Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Loftus Versfeld Stadium is a sports stadium situated in Pretoria, South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 53,056 and an all-seater stadium. Stadium named after Robert Owen Loftus Versfeld, the founder of organized sport in Pretoria.

Through the years the stadium has undergone various name changes as sponsors came and went, though locals have always referred to the stadium as Loftus Versfeld. From 11 June 1998 to February 4, 2003 the stadium was officially named after Minolta Minolta Loftus has become a sponsor of the stadium's name. Sponsors received by security giant Securicor, who announced the name Securicor Loftus on February 5, 2003. On 1 September 2005 the stadium is named for the renaming process went full circle when cellular civil Vodacom, taking over sponsorship from Securicor, the stadium back to the original Loftus Versfeld.

Places stadium was first used for sports in 1906, and the field was simply called the Eastern Sports Padang. The first concrete structure was erected there by the City Council in 1923. The original structure could only accommodate 2000 spectators, and did not have proper sports facilities.

In 1928, mostly because the All Blacks tour to South Africa that year, the sub-Pretoria union made a large profit which they used to renovate the locker room and WC.

When Loftus Versfeld died suddenly in May 1932 on the sub-union renamed Pretoria Loftus Versfeld Stadium as a tribute to a man who has done so much to widen the field of sports. The stadium has been known as Loftus Versfeld Stadium since been upgraded on several occasions, very recently in 1984, when the Northern Pavilion received an increase.