Athlone Stadium
Athlone Stadium is a stadium in Athlone, South Africa that opened in 1972. Its recorded capacity is 34,000.
Key facts
Athlone Stadium is a stadium in Athlone, South Africa that opened in 1972. Its recorded capacity is 34,000. It is owned by City of Cape Town and City of Cape Town. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Cape Town City F.C., Hope FC, Santos F.C., Hellenic F.C., Chippa United F.C., Cape Town All Stars F.C., Ubuntu Cape Town F.C..
- Location
- Athlone, South Africa
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 34,000
- Opened
- 1972
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- City of Cape Town, City of Cape Town
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Natural grass
Athlone Stadium is at latitude -33.961944, longitude 18.516667, in Athlone, South Africa. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | -33.961944 |
| Longitude | 18.516667 |
| City | Athlone |
| Region | Athlone |
| Country | South Africa |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | City of Cape Town | 1972 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | City of Cape Town | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town City F.C. | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Hope FC | Not mapped | 1972 to present | Current | Source |
| Santos F.C. | Not mapped | 1972 to present | Current | Source |
| Hellenic F.C. | Not mapped | 1972 to present | Current | Source |
| Chippa United F.C. | Not mapped | 1972 to present | Current | Source |
| Cape Town All Stars F.C. | Not mapped | 1972 to present | Current | Source |
| Ubuntu Cape Town F.C. | Not mapped | 1972 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
13 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2430 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34892 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 3107 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372064771 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Athlone_Stadium | Athlone Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22486 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15783 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15782 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15781 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15780 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15779 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15778 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15777 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: