{"id":5276,"date":"2009-11-15T12:29:16","date_gmt":"2009-11-15T10:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2009-11-15T12:29:16","modified_gmt":"2009-11-15T10:29:16","slug":"cape-town-stadium-ready-for-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/cape-town-stadium-ready-for-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town Stadium ready for action"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The new Cape Town Stadium has been completed and handed over by the building contractors to the City of Cape Town, reports the Cape Argus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The R 4,5 billion stadium has had all its seats installed, the grass pitch has been grown from seeds planted 2 weeks ago, the outer facade has been recleaned and painted after the storms over the past ten days dirtied some of the exterior, and the signage erected, all in time for the roofwetting party.<\/p>\n

The stadium allows spectators a good view onto the pitch.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Spectators will not be more than 190 meters away from\u00a0the soccer action.\u00a0\u00a0Two special VIP boxes are contained in the stadium – one for FIFA President Sepp Blatter, and the other one is speculated to be for President Jacob Zuma.<\/p>\n

The stadium construction commenced two years ago.\u00a0 Three events will be held at the Cape Town Stadium in the first half of next year, to test it before the 2010 World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio www.whalecottage.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new Cape Town Stadium has been completed and handed over by the building contractors to the City of Cape Town, reports the Cape Argus. The R 4,5 billion stadium has had all its seats installed, the grass pitch has been grown from seeds planted 2 weeks ago, the outer facade has been recleaned and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,124,22,21,11],"tags":[264,32397,32378,257,18,1232,96,32373],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t