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Building costs took Soccer City $133m over budget

The Columbian
Published: March 3, 2010, 12:00am

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Johannesburg authorities say the venue for the World Cup final went 1 billion rand ($133 million) over budget.

Johannesburg city councilman Parks Tau said Wednesday that Soccer City ended up costing 3.2 billion rand ($424 million) due to the rising price of building materials.

The stadium, which will host the opening and closing matches of the tournament, which runs from June 11-July 11, was handed over to the city Wednesday — 99 days before kickoff — by the Aveng construction group.

Work on transport infrastructure around the stadium is scheduled for completion in mid-March.

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