Cape Town World Cup Stadium – What’s behind the silver membrane?

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LINK – LINKS List – Cape Town 2010 Word Cup Sadium Info – Transport maps, Fan Fest ect.
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So, does the book, Cape Town Stadium – BETWEEN THE LINES – really tell all? YES it does!

It describes what it really took to get the enormously controversial, Cape Town Stadium built, now poised for the 2010 World Cup, that begins in a few weeks time

“BUILDING THE CAPE TOWN STADIUM CAME WITH SHOVELS OF GOOD INTENTIONS , A BIG TICKING CLOCK , BACK-ROOM LOBBYING , PUBLIC ARM WRESTLING , HEAVY NEGOTIATION
& COMPROMISE”

Cover Photograph by Soren W ©

“The cool simplicity of the stadium’s form belies the fiery trail

it followed into existence. This book describes the process of

its formation by those who have been intimately involved

and brings together the often contradictory views.

The stadium belongs to the people of Cape Town – its making

is legendary, its impact still to be felt. It is too early to talk

about the legacy it will leave behind: it has to be lived in and

with and alongside.”

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Some of those in the book who spill the beans are:
Dr Henri Comrie, Thomas Moschner, Sigi Naidoo, Roman Hollenstein, Robert Hormes, Richard Smit, Richard Mathieson, Richard Goldschmidt, Ray Gamble, Ray Gamble, Purshoth Chetty, Prof. Fabio Todeschini, Prof. David dewar, Pieter Cronje, Piet Louw, Morne du Plessis, Mike Marsden, Martin Kruger, Mark Behrmann, Marion Sabol, Louis Karol, Leon F Krige, Khalied Jacobs, Ken Webster, Johan Van Papendorp, Jeremy Rose, Ian Sutherland, Henning Rasmuss, Henning Rasmuss, Hein Stander, Gerrit Bastiaanse, Gabs Pather, Dr Roman Hollenstein, Dr Laurine Plntzky, Dennis Foster, Darrtk Pryce-Lewis, Dan Plato, Colin Sindle, Christian Schlogl, Cathrine Slessor, Catherine Slessor, Carolyn Helefenstein, Brian Richardson, Brian Homann, Bev Mitchell, Andrew Fanton, Andre Lambrechts, Amalie Comrie, Allan Twine + the list of all the workers force’s names

Roll Credits………

Point Architects Group with out whom this book would not have happened (They footed the bills)
They are:
Comrie Wilkinson (Cape) Architects & Urban Designers
[+27 (0)21 423 9224]

Jakupa Architects & Urban Designers
[+27 (0)21 4621 824]

Munnik Visser Architects
Paragon Architects

The book is packed with stunning sketches, drawings, photographs & diagrams

Photography by:
Terry February
Esthe Pretorius
Henning Rasmuss
Bruce Sutherland
Leon Krige
Odette Herbert

Design & layout: Erika Koutny
The book layout & design is seriously sophisticated & beautiful – a work of art
Very much an extension of the Stadium in question – not surprising really considering who the editors are! [All intimately involved with the stadium architecture and urban design]

Editorial Team: Bettina Andrag
Henri Comrie, Khalied Jacobs, Gabs Pather, Henning Rasmuss, Ken Webster

It’s bloody marvellous what was accomplished!
And in such a short time & especially given what the book reveals, from the key people involved & the obstacles that had to be resolved behind the scenes
CONGRATULATIONS to all of you!
Ever so well done bokkies
[Dudes – Afrikaans, colloquial South African]

You Can order the book!

Title: Cape Town Stadium – Between The Lines
ISBN: 978-1-920-424-09-1
Published by Griffel Media, Cape Town
Contact them to order
+ 27 (0)21 465 0025
info@griffel.co.za
Cost: R228

LINK – Kalahari – buy the book online

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LINK – LINKS List – Cape Town 2010 Word Cup Stadium Info – Transport maps, Fan Fest & things
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A Book In The Making Pin Board [Portraits] 2010 Cape Town Stadium Edited by Bettina Andrag

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What really went on behind the scenes in building the Cape Town Stadium? Key people spill the beans – in The book

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What were the issues that had to be dealt with to get the project from concept to paper to the finished building?

A book is about to be launched that tells the amazing story of the process of building the 2010 Cape Town Stadium.

Watch this space and the Media, twitter & facebook for the launch date & what the book is called.

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Architect and Editor Bettina Andrag had the daunting task of pulling the whole thing together- no mean feet given the number of people involved putting together the amazing diagrams, drawings sketches and photographs. This book will be the quintessential document on all there is to know about the new iconic building that now appears on the Cape Town City sky line – Your going to have to buy a copy so that you can speak as an insider at dinner parties and the office kitchen [pause area]

Some of those in the book who spill the beans are:
Dr Henri Comrie, Thomas Moschner, Sigi Naidoo, Roman Hollenstein, Rober Hormes, Richard Smit, Richard Mathieson, Richard Goldschmidt, Ray Gamble, Ray Gamble, Purshoth Chetty, Prof. Fabio Todeschini, Prof. David dewar, Pieter Cronje, Piet Louw, Morne du Plessis, Mike Marsden, Martin Kruger, Mark Behrmann, Marion Sabol, Louis Karol, Leon F Krige, Khalied Jacobs, Ken Webster, Johan Van Papendorp, Jeremy Rose, Ian Sutherland, Henning Rasmuss, Henning Rasmuss, Hein Stander, Gerrit Bastiaanse, Gabs Pather, Dr Roman Hollenstein, Dr Laurine Plntzky, Dennis Foster, Darrtk Pryce-Lewis, Dan Plato, Colin Sindle, Christian Schlogl, Cathrine Slessor, Catherine Slessor, Carolyn Helefenstein, Brian Richardson, Brian Homann, Bev Mitchell, Andrew Fanton, Andre Lambrechts, Amalie Comrie, Allan Twine + the list of all the workers force’s names

LINK – LINKS List – Cape Town 2010 Word Cup Sadium Info – Transport maps, Fan Fest & things
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THE Grass Man = Gustav Carstensen – Cape Town 2010 Stadium

Stadium ground floor – the pitch, the turf, the crux, the bottom line, the core, essence, heart, kernel, meat & potatoes, nitty-gritty, pith, purport, substance = the grass!
[http://thesaurus.com]
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Photography by Odette Herbert
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LINK – LINKS List – Cape Town 2010 Word Cup Sadium Info – Transport maps, Fan Fest & things
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LINK – Interview with Gustave, how he got involved – pitch cost, R15 million, micro climates, shadow lines, soil temp. etc – fascinating stuff! [The Cape Green Times] pdf file (p.2)

FIFA Maintenance pitch turff instructions

What’s 22m taller & 55m longer than the Cape Town Stadium? QMII

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I could tell my brain struggled to take in what it was seeing – Something that is larger than the Cape Town Stadium, floating in the harbour & that turned round & sailed off into the late dusk – a spiritual experience! Jaw dropping, eyebrow lifting stuff! Made the heart sing with delight but it was also awful to see it leave [6pm departure, Friday 26th March 2010]
I had no idea there was a leviathan in town & only saw it by chance.

The Queen Mary II (QMII), the 2nd largest ocean liner – it is truly big
(Thank goodness for the pier or I wouldn’t have been able to get the whole ship in frame!)
I found my self wondering if it would fit into the stadium?
I guessed it wouldn’t & I was correct

Here are the stats:

QM2
Height: 72.0 m (236.2 ft) keel to funnel
Length: 345 m (1,019.4ft)
Width: 40.8432m (134 feet) (45.0 m – extreme (bridge wings)

Stadium
Height:50m
Length:290m
Width: 265m

Courtesy: Wikipedia – Click on diagram to go to excellent QMII page

“A new 92,000-ton liner, to be named ˜Queen Elizabeth”™ has been ordered and is scheduled to enter service in the autumn of 2010 [Nothern hemosphere]. We have signed an agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the contruction of the new 2092-passenger ocean liner, which will be built at their Monfalcone yard at an all-in cost of approximately $993 million.”
Source:www.cunard-sa.com/ourships_qe.html

Link – Wikipedia Queen Mary II

Link – QMII Technical info & key dates – pdf

Link – The owners – Cunard Ocean Liners

Link – Info on QM2 (The on-line cruise magazine)

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The rafters – Cape Town 2010 World Cup Stadium

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Cape Town 2010 World Cup Stadium – Looking In

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Cape Town 2010 World Cup Stadium – Looking out

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Cape Town 2010 World Cup Stadium – Spiffing view from the veranda & the tiers

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What’s what from bottom centre to the top of the stadium
[In case you’re interested!]

Pitch access tunnel
Players tunnel
Basement level (street level)
Players Changing rooms + safes/ shower room for 10/ massage & injury rooms/ practise room [5m x 10m] with netted ceiling & police station & jail/prison

Press/media area
The legacy
1st level – above the players tunnel – Black worktops and swivel seats – for use after the world cup!
Through the central double door & sharp left takes you into the enormous press room, kitted out with floor plugs every 1.5m

The exterior stairs go up to the podium level [the stadium rests on it [the podium] but actually goes down 2 flights to the pitch internally]

2nd level
– Podium level
– The stadium inner sanctum, entry points, for the ‘ordinary’ people. 🙂
It’s a huge continuous walk way under the second tier seats, with food and drink [during a match] & access to upper and lower level seating

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This is what it looks like just as you enter into the stadium – from the dark into the brilliant light – the underside of the seats above & the view across to the press area, where a group of Italian media people are being shown around

3rd floor level
– Veranda & plush seats

The World Cup Media Platform
The block of black seats are uncovered, for the pleasure of the media, at the breakfast press conference given by Fifa. The others on either side are covered in plastic – ± 1,600

Have just been told that this area is the media area for the duration of the world cup. Seems obvious now that I’ve been told! The lower press area, is obviously too small to accommodate all the worlds journalists for the matches.

Fifa move in to set up in May.

Lay the communication cables and take over – literally. They have their own security, called marshals 1,500 of them.

Fifa has the stadium until the end of October – as it will take them that long to put it back to the state they found it in!

Cricky! What are they going to be doing to it?

4th level
Rooms that go all the way around the stadium with 2? rows of super comfy seats – the penthouse level?

5th level
– The temporary seating for the duration of the world cup – to meet Fifa requirements

The opposite side of the stadium is completed but this side the workers are busy fitting them.

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There are photos else where on this site that show various stages of the temporary seating – just go to home (Left top of page ) then scroll down to see all posts, till you come across them or, do a search – in the search window, on the left hand side at the bottom of the page

Type in ‘temporary seating’ & all posts with that tag will show up [or ought too!]

If you want precise details of the tier names & floors etc., you can phone the visitors centre!
Or go there for a visit!
+ 27 (0)21 430 7346

LINK to details of open days for tours and cost etc

https://worldcupstadium.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/cape-town-2010-stadium-visitors-centre-now-open-3-days-a-week-oh-goodiee/

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Cape Town Worldcup stadium – The inside story (On day 101 to kick off)

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More gorgeous interiors to follow [time permitting!]

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Cape Town World Cup Stadium – The lights are on but nobody’s in – it’s seriously transparent – voyeur’s heaven

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Stadium lighting seems to have been overlooked for nocturnal digital photos – colour correction is a bit of a nightmare as colour casts from differnt lighting is not seen by the human eye (well, not mine anyway)

[Voyeur – C20: French, literally: one who sees, from voir to see, from Latin videre]
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LINK – LINKS List – Cape Town 2010 Word Cup stadium Photos & Info
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Cape Town 2010 stadium visitors centre – now open 3 days a week – fantastique!

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The Cape Town Stadium Visitor Centre
Now up & running tours

When?
Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays.
1 hr long tours
@10:00, 12:00 & 14:00.

Where from?
entrance C
up the stairs & bear right
gate entrance – North East side
Granger Bay Boulevard (Waterfront perimeter side)

How much?
R30 adults
R15 pensioners/children
R10 per learner for school tours

Hosted by SAIL STADEFRANCE – stadium operators
visitors@sailstadefrance.co.za
021 430 7346

LINK – Sail – Cape Town stadium operators – SAIL Event Management

LINK – News Articles Relating To Sail Stadefrance – stadium operators

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LINK – Cape Town stadium dedicated hub – of posts from various sites featuring Odette Herbert’s stadium photography [Feb 2010]

LINK – LINKS List – Cape Town 2010 Word Cup stadium Photos & Info
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There is No accurate seat number diagram that shows the seat numbers and the stairs!
Computicket’s seating numbers are not a replica of the stadium layout!
The colour coded blocks and numbers are the area where your seat will be found
Follow the lollipop colour codes to get to your seat area entrance

It’s a total mystery to me that the CTN stadium agents don’t have a website with the seat plan and all info on the stadium on it!

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Cape Town 2010 stadium – It’s really very chic [sheque] compared to the other stadiums – no gaudiness here!

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LINK – Cape Town stadium dedicated hub – of posts from various sites featuring Odette Herbert’s stadium photography [Feb 2010]

LINK – LINKS List – Cape Town 2010 Word Cup stadium Photos & Info
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Cape Town stadium’s infamous Rope Guys (aka Rope Access Engineers) – finishing off the masterpiece

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LINK – Cape Town stadium dedicated hub – of posts from various sites featuring Odette Herbert’s stadium photography [Feb 2010]

LINK – LINKS List – Cape Town 2010 Word Cup stadium Photos & Info
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The Media’s mid field set up – press room & jolly nice swivel seats & worktops

Febuary 2010

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LINK – Cape Town stadium dedicated hub – of posts from various sites featuring Odette Herbert’s stadium photography [Feb 2010]LINK – LINKS List – Cape Town 2010 Word Cup stadium Photos & Info
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Cape Town 2010 stadium changing rooms – a shower for 10 blokes! Crickey…..Oh Kay!

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LINK – Cape Town stadium dedicated hub – of posts from various sites featuring Odette Herbert’s stadium photography [Feb 2010]

LINK – LINKS List – Cape Town 2010 Word Cup Sadium Info – Transport maps, Fan Fest & things
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England fan who entered team dressing room in court [BBC 21June2010 UK 7am]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/10362752.stm

Cape Town stadium’s test run of 20k locals – 11 goals in 10 mins! (after 0 in 90)

January 28, 2010 – Getting ready for June. The controversial stadium has it’s first test run & gates are opened to 20 thousand enthusiastic (ticket holding) locals

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Cape Town’s coliseum [stadium]– FIFA’s specs, built by locals – It’s big – really really BIG

[posted 15Nov09]

The building is very photogenic & close up it’s impressive – Green Point stadium, 68K seater – R4.7 billion to build, very controversial – And from Milnerton its way too big [was told that FIFA are paying most of it – by most esteemed cape town council official]

To enlarge any image click on it & to return to thumbnails use the back arrow

I recommend you look at the workers images who have spent over 2 years building the massive structure – there’s a glint in their eye – I think they feel proud of what they have created – swaggerists – init

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LINK – Cape Town stadium dedicated hub – of posts from various sites featuring Odette Herbert’s stadium photography [Feb 2010]

LINK – LINKS List – Cape Town 2010 Word Cup stadium Photos & Info
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Cape Town Stadium – Live Art. The rope guys 6 till late – best seats in car park

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LINK – LINKS List – Cape Town 2010 Word Cup stadium Photos & Info
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