Where results make sense

About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us

Ellis Park Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ellis Park Stadium is a stadium in the city of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. Ellis Park Stadium is the centrepiece of a sporting sector in the south-east of Johannesburg, where it neighbours Johannesburg Stadium (athletics), Standard Bank Stadium (tennis), and an Olympic-class swimming pool. Ellis Park played the host for cricket matches after an agreement was reached between TRFU and The Transvaal Cricket Union. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ellis_Park_Stadium   (1029 words)

|    Gauteng Economic Development ... The Greater Ellis Park precinct will receive a multi-million rand upgrade over the next five years - a move expected to sell the area as a place that is ready to host the 2010 Soccer World Cup and, hopefully, the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Better known as Soccer City, the 94 000-seat FNB Stadium southwest of Johannesburg is expected to host the final of the 2010 Soccer World Cup, with Ellis Park Stadium being the venue for one of the semi final matches. "Ellis Park is a sports, educational and commercial hub - unlike Nasrec, which is the home of soccer," said Sibusiso Buthelezi, Johannesburg Development Agency development manager, in October 2004 during a presentation of the plan. www.geda.co.za /Default.asp?index=9913&ID=360&sub=2   (863 words)

Ellis Park Stadium: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) A modern stadium (plural stadiums, latin plural stadia) is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field... Ellis Park Stadium is the centrepiece of a sporting sector in the south-east of Johannesburg, EHandler: no quick summary. Johannesburg stadium is a stadium in the doornfontein suburb of johannesburg, gauteng province, south africa.... www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/el/ellis_park_stadium.htm   (784 words)

Johannesburg City Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) The Rugby World Cup final was played at Ellis Park in 1995, the final of the 1996 African Cup of Nations took place at Soccer City, the athletics events during the 1999 All Africa Games were contested at Johannesburg stadium and the 2003 Cricket World Cup final was held at the Wanderers. Ellis Park was conceived as a rugby stadium, and is fondly known to all South Africans as the venue of the 1995 Rugby World Cup final when South Africa defeated New Zealand, but it has also become recognised as a premier venue for football. Ellis Park will then meet every requirement to be accepted as a venue for one of the semi-final matches, and a stirring new page will be written in the annals of a Stadium already established in the pantheon of great sporting venues. www.jozicity.com /t-world-cup-2010.htm   (651 words)

Soccer World Cup 2010 | Soccer Stadiums | Ellis Park Ellis Park will then meet every requirement to be accepted as a venue for one of the semi-final matches. Ellis Park, named after Mr JD Ellis, was first built on 13 acres of land in 1928. In 1987 after the Ellis Park Stadium was listed on the stock exchange and due to sound financial management, Ellis Park could announce that the debt (from the construction) to the amount of R53 million was fully paid and a further 86 suites could be erected. www.go2africa.com /football-world-cup-2010/south-africa/stadiums/ellis-park-stadium.asp   (491 words)

Ellis Park at Best Online Casino   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) ellis park concluded its 81st annual summer racing meet on a high note, as a crowd of 4,849... The racetrack now known as ellis park was built in 1922 by the Green River Jockey Club... Ellis Island was incorporated as part of the Statue of Liberty National... ellispark.casinodeals4u.com /find_ellis+park.html   (199 words)

iafrica.com | news | sa news Chaos reigned prior to Ellis Park deaths - report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) A picture of total chaos preceding the deaths last year of 43 people in a stampede at Johannesburg's Ellis Park stadium was painted in the final report by a commission of inquiry, released on Thursday. With the stadium bursting at its seams, people were being "thrown from above" by 7.40pm, the report quotes from records kept by a security guard in the joint operation centre on April 11 last year. The commission, headed by Transvaal Judge President Bernard Ngoepe, said control of the stadium's perimeter fence was lost between 7.15pm and 8.10pm, by which time the stadium was "bursting at its seams". iafrica.com /news/sa/56287.htm   (551 words)

SABCnews.com - south_africa/general As shattered soccer fans left the Ellis Park Stadium last night, police were still trying to piece together events leading up to the stampedes inside and outside the stadium. Fans at the Ellis park stadium told reporters it was a disaster waiting to happen. The stadium has a capacity of 60 000, but many claim that tickets were oversold, a charge that officials deny. www.sabcnews.com /south_africa/general/0,2172,13571,00.html   (447 words)

Ellis Park, South Africa 2001 - Hillsborough Football Disaster Ellis Park's general manager George Stainton on Tuesday painted a picture of the preparations for the Kaiser Chiefs and Orlando Pirates game at the commission chaired by Judge Bernard Ngoepe. The six officers who were in command at the stadium will be investigated over their role in the stampede after the match between Ghana's biggest soccer teams degenerated into the third worst soccer disaster of modern times. Ellis Park general manager George Stainton admitted on Wednesday that the fateful April soccer match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates should not have started according to Fifa rules. www.contrast.org /hillsborough/history/ellis.shtm   (2504 words)

CNN.com - Memorial held for stadium victims - April 15, 2001 Organisers said the ceremony marked a ritual cleansing to clear the stadium of bad spirits and to reclaim the spirits of the dead. Priests and leaders of several religious denominations walked through the stadium, using bunches of leaves or branches to sprinkle cleansing water in areas where people died and where the bodies were laid out. Witnesses say most of the victims had died in a surge after the stadium was declared full and gates were locked. edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/africa/04/15/stadium.memorial   (447 words)

LIBERTY LIFE WANDERERS STADIUM The Wanderers Cricket Stadium is the third ground to be used for Test matches in Johannesburg. The Kent Park Taverners Pavilion, on the south-east side of the Wanderers Stadium (between the Unity Pavilion and the Open Eastern Stand), was pulled down and replaced by a new stand which houses the Taverners, public seating for about 1200 people, and features 12 corporate suites. The Wanderers Stadium has 182 suites which are leased by the top corporate companies of South Africa as Johannesburg is the financial centre of South Africa. www.wanderers.co.za /history.html   (702 words)

:: BOKS MEET WALLABIES AT ELLIS PARK ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) THE Greater Ellis Park precinct, an area housing the city's premier sports complexes, is to receive a multi-million rand facelift over the next five years. ELLIS Park will be a hive of activity on Saturday when the Springboks and Wallabies meet in the second leg of the highly prized Nelson Mandela Challenge. Once at the stadium, Francois Pienaar, who captained the Boks to win the Rugby World Cup at Ellis Park in 1995, will carry the torch on its final leg. www.joburg.org.za /2005/jul/jul22_challenge.stm   (568 words)

Ellis Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ellis Park can refer to two different sporting venues: A stadium used for rugby and football (soccer) in Johannesburg, South Africa: Ellis Park This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ellis_Park   (107 words)

SABCnews.com - sport/soccer The commission of inquiry into the Ellis Park soccer disaster has received more evidence from people who say they are prepared to testify. Stadium management say that almost 4 000 tickets are still in their possession. Ellis Park GM was apprehensive, but confident before tragedy (July 16, 2001, 17:30) www.sabcnews.com /sport/soccer/0,2172,17941,00.html   (255 words)

CNN.com In-Depth Specials - Ellis Park Stadium Up to 125 people were killed when 70,000 soccer fans tried to flee a Ghana stadium after police fired tear gas on people throwing bottles and chairs onto the field. The May 10 tragedy came a month after 43 people were killed at a Johannesburg, South Africa, stadium and only days after eight people died in another crush in Lubumbashi, Congo. The tragedies have raised questions over stadium sizes, security measures and the continent's chances of hosting the World Cup in 2010. edition.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2001/stadium.deaths   (82 words)

Crowd Dynamics Ltd - Ellis Park 2001 Forty-three people died and around 250 were injured at the Ellis Park football stadium in Johannesburg on the night of Wednesday April 11, as people poured into a stadium that was already full to over capacity. The stadium has a capacity of 60,000 but eyewitnesses said there were many thousands more inside the ground. The result is that even in modern stadiums there is a free for all. www.crowddynamics.com /Disasters/ellis_park_2001.htm   (822 words)

Stadium security in South Africa - SA behind the times - Hi-Tech Security Solutions I do not want to comment on what happened at Ellis Park because I was not there, but it is important in any situation to know who is in charge. If I were to take Ellis Park and put it in Europe, it would stand out as one of the best stadia on the continent. Inglis's remarks come as the judicial commission of inquiry into the Ellis Park disaster is underway, with public hearings at the Johannesburg High Court from 16 to 19 July. www.securitysa.com /news.asp?pklNewsID=4283&pklIssueID=194&pklCategoryID=22   (736 words)

SA's DAY OF DISASTER - by La Cancha-News On World Cup 2002 In a day of tragedy for South Africa, 43 soccer fans were killed in a stampede at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg last night -- and 28 passengers died when an overloaded bus crashed down a steep hill near Kokstad early yesterday morning. JOHANNESBURG -- Tragedy struck Ellis Park last night when 43 people were confirmed killed in a stampede during the first half of the Castle Premiership derby match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. The child, seven women and 21 men were killed inside the stadium while one woman and 13 men died outside the stadium. www.lacancha.com /news_041201.html   (614 words)

IOL: Security at Ellis Park beefed up   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) Ellis Park was suggested as a potential target for a terror attack by al-Qaeda. Ellis Park Stadium CEO George Stainton said on Tuesday night that when a Test match was sold out and of such importance, the risk level would also be high. The acting CEO of the Gauteng Tourism Authority, Lindelwa Isabelle, said that if reports were true that Ellis Park, other sporting arenas and the Union Buildings were among areas targeted, it would have a negative impact on the province and its economy. www.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20040804054321953C352237   (616 words)

TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) Given the extent of their complicity or participation of the events of Ellis Park Bombing, he is happy to join in the proceedings tomorrow and to that end will be in attendance tomorrow with his clients, the persons I have mentioned. Yet the Ellis Park matter, there seems to be a deviation from that strategy and a bomb is placed in such a position near Ellis Park Rugby Stadium and it seems to be directed at civilian people. What's being suggested, Mr Matshididi, is that to the contrary the car was parked in fact close to where people enter the premises of the stadium, in other words they present or buy their tickets or present their tickets at that point. www.doj.gov.za /trc/amntrans/1998/98080307_jhb_ellisp1.htm   (11017 words)

CNN.com - Stadium service for stampede victims - April 13, 2001 A total of 43 football fans were killed in a stampede at the Johannesburg stadium during a soccer match. Up to 30,000 mourners are expected to attend along with players from the Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates teams who were playing at Ellis Park when the stampede occurred. Officials are investigating why the stadium -- built to accommodate 60,000 spectators -- was so over-crowded and why security provisions had failed. edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/africa/04/13/safrica.stampede   (501 words)

Soccer Tragedy Allegations that the tragedy was the result of too many tickets being sold for the match-up, and desperate fans outside forcing their way into the stadium, were denied by an official statement read at the news conference by Molefi Oliphant, the president of the South African Football Association.. Oliphant said the stadium had a capacity of 60,000 and confirmed that at least another 15,000 spectators had gathered outside Ellis Park, but rejected claims that the match had been oversold. The practice of selling most of the tickets at the stadium on the day of the match has been criticised, with increasing calls to encourage a culture of South African soccer fans purchasing their tickets before the event, to prevent a crush on the day and avoid disasters such as Wednesday's fatal pile-up. www.usafricaonline.com /safrica.tragedy.html   (1245 words)

Star: Joburg gearing up for all-round rejuvenation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) Johannesburg boasts world-class stadiums - the FNB (known as Soccer City) and Ellis Park. George Stainton, chief executive of the Ellis Park stadium, was ecstatic at the weekend, saying the entire area would be uplifted. The stadium is working on the redevelopment plans with the Johannesburg Development Agency as well as several tertiary institutions in the area. www.thestar.co.za /index.php?fSectionId=129&fArticleId=2078977   (371 words)

1995 Rugby Union World Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) The score at the fulltime whistle was a heroic defensive effort by the Springboks Jonah Lomu from scoring. Ellis Park Johannesburg : New Zealand 34 - Wales 9 Ellis Park Johannesburg : Ireland 24 - Wales 23 www.freeglossary.com /1995_Rugby_Union_World_Cup   (676 words)

YFM - Nelson Mandela's 87th birthday   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) The torch is to reach the Ellis Park Stadium shortly before the kick-off of the Mandela Cup rugby match between the Springboks and Australia on July 23. It is to be handed to Francois Pienaar, who captained the Boks to World Cup victory in 1995, by the captains of the reigning world champions, the SA under-19 and SA under-21 teams. It was at Ellis Park that Mandela wore the Springbok jersey as he celebrated the Springboks winning the cup. www.yfm.co.za /pebble.asp?relid=2130   (313 words)

The Christian Science Monitor | csmonitor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) In hopes of preventing a repeat of the Ellis Park situation, security at games has been increased and ticket booths moved farther away from stadium entrances. At Ellis Park, fans were crushed beneath outside security gates that were knocked over by the pressure of the crowd. Ellis Park stadium manager George Stainton says the use of some gates to control access to the stadium is necessary and that FIFA regulations prohibiting fences inside the stadium were followed. www.csmonitor.com /cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/2001/05/14/text/p6s1.html   (1071 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us   Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.