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Ellis Park Stadium
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Alternate: Emirates Airline Park

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South Africa Rugby vs England Rugby
Sat 04 Jul 2026 15:40

Established
1928 (98 years old)

Capacity
62,567

Build Cost
R 40 Million

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Country
South Africa

Location
Johannesburg, Gauteng Province

Timezone
UTC +02:00 South Africa Standard Time (SAST)

Coordinates
26°11′51″S 28°3′39″E

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		Upcoming
04 Jul	South AfrSouth Africa Rugby	15:40	England REngland Rugby
25 Jul	Golden LiGolden Lions	12:00	PumasPumas
01 Aug	Golden LiGolden Lions	14:05	Blue BullBlue Bulls
14 Aug	Golden LiGolden Lions	12:00	Boland CaBoland Cavaliers
22 Aug	South AfrSouth Africa Rugby	14:05	New ZealaNew Zealand Rugby
28 Aug	Golden LiGolden Lions	14:05	Western PWestern Province
29 Aug	South AfrSouth Africa Rugby	14:05	New ZealaNew Zealand Rugby
		Results
20 Sep	Golden LiGolden Lions	25 - 27	GriquasGriquas
13 Sep	Golden LiGolden Lions	67 - 19	Boland CaBoland Cavaliers
06 Sep	Golden LiGolden Lions	37 - 7	GriquasGriquas
30 Aug	Golden LiGolden Lions	44 - 5	Blue BullBlue Bulls
16 Aug	South AfrSouth Africa Rugby	22 - 38	AustraliaAustralia Rugby
02 Aug	Golden LiGolden Lions	40 - 19	Western PWestern Province
26 Jul	Golden LiGolden Lions	46 - 5	Sharks XVSharks XV

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Ellis Park Stadium (known as Emirates Airline Park for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union and association football stadium in the city of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It hosted the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was won by the country's national team, the Springboks. The stadium was the country's most modern when it was upgraded in 1982 to accommodate almost 60,000 people. Today, the stadium hosts both football and rugby and is also used as a venue for other large events, such as open-air concerts. It has become synonymous with rugby as the only time when rugby was not played at Ellis Park was during 1980 and 1981, when the stadium was under construction during the upgrade.

The stadium was originally named after Mr J.D. Ellis, who made the area for the stadium available. A five-year ZAR 450 million (US$58 million/£30 million) naming rights deal was signed in 2008 with The Coca-Cola Company, resulting in the stadium being named Coca-Cola Park between 2008 and 2012.

League, provincial, and international football games have all been played at the stadium, and it has seen such teams as Brazil, Manchester United and Arsenal play. Ellis Park Stadium is the centerpiece of a sporting sector in the south-east of Johannesburg, where it neighbours Johannesburg Stadium (athletics), Standard Bank Arena, Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, and an Olympic-class swimming pool.

Ellis Park is home to the following teams:

Lions (Cats until September 2006), Super Rugby Southern Hemisphere rugby competition
Golden Lions, Currie Cup domestic rugby competition
Cricket matches were held at the stadium in the past. Ellis Park hosted six Test matches between 1948 and 1954, but it has not been used for first-class cricket since New Wanderers Stadium opened in 1956 and is now only used for rugby and football.


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