Ellis Park Stadium

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football stadium multi-purpose stadium rugby union stadium sports stadium

Ellis Park Stadium is a historic rugby and football stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, best known internationally for hosting the iconic 1995 Rugby World Cup final.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Ellis Park Stadium canonical	5
Ellis Park	1
Ellis Park Stadium (Pty) Ltd	1
Ellis Park sports precinct	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1079390 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ellis Park Stadium
Context triple: [1995 Rugby World Cup, finalVenue, Ellis Park Stadium]

A. Hampden Park
Hampden Park is Scotland’s national football stadium in Glasgow, renowned for hosting major domestic and international matches and historic cup finals.
B. North Harbour Stadium
North Harbour Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and events venue located on Auckland's North Shore in New Zealand.
C. Riders Field
Riders Field is a minor league baseball stadium in Frisco, Texas, best known as the home ballpark of the Frisco RoughRiders.
D. Gtech Community Stadium
Gtech Community Stadium is a modern football stadium in Brentford, West London, serving as the home ground of Brentford Football Club.
E. Eden Park
Eden Park is New Zealand’s most famous rugby stadium, located in Auckland and renowned as the primary venue for the national team, the All Blacks.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ellis Park Stadium
Target entity description: Ellis Park Stadium is a historic rugby and football stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, best known internationally for hosting the iconic 1995 Rugby World Cup final.

A. Hampden Park
Hampden Park is Scotland’s national football stadium in Glasgow, renowned for hosting major domestic and international matches and historic cup finals.
B. North Harbour Stadium
North Harbour Stadium is a major multi-purpose sports and events venue located on Auckland's North Shore in New Zealand.
C. Riders Field
Riders Field is a minor league baseball stadium in Frisco, Texas, best known as the home ballpark of the Frisco RoughRiders.
D. Gtech Community Stadium
Gtech Community Stadium is a modern football stadium in Brentford, West London, serving as the home ground of Brentford Football Club.
E. Eden Park
Eden Park is New Zealand’s most famous rugby stadium, located in Auckland and renowned as the primary venue for the national team, the All Blacks.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	football stadium ⓘ multi-purpose stadium ⓘ rugby union stadium ⓘ sports stadium ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ellis Park Stadium ⓘ surface form: Ellis Park Emirates Airline Park ⓘ Emirates Park ⓘ
capacity	approximately 60000 ⓘ
city	Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Johannesburg
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
hasLighting	floodlights ⓘ
hasScoreboards	electronic scoreboards ⓘ
hasSeatingType	all-seater configuration ⓘ
historicalSignificance	symbol of national unity in South Africa after apartheid ⓘ
homeVenueOf	Golden Lions ⓘ Golden Lions rugby union team ⓘ surface form: Lions (United Rugby Championship) Moroka Swallows F.C. ⓘ surface form: Moroka Swallows FC
hostedEvent	1995 Rugby World Cup final ⓘ 1995 Rugby World Cup matches ⓘ 2010 FIFA World Cup matches ⓘ South Africa national rugby union team home tests ⓘ concerts ⓘ international rugby union test matches ⓘ major football matches in South Africa ⓘ
locatedIn	Gauteng ⓘ Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Johannesburg Johannesburg CBD ⓘ
namedAfter	JD Ellis ⓘ
notableFor	association with post-apartheid South African sporting history ⓘ hosting the 1995 Rugby World Cup final ⓘ
opened	1928 ⓘ
operator	Ellis Park Stadium self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ellis Park Stadium (Pty) Ltd
owner	Ellis Park World of Sport (consortium) ⓘ
partOf	Ellis Park Stadium self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ellis Park sports precinct
rebuilt	1982 ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
renovatedFor	2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ rugby union ⓘ
surface	grass ⓘ
tenantType	professional football clubs ⓘ professional rugby teams ⓘ
timezone	Central Africa Time ⓘ surface form: South African Standard Time
usedFor	football matches ⓘ large-scale events ⓘ rugby union matches ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1995 Rugby World Cup → finalVenue → Ellis Park Stadium ⓘ

South Africa national rugby union team → homeStadium → Ellis Park Stadium ⓘ

Ellis Park Stadium → alsoKnownAs → Ellis Park Stadium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ellis Park

Ellis Park Stadium → operator → Ellis Park Stadium self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ellis Park Stadium (Pty) Ltd

Ellis Park Stadium → partOf → Ellis Park Stadium self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ellis Park sports precinct

Boks → homeStadium → Ellis Park Stadium ⓘ

Ellis Park area, Johannesburg → knownFor → Ellis Park Stadium ⓘ

Ellis Park area, Johannesburg → hasFacility → Ellis Park Stadium ⓘ

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