After three years of hard work, city of Johannesburg officials will be handing over the spectacular Soccer City Stadium to the world football governing body, FIFA, at the beginning of March.

Speaking at the massive stadium on Friday, 19 February, the city’s director of project management, Sid Clark, said the completed stadium would be handed over to FIFA on Wednesday, 3 March.

"Officially, host cities are supposed to hand over any host stadiums to FIFA 15 days before the start of the World Cup. But because we managed to complete building the stadium well before kickoff, we have the privilege to give FIFA the complete structure with three months to go before the start of the tournament."

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