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Pretoria - It took only a day to sell out all the VIP suites at the Mbombela Stadium for the upcoming Currie Cup game between the Pumas and the Blue Bulls.
The stadium has 40 suites, which seat 32 people each and were booked out for R5 000 each, or R200 000 in total.
"On Thursday, we announced that seats to the VIP suites were available and all 40 suites... were sold out on Friday," said interim manager for the stadium, Roelf Kotze, this week.
Tickets for the game are on sale to the general public for between R60 and R100 through Computicket as of Wednesday.
The Pumas and Blue Bulls match will start at 19:00 on August 27 and there will be two curtain raisers in which the Pumas' Under-19 and Under-21 teams will play against the corresponding South Western District Eagles teams.
There were fears that the R1.4bn 43 500-seater stadium, which is owned by the Mbombela Municipality, will become a white elephant now that the 2010 Soccer World Cup is over.
The stadium was built specifically for the soccer showpiece and cost the province an additional R350 million to host four World Cup matches.
Since the end of the games, no rugby or soccer teams have expressed interest in using the stadium as a home base.
Kotze said it had since been decided not to rent out the stadium to any sports team, however, because at least 18 sports matches had already been booked at the stadium this year.
He said two rugby matches, one of which will include the Springboks, and six Professional Soccer League (PSL) matches, one of which will include Bafana Bafana, have already been confirmed to be played at the stadium.
Kotze said the stadium had also been booked for school soccer and rugby matches, marathons and other road races and conferences.
“Organisers of the events have shown interest in using the stadium and we are planning to host at least 33 sports matches a year at the stadium,” he said.
An international music entertainer will also be invited to perform at the stadium, he said, but he declined to identify the star.
The stadium is suitable for soccer and rugby matches and has the same dimensions as the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, where the rugby Super 14 finals were played recently.
Kotze said the stadium needed to be commercially sustainable, while still being accessible to the public. Potential income sources include naming rights, advertising boards, suite sales, season tickets, suite rental, sport events, commercial events and concerts.
“During the World Cup, Platinum Sport Consulting managed the stadium and is presently helping the municipality develop an operational model,” he said.
The stadium has 40 suites, which seat 32 people each and were booked out for R5 000 each, or R200 000 in total.
"On Thursday, we announced that seats to the VIP suites were available and all 40 suites... were sold out on Friday," said interim manager for the stadium, Roelf Kotze, this week.
Tickets for the game are on sale to the general public for between R60 and R100 through Computicket as of Wednesday.
The Pumas and Blue Bulls match will start at 19:00 on August 27 and there will be two curtain raisers in which the Pumas' Under-19 and Under-21 teams will play against the corresponding South Western District Eagles teams.
There were fears that the R1.4bn 43 500-seater stadium, which is owned by the Mbombela Municipality, will become a white elephant now that the 2010 Soccer World Cup is over.
The stadium was built specifically for the soccer showpiece and cost the province an additional R350 million to host four World Cup matches.
Since the end of the games, no rugby or soccer teams have expressed interest in using the stadium as a home base.
Kotze said it had since been decided not to rent out the stadium to any sports team, however, because at least 18 sports matches had already been booked at the stadium this year.
He said two rugby matches, one of which will include the Springboks, and six Professional Soccer League (PSL) matches, one of which will include Bafana Bafana, have already been confirmed to be played at the stadium.
Kotze said the stadium had also been booked for school soccer and rugby matches, marathons and other road races and conferences.
“Organisers of the events have shown interest in using the stadium and we are planning to host at least 33 sports matches a year at the stadium,” he said.
An international music entertainer will also be invited to perform at the stadium, he said, but he declined to identify the star.
The stadium is suitable for soccer and rugby matches and has the same dimensions as the Orlando Stadium in Soweto, where the rugby Super 14 finals were played recently.
Kotze said the stadium needed to be commercially sustainable, while still being accessible to the public. Potential income sources include naming rights, advertising boards, suite sales, season tickets, suite rental, sport events, commercial events and concerts.
“During the World Cup, Platinum Sport Consulting managed the stadium and is presently helping the municipality develop an operational model,” he said.
