Correct.

I honestly doubt SA made any sort of "profit".

You can all go and get fucked.

It's not really legacy if no one uses it.

This is a ridiculous beat up.
The stadiums are FULLY PAID FOR as a legacy of the WC.
With SA having made a profit of at least 39 billion rand already it doesn't really matter if the stadiums gather dust for a little while Rugby comes over.Ongoing maintenance costs are about 100 million rand all up so they can sit there for 20 years and its still only 2 billion rand in maintenance
All but 2 have tenants already
Rugby and Cricket are dirty that football left them out.Western Province rugby are making demands for FULL control of Green Point:oops:
They and the Sharks will move eventually,they are just doing exactly what the AFL did just before the bid book was sorted
Moses Mahbida is virtually paying for itself already with its day to day earnings from tours,the Arch and the Arch Swing.

Its all politics.
Russia is prepared to spend a far bigger proportion of their profit on stadiums-$10 billion infact

South Africa underwent a massive building programme in an effort to make the country ready to host the month-long soccer extravaganza with the construction of five new stadiums, while a further five underwent varying degrees of renovation.

So Hindmarsh & Swan St are white elephants? One is already at capacity on big matches, the other will be within months. And Western Force need a new home in WA, as will Glory. Not to mention the Wallabies & Socceroos matches that WA & SA are missing out on each year.

The commonsense moveable seating approach does not seem to be heeded by the friendly neighbourhood AFL lovers™'like yourself.

Adelaide is the only substantive issue.

Victoria will have the MCG and nowhere else. Geelong ain't likely to happen unless there is an A-league side on the way.

Perth needs a decent rectangular stadium to provide a proper venue for the Glory, Force, likely NRL side and Socceroos. The A-league is a boon for rectangular stadiums, because in conjunction with the Rugby codes, provides year round stadium use.

This is basically what would happen in WA, SA and Victoria if the 'friendly neighbourhood AFL haters™' were let anywhere near the 2022 bid negotiation table. Financial ruin.

This is basically what would happen in WA, SA and Victoria if the 'friendly neighbourhood AFL haters™' were let anywhere near the 2022 bid negotiation table. Financial ruin.

Cricket? Damn they are really looking at anything now. Sad to see.

World Cup stadiums suffer cricket blow

18/08/2010, 13:45

South Africa's hopes of making the World Cup football stadiums financially viable have been dealt a blow after the cricket board told parliament that most of the grounds are too small to host matches.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Gerald Majola told the portfolio committee on sport that his organisation had hoped to utilise some of the stadiums to spread their game to areas of the country that did not usually enjoy top-flight cricket.

"Historically, our game has not been played in some of areas where some of stadiums were built," Majola told reporters on Wednesday, referring specifically to the arenas in Polokwane, Rustenburg and Nelspruit.

"We saw an opportunity, but unfortunately we were not part of the designs of the stadiums," he added.

South Africa underwent a massive building programme in an effort to make the country ready to host the month-long soccer extravaganza, with the construction of five new stadiums, while a further five underwent varying degrees of renovation.

However, Majola said that a lack of consultation with CSA meant that only the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban is currently capable of hosting cricket.

"We are compelled by the size of fields. When these fields were built, we were not part of that," he explained.

South Africa is set to play a Twenty20 international against India at the Durban venue next January.

CSA had to ask the International Cricket Council (ICC) for special dispensation to hold the match, as the ground is currently 22 metres too short square of the wicket.

Majola added that if plans to incorporate an athletics track at the stadium go ahead, then the ground will conform to ICC size regulations.

http://www.supersport.com/football/south-africa/news/100818/World_Cup_stadiums_suffer_cricket_blow