CAPE TOWN - Cape Town Stadium (56,000)

[Mo Rush]

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[Angh]

geez Mo!!

[Mo Rush]

Urban Park plan decision soon

By Leila Samodien

Environment, Planning and Economic Development MEC Tasneem Essop is to decide by next week whether to make last minute amendments to the plan for the recreation park surrounding the Green Point Stadium.

While the public participation process for the building plan of the Green Point Urban Park development has already been completed, Essop held a meeting last night to gather final suggestions from the public.

In contrast to the poorly attended public participation meetings held by the city this year, about 200 people came to the meeting at the Woodstock Town Hall.

Their biggest concern centred on the golf course, which is proposed to take up most of the space surrounding the stadium.

The remaining land will be set aside for a tennis arena, sports fields, informal traders, open recreational space and walkways.

While some said the golf course was a historical landmark that had to be included in the plan, others argued it was an "elitist" club that took up too much space.

After hearing suggestions and concerns, Essop said she would make a decision by December 15 over whether further adjustments would be made to the park plan.

"This is a wonderful opportunity to create a new legacy and future for our children.

Not every single club or group will get exactly what they want in creating this new legacy, but it will be done with sensitivity to all," she said.

Essop added, however, that if changes were made to the plan, it would have to undergo another public participation process, which could take months.

Bokaap Civic Association chairman Osmond Shaboodien attracted jeers from the crowd when he raised concerns that previously disadvantaged sports clubs were not being considered.

"Sports clubs in areas like Bo Kaap and District 6 have had to play on the Cape Flats for years … The lease of the golf course should be reviewed.

"We should look at that little Urban Park to make it viable and accommodate all sports codes," Shaboodien said.

Other residents in Green Point and Sea Point proposed that parts of the Park's outskirts be made "greener", to make the park more attractive.

The representative of the Metropolitan Golf Club, Milton Seligson, said that while there had been many objections to a golf course at the meeting, 73.2% of the public had approved the golf course during the official public participation process.

Published on the web by Cape Argus on December 4, 2007.

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[www.sercan.de]

Whend did they start?
Looks like they are fast?!?

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by Angh

geez Mo!!

whats up?

I see u from polokwane...now get us pics of the peter mokaba stadium site.
please

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by www.sercan.de

Whend did they start?
Looks like they are fast?!?

April 2007

[Mo Rush]

MAYOR OPENS GREEN POINT STADIUM VISITOR CENTRE
04 December 2007


MEDIA RELEASE
NO. 489/2007
04 DECEMBER 2007


MAYOR OPENS GREEN POINT STADIUM VISITOR CENTRE

Executive Mayor Helen Zille today, 4 December 2007, officially opened the Green Point Stadium’s new Visitor Centre. The centre is situated behind the Old Green Point Stadium in Vlei Road, Green Point.

The Centre will be open to the public from 7 January 2008 from 10:00 to 17:00 on week-days and 10:00 to 14:00 on Saturdays. Visitors will be able to see the construction site and progress with the 68 000 multi-purpose stadium from a viewing platform. There will also be a multi-media theatre performance, soccer themed exhibitions and an architectural model of the stadium on show. The Centre has a 133-seater auditorium and a boardroom.

The facility will provide an ideal venue for media briefings and FIFA inspection visits and will also be used to provide induction training for new staff on site.

Mayor Zille said: “This centre is the outcome of a partnership between contractors Murray & Roberts/WBHO and the City of Cape Town.

It will be available for the people of Cape Town, and will also serve as a tourist attraction, especially given the international prominence that the Green Point stadium has achieved.

Where previously the construction site was closed from the public eye, the centre will now enable residents, and particularly the youth, to view and learn about building progress in a safe and innovative manner.

I hope the impressive structural work on the stadium will encourage more of our learners to study civil engineering and related fields where skills are currently needed in South Africa.”

The centre will be funded through the sale of advertising on the hoarding surrounding the construction site. The approvals are in line with the City of Cape Town outdoor advertising by-law. A small entry fee will be applicable to assist with operational costs of the facility.

Andrew Fanton, Project Director: Murray & Roberts/WBHO said: “The Green Point Stadium Visitor Centre is a vehicle for us to provide an understanding to all who come through the doors of what Team Green Point are trying to achieve out there at the coal face. The Centre is a tool for us to create enthusiasm and positive energy around the delivery of a successful 2010 World Cup. It is a place for learners of all ages to come and experience the excitement of building a project of this size and complexity, first hand. It is now time to put pen to paper about the positives associated with the Green Point Stadium and the 2010 World Cup”.

[Mo Rush]

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[Angh]

Originally Posted by Mo Rush

whats up?

I see u from polokwane...now get us pics of the peter mokaba stadium site.
please

Hey Mo, doing well.

I'm actually staying in Pretoria, but I'm going to visit some friends on the 15th and I will try and get some photos of the progress there

[Durbsboi]

Those ariels look amazing!!!

[Mo Rush]

Stadium on schedule, says project director

By Staff Writer

The project director of the Green Point 2010 World Cup stadium has dismissed concerns that the multi-million rand development would not able to meet its timelines, boldly claiming construction would be finished by 2009.

Andrew Fanton, project director of building Cape Town's soccer venue for the 2010 soccer tournament, told the Cape Argus that, despite construction delays, the development was on schedule.

To ensure that all stakeholders, especially the workers, understand the need to complete the project on time, Murray & Roberts WBHO, the joint venture company tasked with building the stadium, has established a training centre at the construction site. The centre also provides skills training opportunities for the workers.

Meanwhile soccer fever is building ahead of the 2010 World Cup in Cape Town, with the opening of a visitors' centre at the Green Point stadium construction site.

Called "The Green House" the centre will offer daily tours to visitors around the construction site.

"The Green House is a tool for us to create enthusiasm and positive energy around the delivery of a successful 2010 World Cup," Fanton said.

Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille yesterday officially opened the visitor centre. She said the centre would serve as a tourist attraction.

"Where previously the construction site was closed from the public eye, the centre will now enable residents, and particularly the youth, to view and learn about building progress in a safe and innovative manner," Zille said.

Published on the web by Cape Argus on December 5, 2007.

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View from the City Centre

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2010 hotel ships for CT 12/11/2007 7:38:19 AM

Cape Town Tourism says it's not excluding the possibility that cruise liners might offer temporary accommodation for 2010 World Cup soccer lovers.

It’s been reported that the luxury passenger liner, the QE2 will be docked in Cape Town at the time, to offer visitors alternative accommodation.

Cape Town Tourism CEO Mariette Du Toit-Helmbold says they're not excluding the possibility, as there may be a need for places to stay in 2010.

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The Seven Seas Voyager moored at the V&A Waterfront in early 2007.

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The Royal Princess in late 2006.

[Lydon]

The QE2 being used as accomodation is a bad idea imho. It will mean all the money tourists spend on it will go back with it.

[Mo Rush]

Originally Posted by Lydon

The QE2 being used as accomodation is a bad idea imho. It will mean all the money tourists spend on it will go back with it.

No its fantastic. Its how things are done. With the Olympic Games in Barcelona and Sydney it was quite a sight at night.

The city enters into a contract with the cruise company and an agreement is entered into. It really helps since building unnecessary hotels for 2010 is a waste.

Cape Town's 2004 Olympic Bid had about 8-14 cruise ships guaranteed around Simons Town and Table Bay Harbour and the waterfront, providing 10,000 rooms.

[Juanl]

Any tourists in South Africa is a good idea man... next time, they'll fly to the countryl. Cruise ships are inclined to spend much longer in the country than normal tourists anyways... The ships were a feature of the Athens games...

[Mo Rush]

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[Durbsboi]

Originally Posted by Mo Rush

No its fantastic. Its how things are done. With the Olympic Games in Barcelona and Sydney it was quite a sight at night.

The city enters into a contract with the cruise company and an agreement is entered into. It really helps since building unnecessary hotels for 2010 is a waste.

Cape Town's 2004 Olympic Bid had about 8-14 cruise ships guaranteed around Simons Town and Table Bay Harbour and the waterfront, providing 10,000 rooms.

QE2 was bought by a Dubai billionare & is to be port in Dubai & be used as a permanant floating hotel for the city. You sure they not using the QM2? It would be awesome if the QM2 comes to Durban, have to see that ship, its enormous!!!!