Sequence of Cape Town Stadium shots from Beach Road, dwarfing Table Mountain

Each time I see the stadium from this view point I think : Wow ..

it really is huge .  and beautiful but I must admit if I lived this close I would not like it

Cape Town Stadium at night, close and personal from the top of Signal Hill

Tickets for the World Cup semi-finals and final,

 as well as two of England's first round matches in South Africa, have sold out, FIFA said on Friday Febr 5 2010

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No better place then seeing the new World Cup Green Point Stadium in Cape Town from the top of Signal Hill

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Really my first thought was

Nice Easter basket !

even the sunset created colours on the roof which are in keeping with the pastels of Easter :)

Smoking "Ring of fire" images of the 2010 World Cup Green Point Stadium

Initially I thought the roof was on fire there was so much smoke but I assume it was the the roof lights smoking

BTW thanks for your views
 My blog post of yesterday got 830 hits.
 The usual is around 250

It kept on smoking till I had to call it a day and finally closed the curtains

A little before the smoke, this is around 1 AM October 21 I used my polarizer for this shot with limited success

The above and below images are sharper shots

Of al the shots I took yesterday this one is my favourite

I love the colour of the PVC facade here

I was hoping for a repeat of yesterdays show but they have only been testing inside lights no roof lights

this was what it looked like tonight

Testing the roof "Ring of fire" of the 2010 World Cup Green Point Stadium in Cape Town

The lights were switched on for the first time tonight It is extremely bright

not easy to capture since the middlle part kept being blown out whatever setting I used

A close up click images You can clearly see the seats

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An extract from the Green Point Stadium design report

Trying to avoid the flare of the light

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It is an amazing sight but there is allot of light polution which I thought that wouldn't be the case but then they are not finnished yet

The view to the West last night

Footnote on Oct 21
I am sure allot of Green Point people didn't realise the lights were on

I drove past the back (Atlantic side) at 9 PM and saw nothing out of the ordinary
when I drove up to my house I almost died at seeing the sight of the all lit up stadium
at first I immediately stopped my car to start shooting ... my cam and my tripod are always with me ..
I was so afraid they would switch them off before I was able to capture it :) but for safety reasons I drove home and although
I had not had dinner yet either I dropped everything and started shooting

Of course it then takes a few hours to choose and edit the photos
by the time I went to bed it was well after midnight but the lights were still blazing
When I closed the curtains I saw smoke coming off the roof and thought; OMG its not on fire ?


So again I whipped out my camera to shoot but that was all..... just clouds of smoke from time to time, no flames.Haven't seen or edited those images yet

Construction of the 2010 Soccer World Cup Stadium in Cape Town as seen on Saturday October 17 2009

Eleven strips up on this SW side and Seven and a half on the other NE side But they are having a problem again One of the NE PVC strips is badly torn ...

This is the last shot I took on Saturday but the day started off dismal again

very grey...

and while I was getting ready for a trip to the winefarm Fairview in Paarl (Winelands)

I saw the *"Glas Dowr" being towed out of Cape Town at 11 AM , it had been docked at the Cape Town harbour since October 2008

if you are interested why ......here is a very interesting article.
scroll down about 2/3rd to read  about the Glas Dowr
Sounds like a "fishy" business ...

*'Glas Dowr' Floating Production, Storage & Offloading (FPSO) ship

By midday it was suddenly gorgeous sunny weather, its when the facade looks its best

After a superb lunch in Fairview on my way home I passed the Stadium at the back and was surprised to see there were 7 and a half strips up on the NE side and I couldn't resist to check them out

Looks great from the NW side

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coming closer .. aww...there was trouble ahead ...its badly torn... not again !

Yep a big rip and a small one underneath, that is going to cost them in time again

but the facade looks nice and white here

I guess that they are just putting up the strips as fast as possible so that it looks finished and then do the fine tuning at a later stage On December 4th is the |Final draw and the world will be seeing this stadium on their TV screens so it better be ready in theory

The sun was down and I needed to turn back, it was rapidly getting darker

unfortunately the next 2 shots didn't come out the way I would have liked

Still like to show you though ...

When I was walking here I loved the way this huge stadium is towering over me and how it dwarfed the apartment blocks in the distance

Just look at those construction workers

 I suppose it beats the office ...

And back home I took this last shot from my garden and  we have come full circle

2010 Green Point Stadium lit up at night and 4 strips of PVC on the East side

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There are 4 PVC Facade strips up on this (North East) side

NW side The side I can see from my house

NE side

You could argue that some photos are similar but I say to that :

"Sorry mate you obviously don't have the Green Point Stadium anorak yet :)"

Did I mention that I will throw a braai party (barbeque to the rest of the world ) on december 4th ?
It will be a true International gathering because my friends are from all over the world

The 4 th of December is  when the final draw takes place, it is on a friday and I know there are events organised at the stadium, I hope also fire works and no doubt all lights will be blazing.

 I really love the look here ..

Of course there are times I definitely don't like the look ..like when its a grey day, the stadium really looks like cement, but I think we all agree on that ..it has its moments though ....moments I love it to bits

 The posting sequence of these images are all wrong ofcourse ..but what the hell.. ..I like to show you this wondrous building and I know you are hungry for photos because I can see all the daily "regulars " hitting my blog, it is also my incentive to keep daily up dates

 I  appreciate it  if you left a comment with your thoughts ...what do you think of the stadium so far ? There is a facility right beneath this post to leave your comment

Green Point and the Cape Town 2010 World Cup Soccer Stadium at night

Green Point, Cape Town from the top of Signal Hill

The new Granger Bay Boulevard is not quite ready yet but it is already blazing with lights

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On the right the new raised traffic circle with the pedestrian plaza beneath

and the building behind the stadium is the Radisson Blue Hotel with the Granger Bay marina