Kaizer Chiefs have entered into a lucrative stadium deal that’s ruffled a few feathers around the South African football fraternity.
Chiefs will use the Peter Mokaba Stadium six times over the next two seasons.
This nets them a massive payday.
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Polokwane Municipality’s Sports and Recreation Manager, Mantlako Sebaka, has defended the authority’s decision to lease Peter Mokaba Stadium to Kaizer Chiefs. Amakhosi and the municipality have entered into a R16 million deal, seeing Chiefs bring six matches over the next two campaigns to the 45,000-seater stadium.
“Apart from the six matches over two seasons as representative of Limpopo in the Premier League (PSL), we will still bring Chiefs here to honour their three away league matches,” Sebaka told Sunday World.
“As the Polokwane municipality, we regard sports tourism as one of the pillars of growth. And as we all know, Chiefs have a huge following. Bringing them here in Polokwane is in line with what we want to achieve,” he added.
“Apart from the six matches over two seasons as representative of Limpopo in the Premier League (PSL), we will still bring Chiefs here to honour their three away league matches,” Sebaka told Sunday World.
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As the most popular and historically successful club in the country, their commercial appeal is obvious.
“As the Polokwane municipality, we regard sports tourism as one of the pillars of growth. And as we all know, Chiefs have a huge following. Bringing them here in Polokwane is in line with what we want to achieve,” he added.
“To the municipality, the three active stadiums are great facilities. Both the new and old Peter Mokaba and the newly revamped Seshego stadiums. But if they are not utilised wisely to benefit the municipality and communities, business people and hotels, which are closer to these facilities, will remain useless white elephants,” he continued.
“It is for this reason we go all out to sell the ideas of bringing home big games to the province. And moreover, our hand remains raised high in terms of bringing some of the Premier Division’s cup final matches into the province. Or even for Bafana Bafana’s big matches.”
Is this a win-win deal?
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