The Jan Smuts Stadium is an athletics and football stadium in the Arcadia suburb of East London, Buffalo City

Buffalo City Local Municipality

Buffalo City is a metropolitan municipality situated on the east coast of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It includes the towns of East London, Bhisho and King William's Town, as well as the large townships of Mdantsane and Zwelitsha....

. The stadium is named in honour of Jan Smuts

Jan Smuts

Jan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS, PC was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948...

, and is adjacent to the Buffalo City Stadium

Buffalo City Stadium

Buffalo City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in East London, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for Rugby Union matches and is the home stadium of Border Bulldogs...

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Football related tenants

During the 2009-10 football season, it was named as Blackburn Rovers FC's

Blackburn Rovers FC (South Africa)

Blackburn Rovers are a South African football club from East London, Eastern Cape who play in the National First Division.In 2010 they gained promotion to the National First Division after winning the Vodacom League Eastern Cape League and finishing the season as the division's overall runner-up....

 home venue, competing at the Eastern Cape province of Vodacom League

Vodacom League

Vodacom League, sometimes also referred to as Vodacom Promotional League, was founded in 1998 as the current Second Division and the overall third tier of South African football . The competition is regulated by SAFA, and sponsored by mobile telecommunications company Vodacom...

. When the team after the season won promotion for National First Division

National First Division

The National First Division is the second-highest league of South African club football after the Premier Soccer League . Both the NFD and PSL are organised by the National Soccer League.-For seasons in 2007-11:...

, they however moved their home venue to the adjacent Buffalo City Stadium

Buffalo City Stadium

Buffalo City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in East London, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for Rugby Union matches and is the home stadium of Border Bulldogs...

. In the 2010-11 season, no less than 4 other teams from Vodacom League (FC Buffalo

FC Buffalo (South Africa)

FC Buffalo is an association football club based in the Southernhood suburb of East London, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The club was founded in June 2006, and during their first four years, they played in SAB Regional League, the fourth level of South African football...

, Bush Bucks

Bush Bucks F.C. (2007)

Bush Bucks F.C. is a South African association football club. The club was founded in 2007 by former Bush Bucks F.C. owner Sturu Pasiya when he purchased a license to participate in the Vodacom League from Lion City FC....

, OR Tambo DC, Tornado), picked the Jan Smuts Stadium as their preferred home venue.