EPRU Stadium
EPRU Stadium is a stadium in South Africa that opened in 1960. Its recorded capacity is 33,852.
Key facts
EPRU Stadium is a stadium in South Africa that opened in 1960. Its recorded capacity is 33,852. It is owned by Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality and Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. It is operated by Eastern Province Rugby Union. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Mighty Elephants, Southern Spears, 1995 Rugby World Cup.
- Location
- South Africa
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 33,852
- Opened
- 1960
- Status
- Demolished
- Current owner
- Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
EPRU Stadium is at latitude -33.981944, longitude 25.639444, South Africa. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | -33.981944 |
| Longitude | 25.639444 |
| City | Not recorded |
| Region | Not recorded |
| Country | South Africa |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
EPRU Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Boet Erasmus Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boet Erasmus Stadium | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | 1957 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Eastern Province Rugby Union | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mighty Elephants | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Southern Spears | Not mapped | 1957 to present | Current | Source |
| 1995 Rugby World Cup | Not mapped | 1957 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
17 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2442 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Bay United | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34899 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34899 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 3115 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | 1957 | 1960 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372082094 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | EPRU_Stadium | EPRU Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Boet Erasmus Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22503 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22502 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22501 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15831 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15830 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15829 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: