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Athlone Stadium

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Athlone Stadium
Athlone Stadium. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

About

The Athlone Stadium is a stadium in Athlone on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa. It is used mostly for soccer matches. The stadium holds 34,000 people and it was built in 1972.

The stadium was upgraded in the lead up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup with the intention of using it as a training venue. The estimated cost of the upgrade was R297 million.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.