All happy with stadium development for the 2010 World Cup

An inspection tour, including members of the Local Organising Committee and over 50 operational experts from FIFA have just completed a tour of South Africa.

During the tour, thee visited the five newly built 2010 stadiums in Cape Town's Green Point Stadium, Durban's Moses Mabhida Stadium, Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth's Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Nelspruit's Mbombela Stadium, Polokwane's Peter Mokaba Stadium and Johannesburg's Soccer City Stadium. If you didn't know, all the news is positive.

The stadiums are now over 90% complete with the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium already holding a rugby match featuring the British Lions and a derby between local sides Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.

The other stadiums should be complete in plenty of time with most of the work now focusing on laying grass, stadium precincts and getting all those seats in.

For further information on the stadiums click here - the page will be getting updated with more local information soon.