Moses Mabhida Stadium stands at 44 Walter Gilbert Road, Stamford Hill, in Durban. The article names several architects, including Gerkan, Marg and Partners, Theunissen Jankowitz, Ambro-Afrique Consultants, Osmond Lange Architects and NSM Designs. The eThekwini municipality owns it. Groundbreaking was in 2006, building ran from 2007 to 2009 and it opened on November 28, 2009. The article names no style.
A steel arch 350 meters long and 105 meters high crowns the stadium. The roof covers 46,000 square meters of Teflon-coated glass-fiber membrane, and the stadium has 1,750 columns and 1,780 precast concrete seating panels. Capacity is 55,500 and can expand to 75,000.
A funicular rises to a viewing platform on the arch, and a 550-step walk is also noted. The article gives no ticket information or hours.
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