2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup:

Durban, KZN: Business Plan

 Background
 Province and city adopted a “2010 and beyond” strategy which will ensure we take full
advantage of 2010 FIFA World Cup to firmly establish ourselves as Africa’s premier
sporting, conference and tourism centre.
 KZN Provincial government is focused in particular on areas such as sports
development, economic development opportunities, tourism, arts, culture.
 Host cities responsible primarily for delivery of the necessary infrastructure including
transport, ICT, bulk services as well as marketing issues in the host cities
 Host stadia responsible for delivery of stadia and related precinct infrastructure
 Legacy Infrastructure in EThekwini to include: New Stadium and Kings Park Sports
Precinct developments (High performance centre, tennis, Indoor centre, Station, Sports
retail centre); Training field upgrades, Dube Trade Port and King Shaka Airport; Major
Highways and Roadways; Public Transport; Tourism Infrastructure; ICT development;
Urban regeneration
 “Durban, KZN” is brand we are using for Host City
 KINGS PARK SPORTS AND RECREATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN
CONCEPT SPATIAL PLAN

1. Cricket 2. Hotel/sports fields 3. Baseball/Softball

4. Hotel/sports accommodation 5. People’s Park & u/g Parking 5/A. Potential Training Fields
6. Football/athletics 7. Proposed railway station 8. Aquatics
9. Rugby 10.Athletics 11. Archery
12. Cycling 13. High performance centre 14. Indoor sports centre
15. Tennis 16. Equestrian 17A/B. Golf/trails
18. Canoeing 19. A1 Racing

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1. King Senzangakhona Stadium
 World class 70 000 Seater World Class stadium to host semi-final.
 Capable of being expanded to accommodate future Olympics
 Multifunctional without compromising activity of football.
 Financially viable: maximising potential income streams while minimising
financial drain on city
 Best concept at the best price
 Bulk earthworks and piling procurement: Aug 06 – Sep 06
 Principle building contract procurement: Aug 06 – Nov 06
 Bulk earthworks and piling: Oct 06 – Jan 07
 Main seating bowl structure: Nov 06 – Mar 08
 Roof construction: Nov 06 – Oct 08
 Pitch: Jul 08– Oct 08
 Wet trades, services and finishes: Jan 08 – Nov 08
 External works: Jan 08 – Nov 08
 Completion and handover: Sep 08 – Dec 08
 Stadium update
 Ahead of schedule
 Old Stadium demolished
 Land assembly for
underground parking
underway
 Piling contracts being
finalised
 Main Construction
Contract at advanced
stage

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 2. Stadium Precinct
 People’s Park and Hero’s walk
 Underground Parking
 Pedestrianisation of Walter
Gilbert Road
 Imbizo Place
 Pedestrianised link NMR to
Beach
 Resurfacing NMR Road
 FIFA Precinct Costs
 Road Improvements
 Sports Precinct Service Road
 Kings Park Railway Station

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 3. Transport
 Nkosi Albert Luthuli Public Transport
Lanes
 Inner City Distribution System (People
Mover)
 Warwick Junction Infrastructure
 Park and Ride
 King Shaka Airport Service Infrastructure
 Public Transport Call centre
 Western Freeway Rehabilitation
 Intelligent Transport Systems Traffic
Management
 Road network CCTV Monitoring and
Surveillance
 Area Traffic Control
 Non-Motorised Transport (pedestrian/
cycle paths)

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 People Mover
 Begins in late 2006
with a bus based
system, 16 hours a
day, fixed route,
every 10 mins or
so.
 Buses built and
process underway
to train drivers,
ambassadors, etc.
 Feasibility into
Tram-based
system completed
and could
implement for 2010

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Warwick Junction Infrastructure
 Gateway into city
 Highest number of
number of road
deaths/ accidents
 Opportunity to
significantly
improve face of
public transport
 Multi-modal
transport and retail
hub

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 4. Training Venues

 Process underway to  Suggested stadia:

identify which stadia 
SJ Smith Stadium
will be upgraded as 
Chatsworth Stadium
legacy to host PSL-  Sugar Ray Xulu
level games Stadium
 King Zwelithini
Stadium
 Princess Magogo
Stadium

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 5. Fan fests
 Success of EThekwini’s
Beach Parties held for
major conferences will be
built upon
 Ideal opportunity from Blue
Lagoon along beachfront to
Country Club Beach (area
robust and for the most part
serviced)

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 6. Support Infrastructure
 Increasing
bulks
 Water
 Electricity
 Sewers

Etc.

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 7. ICT
 Have extensive Fibre Optic, Power and
Wireless capacity
 Some public buildings already wireless.
Being expanded.
 Fibre optic into stadium and ICC
 Stadia upgrades and Hot spots being
worked on
 MOUs with TELKOM, SITA
 Possible site for International Broadcast
centre. Have had regular international
broadcasts from city
 ICT Strategy links into city’s connectivity
and accessibility strategy
 eThekwini well ahead in terms of
addressing bandwidth needs
 Overall ICT Strategy is to leave a legacy of
connectivity and accessibility

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 Possible International Broadcast
Centre (IBC)
 Criteria for bidding to host
IBC not yet provided
 Durban well placed to be
IBC due to existing
infrastructure
 Decision will however
depend on overall cost
(incl. loss of revenue from
ICC)

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 8. Accommodation
 Over 20 hotels within 5 kilometres
of ground
 < 10 minutes from stadium over
8000 beds (3-5 star)
 <30 minutes from stadium: over
630 tourism establishments
 At least 10 New hotels in process
of construction and number of
others in approval phase
 <2.5 hours from stadium: wider
range for all tourism requirements
 Campsites

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 9. Tourism
 Tourist Information Centres
 Training Tour Guides in Foreign
Languages
 Improving the depth of literature
eg. City maps, what’s on, public
transport maps,
 Literature in different languages
and volunteers being available
 Opening hours of tourist facilities
and attractions are going to be
extended
 Shopping experience needs to be
prioritized
 Tourism friendly strategies
 Information Kiosks
 Accreditation of Accommodation
 Training Courses

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 Beach Tourism
 Beach Products: Blue flags
(Umhlanga, South, Addington,
Ansteys, Bay of Plenty), pilots
(Westbrook Beach, Umhloti Beach,
Bronze Beach, Country Club
Beach, Battery Beach, North
Beach, Amanzimtoti Main Beach),
Artificial reef
 Beach interface (Centres of
excellence, e.g. Beach café, beach
activity areas, surveillance and
open space opportunities,
segmentation, etc.)
 Integrated eventing
 Beachfront regeneration

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 10. Marketing, communication
and signage
 One brand: “Durban, KwaZulu-Natal”
 Tourism directional signage
 Marketing and communications

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 11. City Beautification
 Public Realm
Upgrade
 Upgrade Priority
Transportation
Corridors
 Precinct upgrade
around training
venues
 Beach upgrades

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12. Health 13. Disaster
management
 FOOD INTEGRITY:  FIRE
 SA’s most experienced city  21 fire stations plus two
in dealing with this important
approved additional
aspect

79 specialised vehicles
 DISASTER
 HOSPITALS AND
MANAGEMENT
CLINICS
 Disaster Management
 Provincial Hospitals = 14
Centre
 Private Hospitals = 15  Experience in major event
 24-hour Clinics = 05
co-ordination
 14. FIFA Events
 FIFA Events
 Events leading to
2010
 Host cities need
composite list of all
2010 related events
so as to plan
appropriately and
ensure level of equity

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 15. Safety and security
 Liaison with National  Joint Operations
Authority: most Venue/Disaster Management
experienced city in Control Centre
holding international  Venue Operations Centre
conferences and events
and hence excellent  Capital equipment and CCTV
working relationship  Fire and Emergency Services
among forces
 National/Provincial
approach required

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16. Volunteers
• Critical to the success of the event and so starting to work on best case
• Language skills important
• Age and maturity of volunteers important
• Have a number of pilots underway

17. Environmental rehabilitation

18. Waste Management
19. Compensation
20. Protocol
2010 and Beyond Eventing strategy
 Have to build towards 2010 and ensure sustainability
thereafter
 Events provide platform to do this:

FIFA Events
 FIFA Beach soccer African qualifiers (September 06/07)

A1 Rally (Feb 27 2007)
 Clipper (07-08)
 International Rugby events
 Zulu Rally and World Rally Championships (07-08)
 FIFA Beach soccer World Cup Final (09)
 Confederations Cup (09)

Soccer World Cup 2010 (Semi-final)

FINA 2011
 Commonwealth Games?
 Olympic Games?

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 Critical issues
 Single entry point for Government
 Role definition
 Legislation
 Funding: direct flows
 Procurement
 Special measures for land transfers for 2010
requirements
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