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Start: Newlands, Finish: University of Cape Town: Annual (since 1978) Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour: Start: City Centre, Finish: Green Point Stadium Annual (since 2004) Absa Cape Epic: Various routes around Cape Town and the Western Cape 1995 IRB Rugby World Cup: Newlands Stadium (50,000), Danie Craven Stadium (20,000) 1996
The festival also had the first UK showing of the LEGO: Lord of the Rings game, demonstrated by LEGO's Creative Director Jonathan Smith. A World Record was broken on the final day of the festival, as GameCity attempted to host the World's Largest Practical Science experiment. 292 people participated in the event, succeeding the previous record ...
In July 2016, the City of Cape Town approved the rezoning application to transform the Newlands Cricket Ground into a sustainable mixed-use sport, commercial, education and leisure-orientated precinct. [9] The cricket field and surrounding seating were specifically excluded from any form of development. [9]
The Newlands Stadium is located in Cape Town, South Africa. The stadium has a capacity of 51,900 people, but is not an all-seater venue. [1] Various sports teams used the stadium as their home base, including: Stormers in Super Rugby; Western Province in the Currie Cup
The first game to be hosted at the new Cape Town Stadium was a Cape Town derby between Ajax Cape Town and Santos on 23 January 2010 as part of the official inauguration of the stadium. Only 20,000 tickets were made available for the event and were sold out by Friday 15 January 2010.
The 2023 South Africa Sevens or SVNS CPT was a rugby sevens tournament played at Cape Town Stadium.Twelve men's and women's teams participated. [1]In the men's competition, hosts South Africa were knocked out in the quarterfinals by Australia after losing to Ireland in their final group game.
Four days later the Cougars faced a combined Universities of Stellenbosch and Cape Town side on 16 August 1978 at Cape Town. [ 5 ] The highlight of the tour was the Cougars' 18–15 win on 19 August 1978 over Northern Transvaal, who had won the Currie Cup in 1977 and went on to retain their title in 1978.
The Company's Garden is the oldest garden in South Africa, a park and heritage site located in central Cape Town. [1] The garden was originally created in the 1650s by the region's first European settlers and provided fertile ground to grow fresh produce to replenish ships rounding the Cape.