Cape Town Stadium Traditional Geocache
adilawson: Archiving this one as I won't have a chance to replace....
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The Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa is a newly built stadium for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. During the planning stage it was known as the Green Point Stadium, which was the name of the previous stadium on the site.
The stadium is located in Green Point, between Signal Hill and the Atlantic Ocean, close to the Cape Town city centre and to the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, a popular tourist and shopping venue. The stadium is connected to the waterfront by a new road connection, Granger Bay Boulevard, and is surrounded by a 60 hectare urban park.
Construction of the Cape Town Stadium, located on the Green Point Common between the twin icons of Table Mountain and Robben Island, began in March 2007. In just 33 months, joint contractors Murray & Roberts and WBHO completed the massive project at a cost of R4,4 billion. The stadium itself has 750 rooms and 3 000 doors. About 2 500 construction workers were employed in the building of the stadium and 1 200 artisans received training from the contractors.
The stadium, which has an exterior that is covered with noise-reducing cladding has a capacity of 69,070 and was completed in December 2009. The Green Point Common, on which the stadium was 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.
I thought it would be great to place this micro close to the stadium so that one can get up close and personal with this amazing construction! Bring along a pen and watch out for muggles!
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