Tent City to Open Near Durban Stadium

The Sahara Stadium Kingsmead in Durban is set to host a fan camp during the World Cup where fans can pitch tents and camp out. This particular camp is being run by an Australian tour group, and more than 1,200 Australians have already booked a spot.

[Australian] fans have already marked their territory in Durban. Australian Tour Group Fanatics, responsible for the organisation of the tour, will be based at the Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, where a camping village will be set up.

The camp will open on June 8 and close on June 30 and is close enough for a leisurely stroll to the new soccer venue.

Transport options have also been included in the travel package which includes match tickets.

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BuaNews
April 26, 2010

Durban Blasts FIFA Over Rule-Breaking

FIFA is in trouble in Durban, where two practice field have been ruined by trucks delivering stadium signage, and plans for a tent city did not meet local approval.

Match, Fifa's hospitality and logistics arm, has been stopped from erecting a tent town on the south side of the R3.1 billion Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban because altered plans have not been submitted to the city.

In addition, two newly laid practice fields, which have been destroyed by heavy trucks delivering the German-made marquees, will be replaced at Fifa's cost.

Durban gives Fifa a red card
The Mercury
April 21, 2010

Temporary Accommodations Won't Be Built

Temporary accommodations planned near Johannesburg -- including a proposed "container city" made of shipping containers -- will not be built, according to local officials.

Local residents are also objecting to the establishment of a tent city in Waverley.

The City of Joburg intended to pitch 40 tents for 1 500 backpackers in a park in Waverley for fans. Although the campsite is almost fully booked, residents are threatening legal action if it goes ahead.

Brian Miller, chairman of the Waverley, Highlands North Extension and Abbotsford residents' associations, said this was not a Fifa or City of Joburg project, but that of a private commercial company.

He said it had been put out to tender, but the process had been flawed.

World Cup 'tent cities' look doubtful
Independent Online
March 16, 2010

'Tent City' Will Have Room for 1,500 Fans

The proposed "Tent City" hotel set to take shape in the Johannesburg suburb of Waverly Park will have room for 1,500 people, including space for 200 people to bring and pitch their own tents. The area is being set up by the City of Johannesburg to offer affordable housing during the World Cup.

The Tent City campsite, which will be erected in Waverley Park neighbourhood in the city's well-heeled northern suburbs, will have space for nearly 1,500 people.

Of these, 1,280 people will be able to rent space in 40 tents that will be subdivided into four- and six-bed all-male, all-female and mixed units, according to the City of Johannesburg website.

Come camp at the World Cup
Independent Online
February 15, 2010

Johannesburg to Build 'Tent City' for World Cup Accommodations

The City of Johannesburg is setting up a "tent city" to act as accommodations during the World Cup.

Tent City, to be erected at Waverley Park, comes hot on the heels of the converted container hotel slated for the Houghton Golf Course.

The facility is set to open from June 4 to July 16, and there are already bookings from countries including Argentina, Denmark, Brazil and Australia.

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The Star
February 15, 2010