Athlone Stadium, Sports stadium in Athlone, South Africa.
Athlone Stadium is a stadium in Athlone on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa, built in 1972 and holding 34,000 people. It is used mostly for soccer matches and sometimes for Currie Cup rugby, and it is the home ground of Santos Cape Town.
The stadium opened in 1972 and underwent major renovations to serve as a training facility for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. These upgrades transformed the venue into modern sports infrastructure to support international football.
The stadium is the home ground of Santos Cape Town, a club long associated with Athlone. Matches draw supporters from across the Cape Flats, and the venue also hosts Currie Cup rugby fixtures, so the sporting calendar mixes football and rugby codes.
Athlone Stadium sits in Athlone on the Cape Flats, in Cape Town, South Africa. It is used mostly for soccer, and sometimes for Currie Cup rugby. The ground holds 34,000 people and was built in 1972.
The 2010 upgrade cost an estimated R297 million, funded to turn the ground into a World Cup training venue. The work went ahead even though the stadium was not used as a match venue during the tournament.
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