1. The stadium is in an industrial area
2. The town is boring
3. During the WC the entire place was dead after 7pm, we could hardly find a restaurant to eat at after late matches.

As for Cape Town Stadium, yes it needs events, but a venue without a tentant require 3 years to establish a solid events schedule. This is no different to any other venue globally e.g. Wembley, Stade de France.

It also needs a strong conferencing/exhibition/meetings element operated by a proven conferenc/events management team…Convenco?

The case for PSL matches remainds poor because clubs aren’t willing to invest in a sustainable strategy or even to takes risks. In addition they simply do not invest sufficiently in marketing.

Who cares?

(Heard of the expression, “don’t teach grandma how to suck eggs”?)

The tournament is massive in Dubai and must generate massive amounts of money. And its a great party atmosphere, much more than the rugby. This time of the year it has to be CT or PE as tourists are heading that way (possibly try get it a week later).

PE considering where our players mostly come from and CT because its a bigger tourist attraction. Biased choice is PE.

I’m with Capeguy. Any talk of demolishing CT Stadium is nonsense. WPRU may end up running the stadium as part of a deal between them and the City of Cape Town (City = owner; WPRU = operator). As I see it WPRU stands to win big time (financially) if they were to move and have the Newlands site redeveloped as part of a partnership. Rezoning the land will however take about three years.

you can actually approach the water?

why?

is it friendlier?

does it offer you a smoke to break the ice?

does it put you at ease by telling a funny joke?

surely not?

the venue needs 21 events a year to cover the running costs.

what will those be?

The city at no point considered demolishing CT stadium. Nobody denies that it faces sustainability issues, but given its potential to develop into a world class venue, with tons of events, is still there in the medium term, once it removes all the commercial restrictions.

What the city is considering is finding the right deal for the venue and the City and WP Rugby that would result in all parties benefiting from a WP Rugby move i.e. rugby accepting maintenance of partial maintenance of the venue, securing existing revenue streams, and building a stronger brand with the support of the City.

There are basic issues that need to be address by WPRU before they consider a move, but if you’re thinking beyond the short term, CTS offers the WPRU brand significant future opportunities to grow the team, brand and the WPRU company in general.

As we speak Quarter 1 of 2011 already sees 3 major concerts reaching sold out status, with U2 selling close to 80,000, Neil Diamond and Kings of Leon reaching about 35,000. That’s just in the first quarter, outside of conferences and other events.

Cape Town stadium would offer a significant boost to the Sevens brand in South Africa, and for sponsors i.e. Emirates. It has surrounding rugby fields to create a rugby festival, easily accessible, tons of hotel rooms surrounding it, and an iconic location.

Rugby Sevens of the future is following a new trajectory towards Rio 2016 and its inclusion in the Olympic Games. It would be great if it maintains its intimate festival atmosphere, but when money is backing it, they expect more bang for their bucks, and Cape Town Stadium offers that opportunity. Fan Walk, stadium, waterfront, hotels, restaurants, location, location, location…