Gelvandale Stadium Explained

Stadium Name:Gelvandale Stadium
Location:Liebenberg Road,
Gelvandale,
Port Elizabeth,
South Africa
Coordinates:-33.914°N 25.56°W
Opened:March 2010
Owner:Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
Surface:Grass
Construction Cost:R68 million[1]
Tenants:Bay United(2010 - 2011)
Bay Stars (2011 - 2013)
Seating Capacity:3,000

Gelvandale Stadium is a multi-use stadium located in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.[2] The stadium is equipped with an athletics track, football pitch and floodlights. It is currently used mostly as a community sports ground, and by local amateur football club Swallows.

It is currently used as a part-time home ground for East London based National First Division side, Blackburn Rovers.[3] The stadium was previously used for professional football matches, as the home ground of National First Division club, Bay United. After the relocation of Bay United, it was used as the home ground of Bay Stars in the SAFA Second Division.

It was also utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, after being built and opened in March 2010.[4] It was one of Port Elizabeth's two training venues, along with the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Stadium. These training venues were used by the 2010 World Cup participants for practices, practice matches and other training, before their games at the city's Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Two major Eastern Cape 2010 construction projects on track . Marketing.bizcommunity.com . 2010-01-06 . 2010-10-07.
  2. Web site: Port Elizabeth 2010 FIFA World Cup : Training Venues . Nelson Mandela Bay . 2010-10-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100413090212/http://www.nelsonmandelabay.gov.za/fifaworldcup/Content.aspx?objID=32 . 2010-04-13 .
  3. Web site: NMB, Gelvandale Stadium Amarova’s lucky charm. Zithethele. 24 October 2013. 28 November 2013. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210014/http://www.zithethele.com/nmb-gelvandale-stadium-amarovas-lucky-charm/. dead.
  4. Web site: Eastern Cape Development Corporation; newsroom; Nelson Mandela Bay on track with 2010 construction . Ecdc.co.za . 2010-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120303001852/http://www.ecdc.co.za/news_article/1493/Nelson_Mandela_Bay_on_track_with_2010_construction/03_February_2010 . 2012-03-03 . dead .