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Listed below are comments made by Cape Town 2020 between Wednesday, 15th April 2009 and Monday, 7th December 2009.

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The luck of the draw means Europe's time has come 10:59am on 07 Dec 2009 Surely South Africa will score at least 1 goal?
IOC ready for battle with London's Mayor 4:39pm on 02 Oct 2009 Why so much fuss? If they bothered finding contractors who would build the Olympic Stadium and Aquatic Centre for much more realistic prices, then squabbling over 40 million would be no issue.

They are making a mountain of a mole hill. London's progress has been exceptional.
Berlino the Bear - love him or loathe him? 02:27am on 22 Aug 2009 who needs Berlino when you have Vicky Pollard?
Battle for 2015 10:19am on 28 Jul 2009 here we go again about South Africa and all its problems.
1. It gave the highest gov guarantee
2. It has the best stadia whether you would like to admit it or not
3. Issues surrounding the use of non-rugby venues are NOT resolved
4. South Africa, even with all the doom and gloom will continue to host major events successfully as it has been doing time and time and time again.
5. 2010 broadcast revenues in RSA are 40% up on Germany, local 2010 sponsorship exceeds korea/japan 2002.
6. england 2015 is 22 miles from france 2007
7. I'd much rather have japan and italy host 2015 and 2019.
8. South Africa hosted arguably the best world cup in 1995, with MUCH less infrastructure, transport facilites, higher crime rates, and without 10 fifa standard venues.
2010's dress rehearsal 2:10pm on 29 Jun 2009 In terms of facilities most stadia are probably better than Germany including the media facilities. Transport as I've said above remains a long term project but plans for 2010 which includes extensive consultation with previous host cities will be a great stepping to stone to future improvements.
2010's dress rehearsal 12:46pm on 29 Jun 2009 Another major event under our belts. Transport issues are mainly operational and will need to be improved, although most cities have quite detailed operations plans specifically for the world cup. These are miles better than the Confederations Cup plans, which in many cases were last minute due to the taxi fiasco.

Key focus areas will remain accommodation and transport, with security an issue that needs to be focused on beyond 2010. The 40,000 British and Irish visitors seemed fine roaming through six of our cities, and filling up every pub in Long Street in Cape Town, walking from their city centre hotels to various nightspots without any major concerns/incidents.
Beacon of hope or white elephant? 2:12pm on 22 Jun 2009 South Africa is not building 20 stadia. We are using 5 existing venues and 5 new venues. Two of the new venues already have operators with events already planned. Two others are in the process of finalizing the operators to attract events to the venues.

With regards to football stadia, Green Point is close to the city, with fantastic sight lines that ensure that every spectator feels very close to the field of play.

I must say the tone of some of the comments is very off putting.
It seems like RSA is good enough to step in for the IPL, host the rugby and cricket world cup, super 14 matches and other major events, but suddenly when we're upgrading our stadia and build a few new stadia we suddenly appear to be a country with no sports interest who can't find uses for its sports venue.
Beacon of hope or white elephant? 10:55am on 18 Jun 2009 The problem with the new stadium in Durban is the hostile relationship the Sharks have with the city. The issues with the suites and the availability. The possibility of having to share the venue with a football team. Naming rights issues and the use of space around the stadium e.g. retail space already sold.

Then there's the fact that it has an athletics track around it placing spectators further away.
Beacon of hope or white elephant? 09:47am on 18 Jun 2009 No doubt any new venue faces challenges but lets look at some of the facts.

- The venue capacity is not excessive. It replaces a rusty old stadium that is not even fit for use during local premier league matches. So whether or not 2010 came along, a new modern venue was needed. The bonus?
Its built a few years after Wembley and at a cost thats an absolute bargain for those who know what modern stadia cost, built in a third of the time it took to build Wembley.

- The Southern Kings will make the stadium their home come 2011, and before then? The stadium already has an operator which was appointed a few months ago. It is their aim and job to market the venue and to attract events, both local and international events. This is basically a dedicated team who actually want to make the venue a success

- As for Green Point, it too has a stadium operator and will be moderately successful with or without a rugby tenant. The stadium operator consists of SAIL, the largest sports management company in South Africa and Stade de France, operators of the Stade de France in Paris,a venue which has seen FIFA and IRB World Cup finals as well as other major events e.g. IAAF World Champs

- SAIL, already own 25% of WP Rugby, so any move from Newlands to Green Point will not be an issue. SAIL also operate Loftus Versfeld which saw its 1 million spectator mark a year or two ago. They manage part of the hospitality aspects of both the FIFA Confederations Cup and FIFA World Cup in 2009 and 2010 respectively. They attract the English teams to play their warm up matches in South Africa e.g. Man United/Man City/Tottenham Hotspurs. Why do you think Loftus is hosting the final of the Vodacom Challenge final involving Manchester City, and always features when teams like Barcelona or Man United visit? Not to mention the many other events they bring to South Africa. These are THE events people in South Africa. SAIL executive director made the final pitch to the IRB for the 2015/2019 bid i.e. Morne du Plessis (yes that Morne du Plessis).

- Stade de France have the international "know-how" to manage a venue and operate it at the highest level. No doubt they have their own bunch of events they intend to bring to Green Point. The Green Point stadium operator certainly has a bunch of exciting ventures they hope to bring to the venue with or without a rugby tenant.

While we can speak in "general" about the future of these stadia, the stadium operators have been appointed and are already hard at work finalizing events pre and post 2010.

I don't see why our venues need to be filled every weekend? Nobody moans when WP Rugby and the Stormers perform poorly and fail to attract decent crowds. Newlands has no authorization to host any other events, be it concerts or rallies and so during a bad rugby season, what exactly is filling the stadium?

South Africa is using 5 existing venues and 5 new venues which provides improved sports infrastructure in our cities. Its a bonus then that these new venues have a combined cost less than that of Wembley. Just some food for thought.
China's Olympic venues now 09:10am on 15 Apr 2009 All I can say, hence London 2012, temporary athletics stadium with 25,000 permanent seats.

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