Venues in South Africa

Every stadium, arena and circuit in South Africa, with its owner, ownership type, operator, main tenant and current naming-rights sponsor.

Key facts

Venues in South Africa covers 66 venues, with a combined capacity of 1,606,541 seats. 0 of them (0%) currently carry a naming-rights sponsor. The largest is FNB Stadium at 94,736 seats.

Venues: 66
Combined capacity: 1,606,541
With a sponsor name: 0%
Largest: FNB Stadium
Sports: 0

Ownership mix, Venues in South Africa

Of 36 venues in Venues in South Africa with a recorded ownership type, 28 are private owned (77.8%), 4 are mixed owned (11.1%), 4 are public owned (11.1%).

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Ownership type counts, Venues in South Africa
Ownership type	Venues	Share
Private	28	77.8%
Mixed	4	11.1%
Public	4	11.1%

Naming rights

0 of 65 venues in this slice carry a sponsor name, 0% of the total.

Capacity and status

South Africa has 66 venues: 65 active and 1 closed or demolished. 65 have a recorded capacity, totalling 1,606,541 seats, an average of 24,716 per venue.

Who owns venues in South Africa

36 of 66 venues have at least one current owner recorded. Owner type comes from the owner organization's type in Wikidata.

Venues in South Africa by type of current owner

Of 66 venues in South Africa, 4 have public authority as owner, 4 have nonprofit or university as owner, 24 have private company or individual as owner, 4 have mixed owners as owner, 30 have no owner recorded as owner.

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Owner types in South Africa
Owner type	Venues	Share of venues
Public authority	4	6.1%
Nonprofit or university	4	6.1%
Private company or individual	24	36.4%
Mixed owners	4	6.1%
No owner recorded	30	45.5%

Top owners

Owners of the most venues in South Africa
Organization	Venues	Seats
Johannesburg	5	201,049
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality	4	123,500
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality	3	181,303
Mbombela Local Municipality	3	66,500
City of Cape Town	2	89,000
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality	2	76,338
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality	2	64,000
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	2	53,900

Top operators

Operators of the most venues in South Africa
Organization	Venues	Seats
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality	3	86,000
Stadium Management South Africa	2	132,049
Stadium Management Company	2	54,000
South African Football Association	1	94,736
Ellis Park World of Sport	1	62,567
Kaizer Chiefs B	1	55,000
Kaizer Chiefs F.C.	1	55,000
Platinum Sport	1	43,500

Largest venues

Largest venues in South Africa by capacity
Venue	City	Capacity
FNB Stadium	Johannesburg	94,736
Ellis Park Stadium		62,567
Moses Mabhida Stadium	Stamford Hill, Durban	55,500
Amakhosi Stadium	Krugersdorp	55,000
Cape Town Stadium	City of Cape Town	55,000
Newlands Stadium	City of Cape Town	51,900
Loftus Versfeld Stadium	Pretoria	51,762
Kings Park Stadium		46,000
Peter Mokaba Stadium	Polokwane	45,500
Royal Bafokeng Stadium	Phokeng	44,530

Naming rights coverage

0 of 66 venues in South Africa (0%) have a current naming-rights deal on record. Sponsorship coverage is growing as more sources are added, so treat this as a floor, not a full count.

Venues

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66 venues, sorted by name
Venue	City	Country	Type	Capacity	Opened	Owner	Ownership	Operator	Main tenant	Name changes
Ackerville Stadium	Witbank	South Africa	Stadium	11,000					Witbank Spurs F.C.	0
Amakhosi Stadium	Krugersdorp	South Africa	Stadium	55,000		Lefika Emerging Equity	Private	Kaizer Chiefs B,Kaizer Chiefs F.C.	Kaizer Chiefs B	0
Athlone Stadium	Athlone	South Africa	Stadium	34,000	1972	City of Cape Town	Private		Hope FC	0
Barnard Stadium	Kempton Park	South Africa	Stadium	7,000					Falcons Rugby Ltd, Red Sox Baseball Club	0
Bohlokong Stadium		South Africa	Stadium	10					Eagles F.C.	0
Botshabelo Stadium		South Africa	Stadium	22,000	1990			Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality		0
Buffalo City Stadium		South Africa	Stadium	16,000		Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality	Private	Border Bulldogs	Bush Bucks F.C.	1
Cape Town Stadium	City of Cape Town	South Africa	Stadium	55,000	2007	City of Cape Town	Private		Cape Town City F.C.	0
Centurion Park	Centurion	South Africa	Stadium	23,000		SuperSport	Private		Northerns cricket team	0
Charles Mopeli Stadium	Phuthaditjhaba	South Africa	Stadium	35,000		Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality	Private		Free State Stars F.C.	0
Chatsworth Stadium	Chatsworth	South Africa	Stadium	22,000	1989				Real Kings F.C.	0
Circuito callejero de Ciudad del Cabo	Cape Town	South Africa	Circuit							0
Coetzenburg Stadium	Stellenbosch	South Africa	Stadium	8,000		Stellenbosch University	Private	Stellenbosch University	Stellenbosch F.C.	0
Danie Craven Stadium	Stellenbosch Local Municipality	South Africa	Stadium	16,000	1979	Stellenbosch University	Private		Stellenbosch F.C.	0
Dobsonville Stadium	Dobsonville	South Africa	Stadium	24,000	1975	City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality,Johannesburg	Mixed	Stadium Management Company	Moroka Swallows F.C.	0
Durban street circuit		South Africa	Circuit	22,000	2006					0
Ellis Park Stadium		South Africa	Stadium	62,567	1927	City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality,City of Johannesburg, Luxolo Tyhaliti Holdings, Interza Lesego, Ellis Park Stadium Ltd	Mixed	Ellis Park World of Sport	Golden Lions	4
EPRU Stadium		South Africa	Stadium	33,852	1960	Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality	Private	Eastern Province Rugby Union	Mighty Elephants	0
FNB Stadium	Johannesburg	South Africa	Multi purpose	94,736	1989	City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality,Johannesburg	Mixed	South African Football Association,Stadium Management South Africa	Kaizer Chiefs F.C.	0
Free State Stadium	Bloemfontein	South Africa	Stadium	42,000	1952	Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality	Private	Free State Rugby Union,Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality	Free State Cheetahs	0
Giyani Stadium		South Africa	Stadium	25,000					Black Leopards F.C.	0
Goble Park	Bethlehem	South Africa	Multi purpose	5,000					Free State Stars F.C.	0
Harry Gwala Stadium	Pietermaritzburg	South Africa	Stadium	12,000		Msunduzi Local Municipality	Private		Maritzburg United F.C.	0
HM Pitje Stadium	Mamelodi	South Africa	Stadium	25,000		City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	Private			0
Hoffe Park Stadium		South Africa	Stadium	11,000					United FC	0
Johannesburg Stadium	Doornfontein	South Africa	Stadium	37,500	1992			Ellis Park Stadium Ltd.	Orlando Pirates F.C.	0
Kabokweni Stadium	Kabokweni	South Africa	Stadium	8,000		Mbombela Local Municipality	Private		Sivutsa Stars F.C.	0
KaNyamazane Stadium	Mbombela	South Africa	Stadium	15,000		Mbombela Local Municipality	Private		Mbombela United F.C.	0
King Zwelithini Stadium	Umlazi	South Africa	Stadium	10,000	2010	eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality	Private		Lamontville Golden Arrows F.C.	0
Kings Park Stadium		South Africa	Stadium	46,000	1958	Natal Sharks,eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality	Private		Sharks Sharks	3
Loftus Versfeld Stadium	Pretoria	South Africa	Stadium	51,762		Blue Bulls	Private		Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.	0
Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium	Atteridgeville	South Africa	Multi purpose	28,900		City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	Private		SuperSport United F.C.	0
Makhulong Stadium		South Africa	Stadium	10,000					Sekhukhune United	0
Mbombela Stadium	Mbombela Local Municipality	South Africa	Stadium	43,500	2007	Mbombela Local Municipality	Private	Platinum Sport	Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C.	0
Moruleng Stadium	Moruleng	South Africa	Stadium	20,000	2009	Bakgatla	Private	Bakgatla	Platinum Stars F.C.	0
Moses Mabhida Stadium	Stamford Hill, Durban	South Africa	Multi purpose	55,500	2009	eThekwini,eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality	Private		AmaZulu F.C.	0
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	Gqeberha	South Africa	Multi purpose	42,486	2009	Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality	Private	Access Facilities and Leisure Management Limited	South Africa Sevens	0
Newlands Cricket Ground	City of Cape Town	South Africa	Multi purpose	25,000					Western Province Cricket Association and Western Province Cricket Club	0
Newlands Stadium	City of Cape Town	South Africa	Stadium	51,900	1888	Investec,Western Province	Private		Western Province	0
NMU Stadium	Gqeberha	South Africa	Stadium	15		Nelson Mandela University	Private	Nelson Mandela University	NMMU F.C.	2
North West Stadium	Welkom	South Africa	Stadium	8,500					Griffons	0
Olën Park		South Africa	Stadium	22,000					Platinum City F.C.	0
Olympia Park	Rustenburg	South Africa	Stadium	32,000	1989	Rustenburg Local Municipality	Private		Orbit College	0
Oppenheimer Stadium		South Africa	Stadium	40,000						0
Orlando Stadium	Orlando	South Africa	Multi purpose	37,313	1959	Johannesburg	Public	Stadium Management South Africa	Orlando Pirates F.C.	0
Outeniqua Park		South Africa	Stadium	7,500					SWD Eagles	0
PAM Brink Stadium	Springs	South Africa	Stadium	22,000					Thanda Royal Zulu F.C.	0
Peter Mokaba Stadium	Polokwane	South Africa	Stadium	45,500	2010				Baroka F.C.	0
Philippi Stadium	Philippi	South Africa	Stadium	10,000		Provincial Government of the Western Cape	Public	Provincial Government of the Western Cape	Chippa United F.C.	0
Pilditch Stadium	Pretoria	South Africa	Stadium	20					SuperSport United F.C.	0
Princess Magogo Stadium	KwaMashu	South Africa	Stadium	12,000		Durban,eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality	Mixed		Nathi Lions F.C.	0
Rand Stadium	Rosettenville	South Africa	Stadium	30,000	1951	Johannesburg	Public	Stadium Management Company	Kaizer Chiefs F.C.	0
Richards Bay Stadium	Richards Bay	South Africa	Stadium	10,500					Thanda Royal Zulu F.C.	0
Royal Bafokeng Stadium	Phokeng	South Africa	Stadium	44,530	1999	Royal Bafokeng Nation	Private		Platinum Stars F.C.	0
Ruimsig Stadium	Roodepoort	South Africa	Stadium	15,000		Johannesburg	Public			0
Seisa Ramabodu Stadium	Bloemfontein	South Africa	Stadium	22,000	1982	Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality	Private	Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality	Bloemfontein Celtic F.C.	0
Soweto Cricket Oval	City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality	South Africa	Multi purpose	8,000	1973					0
St George's Park Cricket Ground	Gqeberha	South Africa	Stadium	19,000					South Africa national cricket team and Sunrisers Eastern Cape	0
Techtonic Velodrome		South Africa	Stadium	7,800	1997					0
Tuks Stadium	City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality	South Africa	Stadium	14,150					University of Pretoria F.C.	0
UJ Stadium		South Africa	Stadium	8,000		University of Johannesburg	Private			0
Ulundi Stadium	Ulundi	South Africa	Stadium	8,000	1993				AmaZulu F.C.	0
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	South Africa	Multi purpose	34,000					Highveld Lions cricket team	0
Witbank Stadium	Witbank	South Africa	Stadium	20,000					Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C.	0
Wolfson Stadium		South Africa	Stadium	10,000					Highbury F.C.	0
Woodburn Stadium	Pietermaritzburg	South Africa	Stadium	12,000					Maritzburg United F.C.	0