My obsession with Moses Mabhida Stadium has taken me and my camera there in all kinds of weather – yesterday the weather was grey and every now and they it was drizzling, but Durban’s 2010 World Cup Stadium still took my breath away, like it does, every time I look at it through my lens.
People’s Park
I first jumped out of the car on the bridge that crosses highway to take some pics across the People’s Park with the oval walking track that is being constructed- they have cleared all that rubbish and railway yard stuff, and the actual track is taking shake in front of the stadium in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct.
Moses Mabhida Stadium from the Beach
Then we drove to the Kings Park Pool and I climbed up on to the stand to take some pics from there and took some from the parking area. From the stands I saw how far the progress was with the pedestrian walkway from the Moses Mabidha Stadium through the underground tunnel under the freeway to the beach – so we drove around to the beach to take pics from that side.
The Stadium is so close to the beach – I can just imagine fans,, swarming out after a game and down to a beach for a beach party.
Opening of Moses Mabhida Stadium
Next thing to look forward to is the opening of the Moses Mabhida stadium in under a month. I’m trying to work all my connections so that I can be there. I want to go with a team and live-blog the whole event.
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Looking very nice indeed! I wonder, what is the buzz like in South Africa now with just 224 days until the World Cup finals? I imagine the excitement is building but how are people over there dealing with all the nonsense and public smearing of Africa from Western journalists claiming it will be ‘the most dangerous, fan un-friendly World Cup yet’ etc? Have these jingoistic, nasty perceptions (no doubt based on nothing more than stereotypes) affected the mood at all in South Africa and Africa more generally at all?
On the point of it all becoming real, I imagine once the draw is made in December then anticipation of 2010 really will go into fever pitch!
Jonathan.
Hey Johnathan
The buzz in South Africa is awesome. Everyone is excited about the 2010 World Cup. The majority of the soccer fans here don’t read overseas papers or blogs and wouldn’t really pay much attention to the ranting from “across the waters” anyway. This is going to be an African World Cup and we have had cricket and rugby World Cups and many other big International events in all the major cities in South Africa without any incidents, so it really is just the perceptions of a few – I do believe that many western people don’t want to see Africans succeed. I hear so much judgement and superiority in their tone when they criticize and judge us. But, hey, that is their problem, not ours.
South Africa is getting ready to host the best and most fun World Cup ever. Those fans who are not here will be missing out on an experience of a lifetime.
The Draw is close – December 4 in Cape Town.