World Cup 2010 1st casualty???

And so the writing is on the wall for the R7 billion stadium where the one semi-final was played and the Dutch beat the Uruguayans 3 -2.


www.iol.co.za/capetimes/goodbye-cape-town-stadium-2003648




Goodbye Cape Town Stadium

capetimes /

31 March 2016 at 22:19pm

By: Aziz



Staff Writer

LESS than two months after President Jacob Zuma dropped a bombshell that parliament might be moved from Cape Town to Gauteng in order to cut government spending, the city has been dealt another blow.

At R10 million a month in maintenance, Cape Town Stadium is a drain on ratepayers and it has been decided Capetonians will soon see the end of this landmark. But all is not lost.

This is according to sources who said a high-level meeting of influential politicians, developers and foreign investors have agreed on the fate of the multibillion-rand sports complex.

Following intense negotiations over several months, it was agreed for the stadium to make way for another development, but with strict conditions.

“Talks started a year ago, but continually broke down. Discussing what to do about a R4 billion structure is no easy job.

“There was obviously a huge clash of interests, but in the end they found common ground and everyone walked away happy,” said one source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Apparently pen was put to paper during the recent Lionel Ritchie concert.

The strict conditions included that three miniature versions (on a scale of 1 to 1 070) of the stadium be set up on Rondebosch Common, the Athlone power station site and Edgemead sports ground. This was in order for residents to still get a feel of what Cape Town Stadium was like, said another source who represented the developers but did not want to be named.

He said conditions included:

lThe original stadium’s unbreakable glass roof panels be offered to public transport bodies for use in trains and minibus taxis.

lThe stadium’s steel structure be recycled and the steel used for the construction of bus shelters in areas prone to violent protests.

lAll paving of the stadium to be used for replacing the cobble stones on Greenmarket Square and all concrete to be recycled and used for concrete roads in townships like Bonteheuwel and Bokmakierie.

Senior government negotiator Bucks Mandlikazi said: “The tough part of negotiations was the future of the land. It will be sold to the highest bidder, but the land must be utilised for low-, middle- and high-income housing, commercial development and entertainment.

“A multicultural complex, ice rink and drag racing circuit are part of the deal.”

A joke right?

If not how can a city the size of Cape Town not utilise this stadium. Surely it can be in use for at least 50 days a year. Entice football teams to do their pre season training in Cape Town, have huge church services at the stadium on a summers day, concerts, arts and craft fairs, inter school sports, oh lord the list can go on and on. Easy to promote such a stadium. Do the ANC govern Cape Town? No, oh well therein sits your answer why

Looking at the time and date the article was penned just a few hours from April Fool Day it would seem to be a joke but the harsh reality is that it is now a white elephant and cannot sustain itself.

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This is in contrast to Cape Town Stadium that in the past five years has hosted 588 events including conferences, banquets, expos, photo shoots and track events. And 36000 visitors also undertook paid stadium tours.

The city gets paltry revenue from Ajax Cape Town’s ticket sales, hospitality and food and beverage sales during matches. Only 84 soccer matches have been hosted at the facility since 2010.

Councillor Garreth Bloor, of the mayoral committee for events and economic development, said: “The stadium maintenance and operating costs have to date been borne by the city of Cape Town and therefore always been a priority of the city to find alternate solutions to its financial sustainability.”

Mbombela Stadium manager Roelf Kotze said they were pushing to generate sufficient income this year.

The stadium gobbles up R15.5m in maintenance and operational costs while it brings in just about R3m in annual turnover.

“The facility is being regarded primarily as a community facility and it is being managed accordingly,” Kotze said.

The stadium hosted only 17 football matches and 11 rugby matches last year.

In Port Elizabeth, the city has a small population and has trouble regularly filling the 48000-seater stadium. The Peter Mokaba Stadium has also become a financial liability.

Mthokozisi Dube

mtokozisid@thenewage.c

chicken n chips wrote: A joke right?

If not how can a city the size of Cape Town not utilise this stadium. Surely it can be in use for at least 50 days a year. Entice football teams to do their pre season training in Cape Town, have huge church services at the stadium on a summers day, concerts, arts and craft fairs, inter school sports, oh lord the list can go on and on. Easy to promote such a stadium. Do the ANC govern Cape Town? No, oh well therein sits your answer why

CNC do you think the Athlone Stadium was a better choice and should have been upgraded for World Cup 2010 given the location that it occupies?

Or perhaps the beloved Stormers jumped ship from Newlands and moved to Green Point?

They could have played the matches at Newlands rugby stadium unless WP did not want that. What i remember of Athlone Stadium it was very small (I played for Avendale Athletic) for a season and we trained near the stadium.

Surely the thread heading should read World cup 2010 2nd casualty as the first were the tax payers

Well now they will have succeeded with removing two birds with 1 stone it seems...........

The old Green Point Stadium is gone. The home of Hellenic F.F. We managed to attend a Benson and Hedges night cricket match in the early 80's at Green Point Stadium.

So even cricket was played at the old stadium at some time in the past.

mikesack wrote: Well now they will have succeeded with removing two birds with 1 stone it seems...........

The old Green Point Stadium is gone. The home of Hellenic F.F. We managed to attend a Benson and Hedges night cricket match in the early 80's at Green Point Stadium.

So even cricket was played at the old stadium at some time in the past.

85 if i remember when the boundry was on top of the cycle track and so many 6s went out of the ground and the wicket was a mat. I played many times at the old Green Point Stadium great memories of that ground