South Africa is home to some of the best events venues in all of Africa, but how do these places compare to the rest of the world? By looking at a few different categories of venues, we can see whether South Africans get to enjoy some of the planet’s biggest arenas.
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Sports Stadiums
In South Africa, the FNB Stadium is where most spectators can cram in to see major events. This venue in Nasrec, Johannesburg is known as Soccer City and is the home of the Kaizer Chiefs F.C. as well as being the venue for the 2010 World Cup final. With a capacity of 94,736, it’s the biggest sports stadium in Africa and is also used for rugby games. Across the rest of the planet, there is some debate over whether the biggest stadium is the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in North Korea or the Narendra Modi Stadium in India. The North Korean venue has an official capacity of 150,000 but some sources reduce it to 114,000. As for the Indian cricket stadium, it can hold up to 132,000 people.
Music Venues
The first problem we have here is in defining a music venue. The biggest concert of all time was held on Copacabana beach in Rio, Brazil, where over 3.5 million are said to have listened to Rod Stewart perform. However, if we look only at manmade venues, the Great Strahov Stadium in Prague, the Czech Republic is the winner. It has a 250,000 capacity and a record attendance of 127,000.
We need to go back to the FNB Stadium to see the biggest-ever music concert attendance in South Africa, as 135,000 saw Ed Sheeran perform there. Many of the other biggest musical events here have taken place at outdoor sports venues, such as Concert in the Park, which was attended by around 125,000 fans when it was held in Ellis Park Stadium in 1985.
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Other Entertainment Venues
The Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg was once regarded as a premier events venue but has now been turned into a giant car showroom that holds over 1000 vehicles at any given time. In terms of the biggest indoor venue, this is the Techtonic Velodrome in Bellville, which has a capacity of 8,000 but is far smaller than the Philippine Arena in the Philippines, which has a massive 55,000 capacity.
In terms of casinos, this list of the biggest casinos across the planet reveals that the biggest is in the US and is called Winstar World Casino, with more than 8,500 electronic games and over 100 table games. Several of the other names on this list come from Macau in China, including the biggest structure in Asia. Rio Casino Resort in Klerksdorp is the only African casino listed, with 260,00 square feet of gaming space and a Brazilian carnival theme running through it.
As we’ve seen, South Africa has several venues that are close to the top of the list in several categories but doesn’t quite manage to take the number one spot in any area.
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