The city of Johannesburg is the largest and richest city in the nation of South Africa. It is also one of nine cities selected to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup, although among these cities it has the distinction of being home to two stadiums, including Soccer City, home of the final. The chance to shine on the international stage has led to massive renovations of the city's stadiums and tourist areas. These renovations create numerous jobs, often filled by migrant workers from other regions. Huge improvements also need to be made to Johannesburg's infrastructure to cope with the thousands of fans who will flock to the city. With regular funding diverted to football projects and construction work taken on by foreigners, money is being taken from the city's poorest areas, those neighborhoods once closely linked to the segregated areas seen in the apartheid era. This system may be outlawed, but similar discrimination continues today. It is a combination of these problems that allows for a great separation between rich and poor in the city, even as the city comes into the international spotlight of the FIFA tournament. To prepare for the World Cup, South Africa is building five brand new stadiums and renovating another five as playing fields as well as many other practice fields across the country. Building the camps is an extremely expensive undertaking, but it will also create countless construction jobs, even if the money is slow to reach the lower strata of society. This is especially true in Johannesburg, home to two stadiums: Ellis Park Stadium and, most importantly, Soccer City, home of the final. Soccer City will be almost destroyed and rebuilt... half of the article... odes, A., & Watson, V. (2008). Learning from the post-apartheid experience. In Planning and Transformation. New York: Routledge.Jacobson, C. (2009, December 3). Tourism leaders fight against 2010 World Cup greed. Retrieved December 3, 2009, from Yahoo! Sports News: http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ap-wcup-tourism&prov=ap&type=lgnsJohannesburg City Administration. (2005, February 24). Joburg prepares for the World Cup. Retrieved December 1, 2009, from the City of Johannesburg: http://www.joburg.org.za/content/view/673/191/Knox, P., & Marston, S. (2007). Human geography: places and regions in global context. Upper Saddle River: Pearson.Lappin, Y. (2009, October 11). Israel helps South Africa secure 2010 World Cup. Retrieved December 3, 2009, from Jurusalem Post International News: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1255204772362&pagename=JPArticle/ShowFull