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[Rafa]

PART 1:OLYMPIC FOOTBALL COMPETITION

The Olympic football tournament held in some of the best world class stadia across South Africa used for the 2010 soccer world cup will climax in finals at the newly built 50,000 seat Athlone Football Stadium stadium 12km from the Olympic Park, while finals will also be held at the 50,000 capacity Newlands Rugby Stadium and the new 80,000 capacity Olympic stadium situated at the Olympic Park.

The other stadia used across the country will be of an excellent quality and existing tranport infrastructure to these verious cities is of a good quality. The three other football venues are; the 95,000 capacity Soccer City stadium, the home of football in South Africa and the venue for the 2010 World Cup Final. Kings Park stadium and Port Elizabeth Stadium which each seat 60,000  and 50,000 respectively will also host matches during the preliminary stage ensuring various parts of the country experience the great sporting and cultural event that is the Olympic Games.

Football training facilities in Cape Town are endless and of an excellent quality.

1. Athlone Football Stadium 50,000 Completion Date 2008
2. Newlands Rugby Stadium 50,000 Existing
3. Olympic Stadium 80,000 New
4. Soccer City Stadium 94,700 Existing, Upgrade completion date 2008
5. Kings Park Stadium Existing 60,000 Upgrade Complete: 2008
6. Port Elizabeth Stadium 50,000 Planned, Complete: 2008

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All stadia except the Olympic Stadium are existing irrespective of hosting the Games.

[Rafa]

Ellis park is still up and running...its doing great...the entire area is being transformed into a new precinct...along with the athletics stadium and parks and businesses and its aquatic centre....

i dont think south africa is in competition with germany in terms of venues...i dont think many places can compete with germany...we have 7 existing stadia...thats the difference...no overboard overspending..stadia with legacies and meaning...of course none of them are massive over the top designs...but i think our 100,000 seater soccer city craps all over berlins "athletics" stadium that will hosting their finals...lovely sightlines their stadium has with its poles all around the upper tier...and im sure the fans just love the blue athletics track...esp for a world cup final...germany's venues are excellent...the atmosphere for the world cup final ina 100,00 seater soccer stadium though will be amazing..unique...mmm..what should the next installment of venues be?

[arwebb]

They may not look particularly spectacular but they do look impressive.

[arwebb]

Right in the shadow of Table Mountain. I like that thought.

[Sir Rols]

memorabilia, on Jan. 02 2006,05:42, said:

2020, isn't too early after the FIFA soccer world cup ?

10 Years after? That's plenty of time and never stopped even closer dual hostings in the past (Mexico City 1968-Mexico 1970, Munich 1972-West Germany 1974, Spain 1982-Barcelona 1992, USA 1994-Atlanta 1996).

[wamel042]

What about the hotelcapacity? With the last bid for the 2004 Games one of the main problems was a very big shortage of hotelspace......

Next to that: the income in Africa (even in South Africa) is still very low, so that ticketsales in Cape Town and South Africa itself will be very dificult.

I doubt if Cape Town will be able to convince the IOC, they organise good Games. First the World Cup and than we'll see?!

[Rafa]

wamel042, on Jan. 02 2006,20:38, said:

What about the hotelcapacity? With the last bid for the 2004 Games one of the main problems was a very big shortage of hotelspace......

Next to that: the income in Africa (even in South Africa) is still very low, so that ticketsales in Cape Town and South Africa itself will be very dificult.

I doubt if Cape Town will be able to convince the IOC, they organise good Games. First the World Cup and than we'll see?!

Hotel capacity is not sufficient..however the hotel industry is booming...

the IOC's accomodation requirements is 40,000

this will be met through existing 30,000 rooms
15,000 media village
10,000 rooms in cruise ships

totalling 55,000
u doubt cape town can convince the IOC????? ill put that down to ur ignorance not mine...i do however agree that local ticketsales will be conservative...however plans were made before and are being made for the 2010 soccer world cup to account for the lower income population through some ticketing system...

[Rafa]

PART 3: OLYMPIC HOCKEY

The Olympic Hockey Competition will be held at the existing very good facility at Hartleyvale. The venue is well located and is regularly used, therefore its Olympic upgrade will provide an even greater legacy for this sport in South Africa. The venue is about 10 minutes from the Olympic Village, situated close to the IBC and MPC, and six mins from the city centre. It currently consists of two fields. The current stadium only seats about 3,000. In Olympic mode the stadium with the use of temporary seating would host 5,000 specators and act as the secondary stadium.

The main stadium would be a temporary stadium, with possibly a temporary roof to cover spectators around the stadium and would seat 15,000. The new temporary stadium would be located adjacent to the secondary stadium. The third field which already exists would be used as a training and warm-up field.

The venue has hosted Olympic trials, and acts as one of South Africa's and Africa's premier hockey venues.

[Rafa]

OLYMPIC SAILING COMPETITION VENUE

The Sailing competition come 2020 will take place with the magnificent backdrop of Table Mountain.....(images taken January 02 2006)

[Rafa]

Problems with the link. Images coming soon.