Kenya 2010 World Cup Gears Up as a stopover attraction

There is no event like the World Cup. All the others, the Olympics, world athletics championship, continental soccer derbies may come close, but no one ever gets there all. The World Cup is in a class by itself.

For the first time the 32 nations football tournament will be held in Africa. South Africa is the host country, and new football facilities and the improvement of the existing out lie that can be guaranteed up to the land isready to host the world.

It is not alone in losing on the other countries in the region, only the world cup is too big an event for a country to handle. Teams need to acclimatise for the case before the actual event. Countries that the same conditions as the venue, good sports facilities, developed infrastructure, media and property is useful.

Of all the nations in Africa, none fits better in this categorysuch as Kenya. Apart from the 60,000-seat Moi International Sports Complex, the country also has two other stadiums in the city, town and Nyayo stadiums of international standard. The City Stadium, which has a long history as the home of dreams for football players and fans, is set for major renovations until 2010.

Kenya is known as a lively destination. There are excellent accommodations in Kenya, which has been used over the years by millions of touriststo visit the many attractions of the country. The media is colorful. In fact, apart from South Africa, Kenya is the only other country in Africa, south of the Sahara, where the Internet and mobile phone can also be found in the most distant malls.

Football stars have it easy here. In fact, the top African football teams prefer Nairobi as their first choice training ground. The indomitable Lions of Cameroon and the Flying Eagles of Nigeria have in bearings in thelast two years in Kenya.

Apart from the main stadiums, there are institutions that are excellent training grounds for the teams that could provide for privacy. The central bank owned facility, Kenya School of Monetary Studies has all participating team would want every World Cup. Their pitch is world class, excellent their accommodation, security made available from the paramilitary General Service Unit and its only 25 minutes drive from the internationalAirport.

With a little update, the Karen base KC B Institute also an excellent training grounds. Teams that would not mind to use facilities outside of Nairobi, Naivasha find an attractive destination. Flower-based companies have excellent facilities that they simply need polishing until use.

Tanzania have recently completed a sixty thousand seater opened in Dar-es-Salaam. There is also a training ground for world cup bound teams available and its marketinghas already been initiated by the Government of Tanzania. Uganda and Rwanda will certainly try and market their venues.

The football World Cup in Africa to be line for South Africa, but in Kenya and the East African region are already beginning to prepare for the biggest event ever come.