Name: Green Point
City: Cape Town
Construction: new
Completion: 2009
Gross Capacity: 66,005
One of the most artistic football venues in South Africa, the newly-built Green Point Stadium is situated 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 World Cup.
This multi-purpose venue is also going to be used to stage major events and concerts. Fans will be a short distance away 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 approx 70,000 and was completed in December 2009. The Green Point Common, on which the new 2010 stadium is 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.
The Green Point Stadium is likely to be used by some of the Cape Town-based professional football outfits that include Ajax Cape Town and Santos post the 2010 World Cup.
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