Bidvest Stadium, Football stadium in Braampark, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Bidvest Stadium is a multipurpose sports stadium on the University of the Witwatersrand campus in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. It has a dedicated football field with 5,000 seats and further fields for other sports. The ground was formerly called Milpark Stadium and is the home ground of Wits University FC.
The stadium became widely known when the Netherlands national football team used it as a training base during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. That tournament was hosted across South Africa, and the Dutch side reached the final that year.
The ground is on the University of the Witwatersrand campus in Braamfontein/Milpark and is the home of Wits University FC. It was formerly called Milpark Stadium, and the Dutch national team trained here in June and July 2010 during the World Cup.
The ground is on the University of the Witwatersrand campus in Braamfontein/Milpark, so access runs through campus grounds. Bidvest Wits played its Premiership home matches here, and the venue also hosted the 2011 African U-20 Championship, so check which competition or team is using the pitch before visiting.
The ground was formerly called Milpark Stadium and lies on the University of the Witwatersrand campus, where Wits University FC plays its home matches. In 2011 it hosted matches of the African U-20 Championship.
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