Blatter: WCup showcase stadium as good as Wembley
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}JOHANNESBURG (AP) — FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the venue for the World Cup opening game is "five-star," and hopes Nelson Mandela can attend the match.
The Soccer City venue in Johannesburg will host next week's opening game and the final.
Blatter took a stroll on the lush, green field Wednesday, noting the 94,700-seat venue was a "five-star stadium, and can be compared, if comparison is possible, perhaps, with Wembley in London."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Blatter also hoped Mandela would be at the opening game on June 11. Blatter said the presence of South Africa's former president would be the stadium's "highlight."