Cape Town Stadium

If the action on the pitch at Cape Town Stadium isn’t up to scratch, drink in the spectacular surroundings instead; Table Mountain, the Atlantic and Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela sat captive for 18 years, are all visible from here. The city’s original 18,000-seater stadium made way for the new venue, due for completion this month, and whose sweeping silhouette is a deliberate ploy to ensure the stadium doesn’t detract from South Africa’s famous flat topped mountain.

Claim to fame
Michael Jackson, U2 and Metallica performed in the old stadium and it was the venue
for Mandela’s 46664 concert which featured

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