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[Rafa]

Welcome! Welkom! Wamkelekile!

The official thread of the Cape Town 2028 Olympic Bid. All news, updates and information relating to the bid will appear in this thread over the coming weeks.

To mark the opening of this thread, we present you with a video displaying the existing Olympic venues that would be used during the Games. A video to present the temporary and planned permanent venues will also be released along with other videos to inform and inspire the public.

The video can be viewed at youtube.com, .

Do enjoy!

[cesco_82]

looking forward to the book

[Rafa]

Cape Town 2028

Sports Concept

View video:

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Existing Venues

Olympic Green 4-6 mins from village

Olympic Stadium 82,000 Athletics T&F, Football, Ceremonies
Olympic Tennis Centre 23,000 Tennis
Triathlon, Granger Bay N/A

City Centre 1 minute from Village

Cape Town International Convention Centre, Badminton, Wrestling, Weighlifting, Fencing, Table Tennis
Good Hope Centre, 8,000 Boxing
CTICC Arena 15,000 Artistic gymnastics, Basketball(Finals), Handball(Finals)
Table Bay Harbour, 2,000, Sailing

Newlands Cluster 12 mins from village
Sahara Park Newlands, Archery, 20,000
Newlands Rugby Stadium, Football 50,000
Newlands Aquatic , Waterpolo, 5000


Stellenbosch

University of Stellenbosch, Modern Pentathlon
Coetzenberg Mountains, Mountain Bike

Other existing:

Football Apart from Newlands and Olympic stadium

Athlone Stadium, Cape Town, 35,000
Soccer City, Johannesburg 95,000
King Senz Stadium, Durban 60,000
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, PE 40,000
Numerous alternatives available

Sea Point Pavillion, Diving, 5,000
Olympic Velodome, Cycling(Track) 6,000
Milnerton Regatta Centre, 15,000, Rowing and Canoe/Kayak
Kenilworth Racecourse, 25,000 , Equestrian
Hartleyvale Olympic Hockey Centre, 15,000, Hockey


New venues

Permanent

Olympic Green
Cape Town International Aquatic Centre, 16,000, Swimming, Synch Swimming, Waterpolo (Finals) - Planned

Atlantis Shooting Centre, N/A, Shooting

Temporary


Camps Bay Beach, Beach Volleyball, 10,000

Olympic Green Arena 1 - Handball 10,000 2- Rythmic Gymnastics 8,000

Olympic Park Expo 10 mins from Village

Pavillion 1, Indoor Volleyball 12,000
Pavillion 2,Basketball 10,000
Pavillion 3,Judo & Taekwondo 6,000

[Aronious]

23,000 for Olympic Tennis?

[Rafa]

Correction: 21,000 is the total capacity

Centre Court 11,500
Court Number 1 5,000
Court Number 2 2,000

Ten outside courts each with capacity 200 = 2,000

One extra outside court in addition to providing 200 seats, will provide space on a grass embankment which will surround the court for 500 spectators.

I hope this clears things up.

[Aronious]

And this currently exists in Cape Town?

[Rafa]

Press Release
Cape Town 2028 reveals Aquatic Centre shortlist

23 December 2006
The competition to design the Cape Town 2028 Olympic Aquatic Centre has reached an important stage with the short listing of four architectural practices/teams.
The planned Olympic Aquatics Centre will be a key Olympic venue and will be located at the Olympic Green, within minutes of the City Centre. It will sit beside the 82,000 seat Olympic stadium and existing tennis centre and will be used during the Paralympic Games as well.
The competition has received a significant amount of entries from within South Africa and from international firms and teams with 150 expressions of interest, resulting in 30 submissions.
The names or titles of the teams have not been revealed and each will simply be referred to as “Option A, B, C and D”. This was decided upon to ensure that the final decision is only based on design, sustainability and practicality.
The swimming facility, to be funded by the City of Cape Town in conjunction with the National Treasury, will provide a much needed aquatics facility to be used for both elite athletes and for recreational purposes. The government has committed to an aquatics centre being built whatever the outcome of the bid.
The Panel that will judge the competition is still currently being selected and will act as an independent panel to ensure an unbiased final decision. The panel will be revealed within days.
Mo Rush, Chairman of Cape Town 2028 – the company bidding to bring the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to Cape Town - said: ‘We are inspired by the designs presented to us and we embrace the opportunity to work with some of the most creative planners and architects in the world to help bring the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to Cape Town in 2028. The Aquatics Centre will leave a lasting legacy for the city as a whole and is planned to be in use before the start of the Games. South Africa has a proud history of Olympic swimming success and we aim to build on this by providing a spectacular venue for the Olympic Champions of the next generation. This is what our bid is all about.’
Helen Zille, Mayor of Cape Town, said: ‘The final four architects that have been chosen to design the proposed Aquatics Centre have displayed an unrivalled passion to design a venue that all Capetonians can be proud of, but most importantly a venue that all Capetonians can use. I very much look forward to winning design’.

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Aquatic Centre funding secured

The independent judging panel, responsible for selecting the winning design for the Olympic Aquatic Centre has been selected. They represent a mix of local and international experts in various fields. The final decision and the unveiling of the winning design is set to take place in early January and funding for the Aquatic Centre has been secured. The cost of the key Olympic venue is set to be between $80 million and $90 million dollars, in line with the low costs of construction in the local market. The City of Cape Town in association with Swimming South Africa will provide close to 75% of the funding, while the national treasury will contribute the remainder and underwrite cost overruns. Construction is set to begin in the second quarter of 2022 and be complete by 2025 for the Fina World Swimming Championships.

“We’ve done our homework and we’ve crunched the figures and we’re well on our way to constructing the best aquatic facility not only in South Africa but on the entire African continent. The city is prepared to contribute $58 million to ensure that the venue is top notch. We are really looking forward to the winning design so that construction can begin in 2022 and be complete by 2025, on time and within the budget.” said Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille.

The Aquatic Centre will be constructed at the Olympic Green, 2 minutes from the City Centre.

[Aronious]

80-90 million. bahaha.