"Impossible is Nothing"

FNB Stadium Construction, Joburg

What is amazing about the picture above is not the emerging calabash design of the FNB Stadium but the fact that this is what the stadium looked like under construction in April of 2009, just over twelve months before the opening match of the now almost-forgotten 2010 FIFA World Cup. In the photo, you can see that construction work still concentrated on the main building with the surrounding areas largely untouched.

After taking this photo, I must honestly say that I had my doubts about whether or not construction would be completed in time for the big Kick-off match scheduled for 11 June 2010. All doubts were however put to rest when the stadium was officially completed in January of 2010 and certified fit and ready to host the FIFA World Cup matches.

I thought completion would be impossible, but to great relief, impossible turned to be nothing. The rest is quite frankly, history.