Green Point Athletics Stadium

Local nameGreen Point Athletics Stadium
LocationGreen Point, Cape Town, South Africa

The Green Point Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa was a multi-purpose sports stadium. Opened in 1897, it had a concrete banked cycle track, also occasionally used for motorsport, with a lap distance of a third of a mile - 586.6 yards - and inside the cycle track was an athletics track. When it first opened it had seating for 1,000 people, and could accommodate 3,000 standing spectators. Prior to its demolition in 2007, it had 18,000 seats.Jack Rose twice held the world amateur human-paced hour record for cycling in 1898 and 1899, on the latter occasion riding 30 miles 606 yards in the hour at Green Point.The stadium was also used for cricket matches and for football, and was the home ground of Santos Football Club and Ajax Cape Town at different points.

It also hosted music events including concerts by Janet Jackson, Gloria Estefan, Michael Jackson, Roxette, Whitney Houston, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, U2, Metallica, Paul Simon, Robbie Williams, and the Coca-Cola Colab Massive Mix.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Point_Stadium

Address Cape Town 8005, South Africa

Coordinates -33°54'19.368" N 18°24'31.009" E

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