Contractors have been working around the clock to put the finishing touches to the Cape Town Stadium, which will be handed over to the City of Cape Town on Monday.
The main contractors, Murray & Roberts and WBHO, will hand over the stadium to Mayor Dan Plato at a ceremony there.
Last week, workers - except for one who had fallen fast asleep, luckily strapped into his harness - were busy washing down the facade.
The pitch, with its six-week growth of grass seeded from scratch, was looking lush and green.
A site a voice over the intercom kept repeating: "Attention. An emergency has been reported. Please leave the building utilising the nearest exit. Do not use the elevators."
But it was just one of several tests to make sure all systems are working smoothly.
Silas Darby, the on-site project manager, said there was likely to be an evacuation drill during one of the three test events to be held before the World Cup. The stadium can hold 68 000 people for the World Cup, although the number of seats will be reduced afterwards.
He said that they were practically finished with the work, except for the "last-minute nips and tucks".
"Now it's really about cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning."
Darby said despite the handover on Monday there was still work to do.
"Is the building suitable for its intended purpose? Yes. Could you hold a game here? Yes. Now it's just little things like camera positions and finding a place for 32 flag poles."
He said so far everybody who had seen the stadium, from the London Financial Times to the Norwegian royal family, as well as soccer teams and their management, had been over the moon.
"It's certainly been a once-in-a-lifetime experience and an absolute jol to do."
Construction started on March 26, 2007 and the project was completed on deadline two years and nine months later.
The initial budget was R2.95 billion, but the final cost was R4.5 billion, of which a share was paid by the national government.