The South African Disability Alliance Group says thousands of disabled people will not experience the 2010 FIFA World Cup live due to a lack of seats. (Pictured: Soccer City Stadium did not meet t
All 10 World Cup stadiums were jointly meant to have over 2 800 seats allocated specifically for wheelchair bound spectators, but the group claims just over a 1000 seats are available. Cape Town Stadium was meant to have 340 seats for disabled people but will only have 110. The groups spokesman, Phillip Thompson, said there had been minimal effort to increase access for the disabled.
There are serious deficiencies in the various stadiums. There has been no undertaking from any of the stadiums to actually meet these adjusted figures. In Soccer City where we require 435 seats, it will be impossible to achieve 297,” says Thompson.