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Soccer City (FNB Stadium) — Johannesburg (2010)

Calabash design. 2010 Final host. 127 decibel vuvuzela noise. Africa's proudest football moment.

Soccer City's calabash design — modelled on an African cooking pot — hosted the 2010 World Cup Final. The sound of 94,000 vuvuzelas created a noise level that FIFA engineers measured at 127 decibels — louder than a jet engine and 30% louder than the average World Cup crowd roar — and sparked a global controversy about the instruments that became the sonic symbol of South Africa 2010.

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Soccer City (FNB Stadium) — Johannesburg (2010)

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