Cape Town Stadium 2010 Fifa World Cup

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Building of the amazing new Cape Town Stadium, located on the Green Point Common between the twin South African icons of Table Mountain and Robben Island, began in March 2007.

In just under 3 years , joint contractors Murray & Roberts and WBHO completed the enourmous task at a cost of R4,4-billion – or or so US$600-million. GMP Architects of Germany and two local firms, Louis Karol and Associates and Point Architects, linked forces to design the stadium.

All systems of the 68 000-seater have been tested and the brand new stadium is now ready to welcome the world to “the greatest show on earth”.

One of the most beautiful soccer stadiums in South Africa, the newly-built Green Point Stadium is built in one of the much sought-after areas in the city of Cape Town. Green Point Stadium is one of the two semi-final venues for the FIFA World Cup™.

This multi-purpose venue is also going to be used to stage major events and concerts. Fans will be a stone’s throw from the ocean and the mountains of Cape Town will also provide the backdrop for matches. The location is ideal as it is a short walk from the transportation hub of the city. The new stadium has been partly built on land that was previously used as a golf course.

The stadium, which has an exterior that is covered with noise-reducing cladding has a capacity of 70,000 and is scheduled for completion in December 2009. The Green Point Common, on which the new 2010 stadium is being built, was originally much larger than what now remains, and included most of the land between the sea and Signal Hill, stretching from the city centre towards Sea Point.

Cape Town has another world-standard stadium, Newlands, but this is primarily used as a rugby union venue. Post FIFA World Cup, the Green Point Stadium is likely to be used by some of the Cape Town-based pro football teams that include Ajax Cape Town and Santos.

• 96 000m³ of concrete were consumed to build Cape Town Stadium.
• The roof weighs 4 700 tons.
• approx 9 000 glass panels were used to cover 37 000m² of roof.
• There are 500 toilets and 360 urinals.
• The stadium has 115 entry turnstiles.
• There are 16 lifts in the building.
• More than 2 500 workers were employed on site during building , and approx 1 200 artisans received training from the contractors.

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