Gelvandale Stadium

Gelvandale Stadium

Location	Liebenberg Road, Gelvandale, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Coordinates	33.914°S 25.560°E / -33.914; 25.560
Owner	Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
Capacity	3,000
Surface	Grass
Construction
Opened	March 2010
Construction cost	R68 million[1]
Tenants
Bay United(2010 - 2011) Bay Stars (2011 - 2013)

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.

References

1. "Two major Eastern Cape 2010 construction projects on track". Marketing.bizcommunity.com. 6 January 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
2. "Port Elizabeth 2010 FIFA World Cup : Training Venues". Nelson Mandela Bay. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
3. "NMB, Gelvandale Stadium Amarova's lucky charm". Zithethele. 24 October 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
4. "Eastern Cape Development Corporation; newsroom; Nelson Mandela Bay on track with 2010 construction". Ecdc.co.za. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2010.