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The Cape Town Stadium (Afrikaans: Kaapstad-stadion; Xhosa: Inkundla yezemidlalo yaseKapa[3]) is an association football (soccer) and rugby union stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, that was built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[4] During the planning stage, it was known as the Green Point Stadium, which was the name of the older stadium on an adjacent site, and this name was also used frequently during World Cup media coverage. It is the home ground of Premier Soccer League clubs Cape Town Spurs (since 2010) and Cape Town City (since 2016). It has also hosted the South Africa Sevens rugby tournament since 2015.

DHL Stadium (Cape Town Stadium)

Full name	DHL Stadium
Location	Fritz Sonnenberg Road, Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa
Coordinates	33°54′12.46″S 18°24′40.15″E
Owner	City of Cape Town
Capacity	55,000[1]
Field size	125m x 68m[2]
Surface	Grass
Construction
Broke ground	26 March 2007
Opened	14 December 2009
Construction cost	R 4.4 billion (USD $ 600 million £ 415 million)
Architect	GMP Architects, Louis Karol Architects, Point Architects
General contractor	Murray & Roberts/ WBHO
Tenants
Cape Town Spurs F.C. (2010–2021) Cape Town City F.C. (2016–present) WP Rugby Union (2021–present) Stormers (2021–present)

The stadium is located in Green Point, between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, close to the Cape Town city center and to the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, a popular tourist and shopping venue. The stadium had a seating capacity of 64,100 during the 2010 World Cup,[5] later reduced to 58,309.[6] The stadium is connected to the waterfront by a new road connection, Granger Bay Boulevard. Cape Town Stadium is the 5th biggest stadium in South Africa; the biggest in Cape Town.

Etymology

During construction, Cape Town Stadium was unofficially known as Green Point Stadium, the name of an older stadium adjacent to it that was partially demolished and rebuilt into the Green Point Athletics Stadium. During October 2009, the city asked for the public to propose names for the new stadium and the name Cape Town Stadium was chosen.[3]

In December 2017, plans for a new name were underway.

Previous stadium

The stadium is adjacent to the site of the original 18,000 seater stadium Green Point Stadium. It replaces a portion of the Metropolitan Golf Club site which has now been realigned.

The previous stadium, originally constructed in 1897 and which was partly demolished in 2007 and rebuilt in 2013 as the Green Point Athletics Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium used for cycling, athletics, cricket and soccer. Later used mainly for soccer matches, it was the home ground of Santos Football Club and Ajax Cape Town at different points. It also hosted music concerts, including the November 2003 46664 Concert for the benefit of AIDS victims.[7] The section of the old stadium that remained was redeveloped into the Green Point Athletics Stadium, which opened in 2015 with a seating capacity of 4500.[8]

Design

Construction of the Cape Town Stadium, located on the Green Point Common, began in March 2007.

In 33 months, joint venture contractors Murray & Roberts, now known as Concor and WBHO completed the project at a cost of R4.4billion – or approximately US$600million.

The project architects were an association between GMP Architects of Germany and two local firms, Louis Karol and Associates and Point Architects.

The structural engineers comprised a joint venture between BKS, Henry Fagan & Partners, KFD Wilkinson, Goba, Iliso and Arcus Gibb.[9]

Handing over

Cape Town Stadium was officially handed over to the City of Cape Town on schedule on 14 December 2009. At a ceremony in front of over 200 invited guests and the media representatives from around the world, Cape Town Executive Mayor Alderman Dan Plato, received the keys to the stadium officially confirming the opening of Cape Town Stadium.[10]

After the World Cup

A consortium consisting of South Africa's Sail Group and French-based Stade de France were awarded the service contract to operate the stadium and ensure that it remains a sustainable multi-purpose venue after the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The consortium, called Business Venture Investments 1317, was involved in the management of the stadium from January 2009 onwards. The city municipality paid the consortium to manage the stadium up to and during the World Cup, after which the consortium will lease the stadium from the city for a period of not less than 10 years and not more than 30 years.[11]

Following the World Cup, temporary rows of seating on either side on the top tier were replaced by events suites and clubrooms, reducing the stadium's capacity to 58,300.[12] The stadium features corporate hospitality suites, medical, training, and conferencing and banqueting facilities. The consortium will operate the stadium as well as manage and maintain the defined areas of the surrounding urban park and sport precinct on the 85-hectare Greenpoint Common from stadium revenue.[13]

Ajax Cape Town have used the stadium as their home ground from the 2010-11 Premier Soccer League (PSL) season onwards.[14] Due to the stadium's ongoing financial problems, the City of Cape Town had sought to acquire Western Province rugby as an "anchor tenant". After four years of talks, Western Province announced in December 2014 that they had decided to remain at Newlands Stadium.[15] In March 2015, the South African Rugby Union announced that the South Africa Sevens tournament would be staged at Cape Town Stadium for four years, beginning in December 2015.[16]

In June 2016, it was announced that new PSL club Cape Town City would also play at Cape Town Stadium.[17]

In late 2020, Western Province RFU announced that they were selling their longtime home of Newlands Stadium to developers, who planned to demolish the ground and convert it to a mixed-use development. From 2021 onwards, franchise rugby team Stormers and Currie Cup side WP will call Cape Town Stadium home, as will international rugby tests played in Cape Town.

Inaugural games

The first game to be hosted at the new Cape Town Stadium was a Cape Town derby between Ajax Cape Town and Santos on 23 January 2010 as part of the official inauguration of the stadium. Only 20,000 tickets were made available for the event and were sold out by Friday 15 January 2010. The Soccer Festival had entertainment from local band Freshlyground and a Vuvuzela orchestra performance during half time.

Date	Time (SAST)	Team 1	Res.	Team 2	Attendance
23 January 2010	16:00	Ajax Cape Town	0–0 (5–6 pen.)	Santos	20,000

The second of three 'dry runs' at the new Cape Town Stadium was another Cape Town derby. Local Cape Town rugby teams, The Vodacom Stormers and the Boland Inv. XV battled it out at the Cape Town Rugby Festival that took place on 6 February 2010. The Rugby Festival had entertainment from local band Flat Stanley. Only 40,000 tickets were made available for the event. This was double the amount that attended the Soccer Festival.

Date	Time (SAST)	Team 1	Res.	Team 2	Attendance
6 February 2010	16:15	Vodacom Stormers	47–13	Boland Inv. XV	40,000

Cape Town Stadium hosted its third test event on Monday 22 March, during which all 55,000 permanent seats were available for the first time. A total of 52,000 tickets were sold.

‘Cape Town For Jesus', a religious gathering addressed by South African evangelist Angus Buchan, was the first major non-sporting event hosted at the stadium, and gave the stadium operators another chance to test their readiness ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Date	Time (SAST)	Event	Capacity	Attendance
22 March 2010	13:00	Cape Town For Jesus	55,000	52,000

Cape Town Stadium hosted its fourth and final test event on Saturday 10 April. This was the first time that the stadium was utilised at night, for the International Under-20 Soccer Challenge between South Africa, Brazil, Nigeria and Ghana. About 40,000 attended the event that tested the stadium's readiness for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Date	Time (SAST)	Team 1	Res.	Team 2	Attendance
10 April 2010	18:00	Ghana U-20	0–1	Brazil U-20	40,000
	20:30	South Africa U-20	1–3	Nigeria U-20

2010 FIFA World Cup

In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Cape Town Stadium hosted five first round matches, one second round, one quarter-final, and one semi-final.[18] During the World Cup, all FIFA media referred to the stadium as 'Green Point Stadium'.

Matches

Date	Time (SAST)	Team #1	Result	Team #2	Round	Attendance
11 June 2010	20:30	Uruguay	0–0	France	Group A	64,100
14 June 2010	20:30	Italy	1–1	Paraguay	Group F	62,869
18 June 2010	20:30	England	0–0	Algeria	Group C	64,100
21 June 2010	13:30	Portugal	7–0	North Korea	Group G	63,644
24 June 2010	20:30	Cameroon	1–2	Netherlands	Group E	63,093
29 June 2010	20:30	Spain	1–0	Portugal	Round of 16	62,955
3 July 2010	16:00	Argentina	0–4	Germany	Quarter-finals	64,100
6 July 2010	20:30	Uruguay	2–3	Netherlands	Semi-finals	62,479

International friendlies

On 17 November 2010, the Cape Town Stadium hosted its first international friendly. The match was between South Africa and the USA, where they played for the Nelson Mandela Challenge Trophy.

Date	Time (SAST)	Team 1	Result	Team 2	Attendance
17 November 2010	21:30	South Africa	0–1	United States	52,000
19 January 2011	17:00	Botswana	1–2	Sweden	2,000
21 July 2012	15:00	Ajax Cape Town	1–1	Manchester United	53,000
8 January 2012	20.15	South Africa	0–1	Norway
21 January 2013	16:00	Jomo Cosmos	0–4	Grasshopper Club Zürich	100
26 January 2013	16:00	Ajax Cape Town	2–1		200
23 March 2013	20:15	South Africa	2–0	Central African Republic	36,740

Sporting and events

There was speculation of a possible move of the Super rugby team Stormers to the Cape Town Stadium.[19] However, the Stormers have since continued playing at Newlands Stadium, which is owned by the Western Province Rugby Football Union.

Date	Time (SAST)	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Attendance
9 February 2013	14.45	Vodacom Stormers	–	Boland Inv. XV
3 February 2019	17.00	DHL Stormers	33–28	Vodacom Bulls	50,000

World Rugby Sevens Series

See also World Rugby Sevens Series

Date	Event Year	Winner
12–13 December 2015	2015 South Africa Sevens	South Africa
10–11 December 2016	2016 South Africa Sevens	England
9–10 December 2017	2017 South Africa Sevens	New Zealand
8–9 December 2018	2018 South Africa Sevens	Fiji
13–15 December 2019	2019 South Africa Sevens	New Zealand

2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens

It will take place between 9 and 11 September 2022.[20]

Tennis

See also Match for Africa The sixth edition took place on 7 February 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa and featured Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Federer confirmed the date, location, and opponent during the 2019 edition of Wimbledon. Federer said he had pursued Nadal's participation for two years before a date as agreed upon. South Africa is the birth country of Federer's mother and the focus of his charitable foundation. The doubles match consisted Roger Federer and Bill Gates versus Rafael Nadal and Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show. Federer and Gates won the match 6-4. In singles, Federer beat Nadal with the score 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. The event was attended by 51, 954 people (the highest attendance ever recorded at a tennis match) and more than $3.5 million was raised in aid of children’s education in Africa.[21]

	Match in Africa 6 Doubles
	1	Roger Federer Bill Gates	6
	2	Rafael Nadal Trevor Noah	3

	Match in Africa 6 Singles
	1	Rafael Nadal	4	6	3
	2	Roger Federer	6	3	6

Concerts

Year	Date	Artist	Tour Name	Attendance
2011	18 February	U2	U2 360° Tour	72,532[22]
	11 April	Neil Diamond		-
	5 October	Coldplay	Mylo Xyloto Tour	47,000 – 60,000[23][24]
	26 October	Kings of Leon	Come Around Sundown World Tour	40,000+[25]
2012	7 November	Linkin Park	Living Things World Tour	55,000[26]
	3 December	Lady Gaga	The Born This Way Ball Tour	39,527
2013	5 February	Red Hot Chili Peppers	I'm With You World Tour	-
	7 May	Bon Jovi	Because We Can - The Tour	35,407[27]
	8 May	Justin Bieber	Believe Tour	65,000[28]
	16 October	Rihanna	Diamonds World Tour	39,616
2014	26 February	Eminem	Rapture Tour	37,825[29][30]
	10 December	Foo Fighters	Sonic Highways World Tour
2015	15 March	Michael Bublé	To Be Loved Tour	22,060
	1 April	One Direction	On the Road Again Tour	51,060
2016	18 February	Lionel Richie	'All the Hits all Night Long’ Global Tour [31]
2016	26 April	Mariah Carey	The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour	35,000
2017	24 February	Dash Berlin, David Guetta, KSHMR, Martin Garrix, DJ Snake, etc.	Ultra South Africa
2017	17 May	Justin Bieber	Purpose World Tour	39,706
2017	25 November	The Bellamy Brothers
2018	9 February	Afrojack, Armin Van Buuren, Axwell /\ Ingrosso, Hardwell, etc.	Ultra South Africa
2018	11 April	Santana
2019	27–28 March	Ed Sheeran	÷ Tour	96,915 (both nights)
2022	October	Justin Bieber

Movies

Cape Town Stadium was featured in the film Safe House (2012). The stadium also features in many local advertising and print media campaigns.[32]

Incidents

On 7 November 2012, shortly before the U.S rock band Linkin Park was set to perform at the sold-out stadium, gusts of wind caused advertising scaffolding outside the stadium to collapse onto a crowd of people injuring 19 and killing 1; of the 19 injured, 12 were taken to hospital for further treatment.[33]

Calls for demolition

Several individuals and groups have called for the stadium to be demolished due to its under-utilization after the World Cup. Effective utilization and use of the stadium is thus a political issue in the city.[34][35][36]

References

External links

• Cape Town Stadium
• Cape Town Stadium City of Cape Town FIFA 2010 website
• Cape Town Stadium Cape Town Tourism website
• Photos of Stadiums in South Africa at cafe.daum.net/stade
• 360 View
• 360 degree Virtual Tour (5 locations) Archived 31 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine 360SouthAfrica

На других языках

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[de] Kapstadt-Stadion

Das Kapstadt-Stadion (englisch Cape Town Stadium[1], afrikaans Kaapstad-Stadion, Xhosa Inkundla yezemidlalo yaseKapa), seit 2021 DHL Stadium, ist ein Fußballstadion in der südafrikanischen Stadt Kapstadt und wurde für die Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2010 erbaut. Es ersetzte das ehemalige Green-Point-Stadium, trug jedoch in der Zeit der Fußballweltmeisterschaft die Namen Green Point Stadium und Cape Town Stadium. Die Anlage liegt nur wenige hundert Meter von der Tafelbucht und dem Atlantischen Ozean entfernt. Momentan nutzen die Fußballclubs Ajax Cape Town und der Cape Town City FC das Stadion für ihre Heimspiele.

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- [en] Cape Town Stadium

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[es] Estadio de Ciudad del Cabo

El Cape Town Stadium o Estadio de Ciudad del Cabo (llamado también Green Point Stadium por el nombre del antiguo estadio ya demolido ubicado en la misma área) es un estadio multiusos situado en Ciudad del Cabo, Sudáfrica. Su construcción fue motivada por la elección de la ciudad como sede de la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2010.[2] Durante la planificación de la infraestructura fue denominado también African Renaissance Stadium (Estadio del Renacimiento Africano).

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[fr] Cape Town Stadium

Le Cape Town Stadium (en afrikaans: Kaapstad-stadion) ou Green Point[1],[2] est un stade situé au Cap, en Afrique du Sud. Il est consacré au rugby à XV et au football.

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[ru] Кейптаун (стадион)

Стадион «Кейптаун» (англ. Cape Town Stadium; африк. Kaapstad-stadion) — футбольный стадион в Кейптауне, ЮАР, одна из арен чемпионата мира по футболу 2010 года. Стадион Кейптаун построен на месте старого стадиона «Грин-Пойнт», полностью разрушенного в 2007 году. После постройки новый стадион некоторое время как и старый носил имя Грин Пойнт, но в 2009 году городской совет Кейптауна принял решение о смене названия на новое — Стадион Кейптаун.

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