Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Loftus Versfeld
	Loftus Versfeld during a Super Rugby encounter between the Vodacom Bulls and the Sharks.
Full name	Loftus Versfeld Stadium
Former names	Minolta Loftus, Securicor Loftus
Location	440 Kirkness Street, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Coordinates	25°45′12″S 28°13′22″E / 25.75333°S 28.22278°E
Public transit	Hatfield (Gautrain station)
Owner	Blue Bulls Rugby Union ; Mamelodi Sundowns
Capacity	51,762
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	1905
Built	1906–1923
Opened	1923
Renovated	1977
Expanded	2008
Tenants
	Blue Bulls (Currie Cup) ; Bulls (United Rugby Championship); Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. (PSL)
Website
	bullsrugby.co.za/stadium/stadium-history/

Loftus Versfeld Stadium is a rugby union and association football stadium situated in the suburb of Arcadia, city of Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa.^[1] The stadium can accommodate 51,762 spectators.

The stadium is the home ground of the Bulls franchise of the United Rugby Championship, Blue Bulls union in South Africa's Currie Cup and African Football league champions Mamelodi Sundowns It also hosted the 2009 Super 14 Final which the Bulls won 61–17 against the Waikato Chiefs, the 2009 Currie Cup final, which the Bulls won 36–24 against the Free State Cheetahs, and the 2024 United Rugby Championship final, which the Bulls lost 16–21 to the Glasgow Warriors.

Also, the South Africa national rugby union team has played several test matches at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium. They played New Zealand in 1970, 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2006, Australia in 1967, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2012 and 2023, England in 1994, 2000 and 2007, and Ireland in 1998 and 2024.

In June 2010, the stadium hosted opening round games and one game of the round of 16 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

The stadium is located at an altitude of 1,350m above sea level.^[2]

^ Horn, André; Breetzke, Gregory (2009). "Informing a Crime Strategy for the FIFA 2010 World Cup: A Case Study for the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Tshwane, South Africa". Urban Forum. 20: 19–32. doi:10.1007/s12132-009-9054-0.
^ "Q&A: What can northern hemisphere sides expect when they travel to South Africa?".

[1] Horn, André; Breetzke, Gregory (2009). "Informing a Crime Strategy for the FIFA 2010 World Cup: A Case Study for the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Tshwane, South Africa". Urban Forum. 20: 19–32. doi:10.1007/s12132-009-9054-0.

[2] "Q&A: What can northern hemisphere sides expect when they travel to South Africa?".

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