Athlone Stadium

Athlone Stadium
Location	Cross Boulevard, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa
Coordinates	33°57′43.14″S 18°31′02.33″E
Owner	City of Cape Town
Capacity	34,000[1]
Surface	Grass
Tenants
	Engen Santos

The Athlone Stadium is a stadium in Athlone on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa. It is used mostly for football matches and it is the home ground of Engen Santos. The stadium holds 34,000 people and it was built in 1972.

The stadium was upgraded in the lead up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup with the intention of using it as a training venue. The estimated cost of the upgrade was R297 million.[2]

References

South Africa - Engen Santos FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway
Pollack, Martin (2 March 2009). "Athlone Stadium closed for pitch renovation". City of Cape Town. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2010.

External links

Photos of Stadiums in South Africa at cafe.daum.net/stade
Stadium picture Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] South Africa - Engen Santos FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway

[2] Pollack, Martin (2 March 2009). "Athlone Stadium closed for pitch renovation". City of Cape Town. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2010.