History and description

The stadium is located in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was built to serve as one of the ten playing venues of the 2010 World Cup. It is located in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. On 7 June 2009 the stadium officially opened. The stadium cost 2 billion Rand and was designed to depict the protea, South Africa's national flower.

At the 2010 World Cup, Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium hosted five first-round group matches, one round of sixteen match, the quarter-final between Netherlands and Brazil (2-1) and the match for third place between Germany and Uruguay (3-2).

Following its opening, the stadium has been the home of rugby union side Easter Province Kings and later joined by the Southern Kings. In 2014, following Chippa United's relocation from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth, the stadium also became a regular host of football matches.

How to get to Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is located in the north of Port Elizabeth and is less than a kilometer inland from the coast. The stadium lies less than a kilometer inland from the coast, but not at an attractive stretch with beaches, which instead lie mostly south of the city. Address: 70 Prince Alfred Road, North End, Port Elizabeth

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Chippa United Tickets

Tickets for Chippa United games can be bought online through Ticketpro. A number of Ticketpro outlets are conveniently located at various locations throughout the City of Port Elizabeth and around Port Elizabeth. These include the Kings Connection Store at the Boardwalk Hotel on the Summerstrand beach area, the St Georges Cricket Stadium ticket office, Edgar's store at Goven Mbeki Avenue in Port Elizabeth's city centre, and most large shopping malls in Port Elizabeth and its surrounding areas.

Tickets for regular matches typically cost R$ 20.00, while tickets for high-profile matches can cost R$ 40.00.

Chippa United may at times play lower-profile matches at other smaller grounds.

Useful websites

The official website of Chippa United FC and Nelson Mandela Bay tourist information website.