Aerial view of the Old Green Point Stadium, which was demolished during 2007.

The beginnings of the Old Green Point Stadium during the Second Boer War. The old Mouille Point Lighthouse is visible in the background.

Demolition of the Green Point Stadium (foreground) to make way for the new Cape Town Stadium (background)

The Green Point Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa was an 18,000 seat multi-purpose stadium.

The stadium was used mainly for football matches, and was the home ground of Santos Football Club and Ajax Cape Town at different points.

It also hosted music concerts including Janet Jackson, Gloria Estefan, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, U2, Metallica, Paul Simon, Robbie Williams, the Coca-Cola Colab Massive Mix & the 2003 46664 Concert for the benefit of AIDS victims.

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 to make way for the Cape Town Stadium for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. A section that was not demolished forms the basis of the new Green Point Athletics Stadium.This new stadium can seat 7,000 people. The new main stand is built on top of the old main stand. The project was completed in early 2013.

Construction of the Cape Town Stadium, located on the Green Point Common, began in March 2007. In 33 months, joint contractors Murray & Roberts and WBHO completed the project at a cost of R4.4billion – or approximately US$600million. The project architects were an association between GMP Architects of Germany and two local firms, Louis Karol and Associates and Point Architects. The structural engineers comprised a joint venture between BKS, Henry Fagan & Partners, KFD Wilkinson, Goba, Iliso and Arcus Gibb.