There is a hole in my new Cape Town Stadium Dear Lisa !

So I checked the photos I took when they had ripped the facade

and they are replacing this one which was ripped (Sept 21 2009)

they patched it up but are obviously not happy with it

A peek inside the grass looks nice and green

If you are still looking to buy tickets for a match in this stadium

Try this:  website

Green grass of home

I was in Camps Bay today and the beaches are still packed

Its been very hot lately

The sprinklers seem to be going the whole day

Just showing you what I got ...today..

The other hole

My work station Cheers :)

Images of the dusty World Cup Green Point Stadium silver mesh facade

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We are experiencing extremely strong gusts of wind at the moment to give you an idea of the dust I took this shot a few hours ago, you can clearly see the dust being kicked up, its one of the reasons the mesh facade got dirty so quickly, the other reasons is the heavy trucks racing up and down the dirt road near the stadium I can often not shoot because of all the dust in the air.

This shot is from a strip which had just been attached

Remember the 2 sheets hiding something ?
The space to the right of the sheet is where the other one was
They were doing the staircases
Click on image to see the amazing details even though I shot it all the way from my home

Where the world will meet in 2010: The new Cape Town Stadium

Early evening Sept 2 , the so called blue hour ...which I find so difficult to capture with my Canon S5 IS which is well known for the "noise" when shooting in low light
Posting this one for no other reason then that I like it :)
The above shot was this evening 23.00 PM Sept 2

and this was night of Sept 1
Spot the difference...

"Cape Town Stadium" might be the name for this new stadium after all lets face it, the real and only "Green Point Stadium" is just a ruin at its feet

Where is the most beautiful Soccer Stadium in the world ?

Here in Cape Town, South Africa.

The view I saw last night just before I went to bed ...

All photos below are of the North West side of the Stadium

The exterior fabric facade will be attached to the white structure you see here in the photo

Look ! This is what the new Green Point Stadium will look like in 2010

Cape Town from the sky

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I arrived back in Cape Town last night and wanted to show you this photo which I took exactly a year ago coming back from the USA. I shot this through the window of the plane while it was landing in Cape Town after a heavy burst of rain
My first day back has been extremely busy but I did manage to take a photo of the Green Point stadium which I posted in Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joannecapetownsa/3724690574/
I am happy to say the week long strike at Soccer World Cup construction sites in South Africa has ended

Durban 2010 new soccer stadium is not as beautiful as our Green point Stadium in Cape Town !

Driving through rain for 6 hours I finally arrived in Durban, tired and badly in need of a shower but when on my way to the hotel in Umnlanga Rocks, I suddenly saw the new Durban 2010 soccer stadium along the road I told my companion we had no option but to stop so I could take a few shots at it I thought it looked impressive but not nearly as beautiful as "our new Cape Town 2010 Green Point Stadium !

Moses Madhiba Stadium in Durban
Has a seating capacity of 70,000, the design of the stadium will be characterized by two large archways which arc 100 meters above the stadium roof.

Close aerial view of 2010 Green Point Stadium,Cape Town, South Africa

I can say I was frozen to the bone after I was finnished ..I had to hide from the wind behind a bush it was so strong my tripod was rocking like a ship on high seas

Zooming in like I did here... the slightest movement would have blurred the photo

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Don't you just love that glass roof ?

Its really gorgeous you will not believe how many times it changes colour during the day

Fog On Signal Hill

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Just to satisfy my curiosity ;) which of the 2 do you prefer ?

Strange.. I had published my blogpost last night but it wasnt here this morning.. it is now ;)

Believe it or not this was the second time in a row this weekend that I went up Signal Hill to shoot the new 2010 Green Point stadium from above at sunset when something spoiled my fun This evening it was sudden fog even though I had left Green Point bathing in sunshine

but 19 minutes later when I was back at home again I shot the photo below The fog was just high up Signal Hill

I almost hit a whole flog of guineafowl you can see them next to the road which is the road up Signal Hill

Start of top truss construction on the Green Point Stadium

On June 11 the first truss on the upper side of the stadium was installed Eventually the PVC membrane will be attached to these trusses It hadn't registered with me that this was a truss too, initially I thought it was a contraption to do with the laser show :)

After a few stunningly beautiful and really hot days we are back to winter weather, grey, dreary and wet a very wet weekend but on Teusday it will be sunny again and
20°C expected on thursday

This colourful dredger caught my attention, it is called Prins Der Nederlanden and while I am typing this its coming back into harbour ..I wonder why
Here is a cool website with the ship movements in and out of the Port of Cape Town

Just learned that there is a virus on Skyscrapercity
Darn !

Official countdown to 2010 party on Green Point Common, Cape Town

On June 11 President Jacob Zuma,Helen Zille and Danny Jordaan + other dignitaries, visited the Green Point stadium and President Zuma officially kicked off the countdown to 2010 I just caught this helicopter trailing the "1 year to go 2010" flag, unfortunately th colours are dull because it was a hazy day
Last night there was a party in full swing and tonight as well with live music and a laser show illuminating the stadium It took them a while to get the colours from the laser show showing, they were just white until about 11 pm when they sorted the problem I took a video I haven't checked it yet If its good I will show you of course




Not everybody is happy though there is a strike threat for Green Point Stadium
Construction workers are demanding a 15% wage increase while Safcec is offering 7%.

Aerial view from Table Mountain

You really need to click the image to get an idea of the view I had while walking on Table Mountain

On my left and behind me not shown here is Table Mountain

I am looking down on to the city bowl district of Cape Town, in summer this is where the South Eastern wind richochetes around and round, sometimes for days on end

The pointy peak is Lions Head, then the hill on the right is Signal Hill where I live but I live on the Atlantic side You can just see a strip of the sea, that side is also called the Atlantic Seaboard

I knew the photos would be lousy since I had the light against me and it was also very hazy so I am dying to go back soon but in the morning, when I will have the sun behind me


The Port of Cape Town

Cape Town is South Africa’s second busiest container port, after Durban and provides services to the emerging oil industry in West Africa in support, repair and maintenance facilities The deep sea fishing industry uses Cape Town too and numbers of Far Eastern fishing vessels are based at Cape Town for a large part of the year
Cruise ships like to stop by for obvious reasons

This is why there are so many different ships in my photos, I have full view of the entrance to the Port of Cape Town

Hiking high up Table Mountain

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I went for a few hours sunset hike high up Table Mountain There are no superlatives to tell you what its like, except its just heaven Out of this world !

It was an incredible day, just like summer and an exquisite sunset as you can see here After the hike I had dinner in Anatoli , it was heavenly :) ....Anatoli is the best Turkish restaurant in town Consistently superb food and being Teusday night I was amazed to see how busy it was and now I am about to fall off my chair, so I will leave you with just this photo of Robben island in the distance and our new 2010 stadium the most beautiful stadium I know and have ever laid eyes on :)

The 2010 Cape Town Soccer Stadium against a slate grey sky

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Well I did tell you that the stadium looks beautiful in any weather even today of all days with so much rain there was heavy flooding in Cape Town yet who could not love the look of this lady ?


The roof of the Cape Town stadium consists of a double layer of translucent white glass and the entire roof can flex in rough weather conditions its going to be partially closed but the spectator seating will be almost entirely covered