The Athlone Stadium is a stadium in Athlone on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa. It is used mostly for soccer matches and it is the home ground of Cape Town Spurs. The stadium holds 34,000 people and it was built in 1972.
Full name | Athlone Stadium |
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Location | Cross Boulevard, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa |
Coordinates | 33°57′43.14″S 18°31′02.33″E / 33.9619833°S 18.5173139°E |
Owner | City of Cape Town |
Capacity | 34,000[1] |
Surface | Grass |
Opened | 1972 |
Tenants | |
Cape Town Spurs |
The stadium was upgraded in the lead up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup with the intention of using it as a training venue. The estimated cost of the upgrade was R297 million.[2]
References
edit- ^ South Africa - Engen Santos FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway
- ^ Pollack, Martin (2 March 2009). "Athlone Stadium closed for pitch renovation". City of Cape Town. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
External links
edit- Photos of Stadiums in South Africa at cafe.daum.net/stade
- Stadium picture Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine