Stadium
In the beginning Ajax CT played their home games at Athlone Stadium and Newlands Stadium. The later is a 51,900 capacity venue, which was first built in 1988, and was also host to the 1995 Rugby World Cup opening match. Essentially being a Rugby stadium, it was a home they shared with clubs Santos and Vasco da Gama, as well as Rugby teams Stormers and Western Province. Athlone Stadium was home to the Santos and has a capacity of 30,000. The stadium located in Athlone, Cape Town was also host to some of Ajax CT early home matches as well.
Moving to the Green Point Stadium, an 18,000 seat multi-purpose stadium in the Green Point area of Cape Town. The stadium was eventually demolished in 2007 to make way for the new Cape Town Stadium for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Construction of the new stadium was completed in 2009, and the Urban Warriors have played their home games at the Cape Town Stadium since the beginning of the 2010-11 Premier Soccer League season to an improved capacity of 55,000. On 3 August 2011 a contract extension of three years was negotiated with the stadium, which will see Ajax CT playing their home games there until 2014.
The first match played at the new stadium was a Cape Town derby between Ajax CT and Santos on 23 January 2010 as part of the official inauguration of the stadium.
Ajax Cape Town also has a large training facility called Ikamva. Located in Parow, Cape Town. It serves as the training grounds for the Senior squad, as well as for the Ajax Cape Town Youth Development Academy, serving as a venue for a host of community outreach programs and initiatives as well.
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Famous quotes containing the word stadium:
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—Walter Wellesley (Red)
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—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)
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—Patricia K. Page (b. 1916)