The M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, home of the Baltimore Ravens. The 71,000-seater stadium is scheduled to host the fourth Test between the Boks and the All Blacks on Saturday.
Baltimore, United States — The Springboks and All Blacks stand to share an estimated $8 million (R129,5 million) more by taking their series decider to the United States, than they would have earned had the match been played in South Africa.
That financial windfall has turned Saturday's clash at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium into a landmark experiment for international rugby — and potentially a blueprint for taking more of the sport's biggest matches to the lucrative US market.
The fourth and final Test of the series, dubbed "The Money Game", is expected to draw a sellout crowd of around 70,000 to the home of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens, with average ticket prices of about $200 (R3,200).
South Africa lead the series 2-1 after three bruising Tests and will defend that advantage against the All Blacks in what is by some distance the highest-profile rugby match ever staged in the United States.
