Materials Used to Build Cape Town Stadium (2010 FIFA World Cup)

Cape Town Stadium (capacity 55,000) was constructed with:

• Reinforcing steel: 132,800 m² (60,000 tonnes)
• Structural steel: 19,000 tonnes
• Weathering steel: 2,100 tonnes
• Pre-cast concrete: 2,800 tonnes
• In-situ concrete: 130,000 tonnes
• Formwork: 182,900 m²
• Workforce: ~2,500 workers at peak

The stadium's iconic curved roof and façade use PTFE-coated fiberglass membrane and glass, but the above are the primary structural quantities reported for the main build.