Ambitious Cape Town City making plans to build own stadium
Cape Town City have returned to their spiritual home at Hartleyvale Stadium‚ now using the venue as a training facility but planning to build a 10‚00-seater stadium in the near future.
The club have been negotiating to use of the municipal owned facility with the Cape Town City Council for more than a year and have been handed a five year lease.
Owner John Comitis and his ambitious club are looking for a 20-year deal in order to build their own stadium.
Hartleyvale used to be the Mecca of Cape Town football‚ in the 1970s and 80s when the previous City franchise still existed‚ but over recent decades the venue fell into disrepair and the grandstand structure has been partially removed and the rest condemned.
Only the last part of the main grandstand remains but will soon be bulldozed away‚ with the rest of the venue surrounded by grass banks.
The pitch has been significantly improved‚ as City coach Benni McCarthy enthused: “You get that love back for football again because the pitch is unbelievable‚” he told TimesLIVE.
Source: timeslive.co.za