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Файл:Old greenpoint stadium.jpgAerial view of the Old Green Point Stadium, before being converted into the Green Point Athletics Stadium in 2007.Файл:Green Point - Cape Town - Boer War - Transit Camp.jpgThe beginnings of the Old Green Point Stadium during the Second Boer War. The old Mouille Point Lighthouse is visible in the background.Файл:Greenpoint construction.jpgPartial demolition of the Green Point Stadium (foreground) during construction of the adjacent new Cape Town Stadium (background)
The Green Point Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa was a multi-purpose sports stadium. Opened in 1897,[1] it had a concrete banked cycle track, also occasionally used for motorsport, with a lap distance of a third of a mile - Шаблон:Convert[2] - 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.[3] Prior to its demolition in 2007, it had 18,000 seats.[4]
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.[5]
The stadium was also used for cricket matches[6] and for football, and was the home ground of Santos Football Club and Ajax Cape Town at different points.
It was also used by local schools such as CBC, Ellerton, de Kuilen and Sea Point High School to host their annual inter-school athletics competitions.
It was partly demolished in 2007 during construction of an adjacent new stadium, the Cape Town Stadium, built on part of an existing golf course for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[8] The main stand of the rebuilt Green Point Athletics Stadium was constructed on the site of the old stadium's main stand.[9] The stadium was completed in early 2013, and can seat 7,000 people.
