JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Too small for cricket and missing suites for rugby fans, the stadiums that cost South Africa more than $1 billion for this year's World Cup are in danger of turning into white elephants.
Both rugby and cricket are more commercially successful than soccer in South Africa, and both sports need to move into the new stadiums to keep them financially healthy.
On Tuesday, South African Rugby Union president Oregan Hoskins told members of parliament in Cape Town that there had been no discussions between Durban city officials and rugby representatives before the $400 million Moses Mabhida Stadium was built, and now it does not have enough suites to accommodate the local Sharks rugby team.
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