Showing posts with label CapeTown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CapeTown. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

World Cup Venue Green Point Stadium Officially renamed "Cape Town Stadium"


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What I read today :
  Table Mountain Aerial Cableway's renowned Summer Sunset Special starts on Sunday November 1, 2009 and runs until Sunday February 28, 2010. For four months visitors pay half price (R80) after 6pm to travel to the highest sundowner spot in the Mother City. "
and so I lost no time and here is my booty


BTW it is official now , the Cape Town City Council has approved 'Cape Town Stadium' as the official name for the city's 2010 World Cup facility .
More from my Table Mountain shoot tomorrow

Shot this at 6.20 PM from the cable car.
Sunset was 7.15

When I arrived at 15 to 6 (was stuck in traffic) there was a queue :(
I thought you could buy tickets before hand but no they weren't selling tickets until 6PM ! So I was not in the first car up  if you want to avoid that then come early so you are first in the queue


Green Point with the Ritz hotel on left and Robben Island
To give you a sense of how high this was



The road you see down there is the Road I drive up when I want to take shots from the top of Signal Hill
the top is onward to the right, but out of this shot


When it is time to catch the last car down, just before 8 PM  they sound a loud siren
 I was a little afraid I would miss it, since I get so engrossed in my photography :) but there was no chance to not hear that siren

When you get outside the cable car station, it is pitch dark, there are no street lights, not very safe, I was alone and had parked my car down the road a bit before I arrived at the station (it is always packed with cars)
 It was a little scary to walk there in pitch darkness and not many people around, thankfully the criminals were having dinner

Thursday, October 22, 2009

All 360 lights were switched on World Cup Green Point stadium’s state-of-the art roof on oct 22


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Cape Town was treated to a view of he Cape Town Stadium’s “ring of fire” tonight
 The "ring of fire" are the 360 spotlights in the inner roof  ring, that will light up the pitch for the 2010 Fifa World Cup
Only 60 percent of the lights were switched on, on October 20 but on Oct 22 ALL 360 lights were switched on and what a sight it was I was enjoying a braai/barbeque while looking at this gorgeous view


I now have many photos to edit which I will post tonight

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

New Green Point Stadium on a sunny sunday afternoon .


The Beauty and the Beast



The backside or North side, which I cant see from my house.



They have called it a pot, a bowl, a hat ...and of course don't forget ...a white elephant....well I agree from this side.....hmmm.....pretty it is not ...



The wind was blasting me here, it was 19.00 PM and the sun was going down, a cold evening by the time I came home I was frozen to the bone


North West side of the stadium




This evening September 29 to see the whole photo click
here
the facade lit up from behind
and many more to come !

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Sunset Evening and Night shot of the new World Cup 2010 Green Point Stadium

How beautiful the sunset was We are in the middle of a spell of exeptional beautiful warm weather and its supposed to be mid winter here !
There was not a cloud to be seen