 refurbishment)[1] |
Tenants | |
Supersport United Mamelodi Sundowns [2] |
Lucas "Masterpieces" Moripe Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium having a capacity of 28,900 and is located in Atteridgeville, a suburb of Pretoria, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as part-time home stadium of Premier Soccer League clubs Supersport United and Mamelodi Sundowns who also use the Loftus Versfeld Stadium.
The stadium was named after former local soccer player Lucas Moripe. Until 2010 the stadium was known as Super Stadium.
The German national football team used it as a training venue during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
References
- ^ "$4.7m budgeted for Confederations Cup marketing". 12 May 2009.
- ^ "Ajax lused Cape Town Stadium". KickOff Magazine.